Ghana's AS Roma teen, Afena-Gyan congratulated by mom for Goal of 2021 award

Ghana's AS Roma teen, Afena-Gyan congratulated by mom for Goal of 2021 award

Emmanuel Kwame Donkor
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:53 PM
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  • Ghana's Felix Afena-Gyan's beauty of a second goal in his 15 minute cameo against Genoa last month has been voted Socio's goal of 2021 by football fans
  • The 18-year-old scored all two goals for Jose Mourinho's side after being on the pitch for 15 minutes in their Serie A encounter with Genoa to secure the three points
  • Afena-Gyan's mom has taken to social media to congratulate her son for his unforgettable strike against Genoa being voted the best goal of 2021 by Socios football fans

Mom of AS Roma and Ghana's Felix Ohene Afena-Gyan, Adubea Juliet, took to her twitter account to congratulate her son on his goal of the year award.

Afena-Gyan's stunning strike against Genoa in the Serie A, has been voted the best goal of 2021 in Socios.com, a fan influence and reward app's end of year awards.

Madam Adubea, expressed her joy and pride for what her son is doing while also thanking him and God for his recent achievement.

Ghanaian AS Roma teenager, Afena-Gyan's Mom congratulates him for goal of 2021 award
Ghanaian and AS Roma teenager, Felix Afena-Gyan and his mom, Juliet. Source: Twitter/@juliet_adubea/@ohenegyanfelix9.
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"My son@ohenegyanfelix9 wins @AS Roma EN @Socios End the Year Award’s Goal of 2021. Congratulations, son thank you. God thank you @AS Roma EN", she tweeted with a video of the goal.

In November, Afena-Gyan scored a brace for AS Roma against Thiago Motta's Genoa in an Italian Serie A game after coming from the bench with the score 0:0.

In that particular game, the 18-year-old's second goal to ensure all the three points for Jose Mourinho's team, made headlines across the world for its spectacular beauty.

The second goal where Afena-Gyan pushes inside towards the center beyond a sliding Genoa defender from the left wing before letting rip a swerving shot into the net went viral.

AS Roma's Afena-Gyan's strike versus Genoa voted best goal of 2021

AS Roma and Ghana's Felix Ohene Afena-Gyan's exceptional strike versus Genoa in November in the Serie A has been voted the best goal of 2021.

The goal was said to be the one fans voted for the most in Socios.com, a fan influence and reward app's end of year awards, as the goal of 2021.

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