Michael Essien
| Michael Essien | ||
 Michael Essien, 2013
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Michael Kojo Essien | |
| birthday | 3rd December 1982 | |
| place of birth | Accra , Ghana | |
| size | 177 cm | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Liberty professionals | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2000-2003 | SC Bastia | 66 (11) |
| 2003-2005 | Olympique Lyon | 71 (7) |
| 2005-2014 | Chelsea FC | 168 (17) |
| 2012-2013 | → Real Madrid (loan) | 21 (2) |
| 2014-2015 | AC Milan | 20 (0) |
| 2015-2016 | Panathinaikos Athens | 12 (1) |
| 2017-2018 | Persib Bandung | 29 (5) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 1998-1999 | Ghana U17 | 5 (0) |
| 2001-2002 | Ghana U20 | 7 (1) |
| 2002– | Ghana | 58 (9) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of March 20, 2018 2 As of June 17, 2014 |
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Michael Kojo Essien (born December 3, 1982 in Accra ) is a former Ghanaian soccer player .
Career
societies
He was voted France's Most Valuable Player in the 2002/03 season while playing for SC Bastia . Essien was also twice France's Footballer of the Year.
The midfielder was French champion with Olympique Lyon in 2004 and 2005 and moved from Lyon to English champions FC Chelsea for the 2005/06 season for 38 million euros . In 2007 he received the Chelsea Player of the Year Award . In September 2008 he tore a cruciate ligament . On June 4, 2010, Essien's contract was prematurely extended to June 30, 2015.
On August 31, 2012, Essien moved to Real Madrid on loan for a year .
He returned to Chelsea for the 2013/14 season . However, he received little attention in the first half of the season under José Mourinho and therefore switched to the Italian Serie A at AC Milan on January 27, 2014 , where he received a contract until June 30, 2015.
After a season with the Greek first division club Panathinaikos Athens and eight months of non-membership, Essien joined the Indonesian club Persib Bandung .
National team
With the Ghanaian national team , he took part in the 2006 World Cup in Germany . With Ghana he survived the group stage against Italy, the Czech Republic and the USA. In the second round, the Ghanaians met Brazil, but without Essien, as he received his second yellow card in the tournament in the last group game against the USA and was therefore banned from this game. This meant that Ghana was weakened as Essien, along with Stephen Appiah, formed the backbone of midfield of the team which, despite their best efforts against Brazil, remained largely without a chance. Due to a knee injury that he sustained at the 2010 African Cup of Nations in January , he had to cancel participation in the World Cup in South Africa that same year .
On May 13, 2014, he was appointed to the squad of the Ghanaian national team for the 2014 World Cup .
Style of play
Essien can be used in a variety of ways in midfield, both offensively and defensively. He can also play in defense if necessary.
successes
society
- with Olympique Lyon
- French champion : 2004 and 2005
- French Supercup : 2003 and 2004
- with Chelsea
- English champion : 2006 and 2010
- FA Cup : 2007 , 2009 and 2012
- FA Community Shield : 2009
- Carling Cup : 2007
- UEFA Champions League : 2012
International
Personal achievements
- Ligue 1 Player of the Year : 2005
- BBC African Footballer of the Year : 2006
- Chelsea Player of the Year Award : 2007
- Ghana's Footballer of the Year : 2008
Trivia
Together with the band Wills and the Willing and his teammate Didier Drogba , Essien recorded the song "Skin". He is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right to Play .
On the Road Boadi in Kumasi end was in 2017 a sculpture in his likeness unveiled. Essien's late father James, who belonged to the Ashanti ethnic group , came from Kumasi.
Web links
- Michael Essien in the database of weltfussball.de
- Michael Essien in the database of transfermarkt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chelsea binds Essien. (No longer available online.) In: Transfermarkt.de . June 4, 2010, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; Retrieved January 25, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Essien loaned to Real Madrid. (No longer available online.) In: Chelsea FC website. September 1, 2012, archived from the original on September 2, 2012 ; Retrieved January 25, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ OFFICIAL: ESSIEN SIGNS FOR THE ROSSONERI
- ^ T-Online: Former Chelsea star Essien moves to Indonesia , accessed on March 16, 2017
- ↑ Ghanas Boateng taunts - and is there , kicker.de (May 12, 2014)
- ↑ Sadick Adams on Twitte : Hello @MichaelEssien, I'm not sure you're aware of this your huge honor in Kumasi at that popular Boadi Road. Yesterday the sculpture opened the fence around it was and I saw kids & adults take turns to take pictures. I was humbled. Ghana still loves you. It's Beautiful gift from January 2, 2017
- ↑ Michael Essien's father passes on - Goal.com from September 1, 2013
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Didier Drogba |
Ligue 1 Player of the Year 2005 |
Juninho |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Essien, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Essien, Michael Kojo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ghanaian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd December 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Accra |