Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan feels honored to be the only African in a elite list of active footballers to have reached the 50 goals milestone for their country.

The Kayserispor hitman has 51 goals to his name after 105 caps for Ghana, making him the country's all-time goal scorer.

Asamoah is currently the 9th highest scoring active international footballer ahead of some big names including ex-Manchester and Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie and Barcelona and Uruguay forward Luis Suarez.

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo is ranked 1st on the list with 81 goals while Lionel Messi is in second place with 61 goals.

‘Baby Jet’ took to his Twitter account to thank all the stakeholders who have been with him throughout his incredible career so far.

“Honoured and inspired to do more..to coaches and teammates from 2003 to date,journos and fans,we share this together..we are paying our dues in diverse means to our Country Ghana..such global recognition tells us that we have come a long way and our contributions are duly known”

By Daraja Mutari/Ghanaguardian.com