Ghana Essien

Michael Essien

Michael Essien©Newone
AKAs:The Bison
Born:03-Dec-82 Age: 41
Passport:    fr
Height:1.78
Fav.foot: Right

Position: Defensive midfielder
Right-back
Sabail FK Ghana



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Michael Kojo Essien (born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and is currently a member of Danish Superliga club Nordsjælland's coaching staff. He was also capped for the Ghana national team more than 50 times. During his prime, Essien was considered one of the best midfielders in the world. Essien was known not only for his defensive ability, but also his knack for scoring long-range goals.Essien started his career playing for Liberty Professionals in Ghana. In 2000, he moved to France to join Bastia, where he would spend three seasons and appear in over 60 matches before joining Ligue 1 title holders Lyon in 2003. At Lyon, Essien won back-to-back league titles in 2003–04 and 2004–05, and won Ligue 1 Player of the Year in 2005. In 2005, Essien signed with Premier League side Chelsea for a £24.4 million transfer fee and, at the time of his signing, was the most expensive African footballer in history. At Chelsea, Essien helped the club win the Premier League in 2006 and 2010, as well as three FA Cups and one League Cup. He won the UEFA Champions League in 2011–12, while also placing as runner-up in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. He has won the Chelsea Goal of the Season award twice, in the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article



FR SC Bastia00/03
FR Olympique Lyonnais03/05
#4     uefaChampions 03/048
#4     uefaChampions 04/0510
England Chelsea05/12
#5 EPL 05/06 31
#5     FA Cup 2
#5     uefaChampions 6
#5     Comty. Shield 061
#5 EPL 06/0733
#5     uefaChampions 10
#5     FA Cup 3
#5     Comty. Shield 071
#5 EPL 07/0827
#5     FA Cup 2
#5     uefaChampions 12
#5     League Cup 4
#5 EPL 08/0911
#5     FA Cup 3
#5     uefaChampions 5
#5     Comty. Shield 09 1
#5 EPL 09/10 14
#5     League Cup 1
#5     FA Cup 0
#5     uefaChampions 6
#5     Comty. Shield 101
#5 EPL 10/1133
#5     uefaChampions 8
#5     FA Cup 2
#5 EPL 11/1214
#5     uefaChampions 2
#5     FA Cup 3
#5     Comty. Shield 120
#5 EPL 12/130
ES Real Madrid12/13
#15 La Liga 12/1321
#15     uefaChampions 7
#15     Copa del Rey 7
England Chelsea13/14
#5     uefaUEFA S. Cup 130
#5 EPL 13/145
#5     League Cup 3
#5     FA Cup 1
IT AC Milan14/15
#15 Serie A 13/147
#15     uefaChampions 2
#15     fifaICC 142
#15 Serie A 14/1513
#15     Coppa Italia 0
GR Panathinaikos15/16
#2 Super League 15/1612
Unattached16/17
ID Persib Bandung17/18
Unattached18/19
AZ Sabail FK19/20
#6     uefaEuropa Qualif 19/201
#6     Premyer Liqasi 0
RetiredJun20

GH Ghana
#8 World Cup 06 3
#8     Africa Cup 08 6
#8     Friendlies 09 1
#8     Africa Cup 10 1
-     Prelim.Squad 10 0
#8     Friendlies 11 0
#19     AfricaCup Qual 12 1
#5 World Cup 14 1
#5     Qualif WC 14 1
#5     Friendlies 14 2


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