Five lesser known players who could spring a surprise in World Cup 2014

Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)

“Baby Jet” as he is popularly called, Asamoah Gyan is undoubtedly the most prolific player in the small nation of Ghana. Not even 18 years when he made his debut for the Black Stars, Gyan has had reasonable success at club level football having played in the Serie A for Udinese. Though, nobody can forget the crucial penalty kick that he missed in the dying moments of the quarterfinal defeat to Uruguay that left a thousand hearts broken in his homeland but barring this, his contribution to his country’s meteoric rise and reaching the quarters in World Cup 2010 has been immense. He scored 3 goals in the tournament before Ghana lost by penalties in the quarters against Uruguay, the match that is also remembered for the infamous goalkeeping incident by Luiz Suarez. He would be captaining Ghana in the tournament next year and with a spectacular 6-1 rout against Egypt recently in the qualifiers, he has sounded the pre warning bells for the top teams.