Michael Essien

Retired
Last club: FK Sabail Most games for: Chelsea Retired since: Sep 9, 2020

Date of birth/Age: Dec 3, 1982 (41)
Place of birth: Accra
Citizenship: Ghana

Height: 1,78 m
Position: Defensive Midfield

Former International: Ghana
Caps/Goals: 59 / 9

Currently working as:

Assistant Manager Club: Nordsjaelland

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Ghana
5		Ghana	Jan 4, 2002	59	9	Fred Osam Duodu	19 years 01 month 01 day
	Ghana U20
4		Ghana U20	Jun 18, 2001	7	1	Emmanuel Kwesi Afranie	18 years 06 months 15 days
	Ghana U17
-		Ghana U17	Nov 11, 1999	5	-	Cecil Jones Attuquayefio	16 years 11 months 08 days

Stats of Michael Essien

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			53	9	5	-	3	13	9	-	-	1	478'	4.301'
	World Cup qualification	22	4	1	-	1	5	4	-	-	1	448'	1.791'
	International Friendlies	17	3	1	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	467'	1.400'
	Africa Cup of Nations	9	2	3	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	376'	751'
	World Cup	4	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	289'
	Afrika-Cup Quali	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	70'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
			Jan 4, 2002	Egypt	Ghana	2:0						90'
		Ljubljana	May 17, 2002	Slovenia	Ghana	2:0					63'	63'
			Oct 8, 2002	Ghana	Lesotho	2:1	no information available
			Oct 19, 2002	Sierra Leone	Ghana	2:1	no information available
			Dec 22, 2002	Egypt	Ghana	0:0	Not in squad
			Jan 26, 2003	Ghana	Benin	3:0	no information available
			Feb 15, 2003	Benin	Ghana	1:0	no information available
		Tunis	Mar 27, 2003	Tunisia	Ghana	10:9 on pens	Not in squad
			Mar 30, 2003	Madagascar	Ghana	3:3	no information available
			May 30, 2003	Nigeria	Ghana	3:1	no information available
			Jun 13, 2003	Ghana	Kenya	1:3	no information available
			Apr 28, 2004	Ghana	Angola	1:1	no information available
			Jun 14, 2004	Ghana	Togo	0:0	no information available
			Jun 25, 2004	Mozambique	Ghana	0:1	no information available
			May 23, 2005	Kenya	Ghana	2:2	Not in squad
			Aug 17, 2005	Senegal	Ghana	0:0	no information available
		Riad	Nov 14, 2005	Saudi Arabia	Ghana	1:3	Not in squad
			Jan 11, 2006	Togo	Ghana	1:0	no information available
		Tunis	Jan 15, 2006	Tunisia	Ghana	2:0	Not in squad
		Frisco	Mar 1, 2006	Mexico	Ghana	1:0						90'
		Mülheim an der Ruhr	May 26, 2006	Türkiye	Ghana	1:1	DM					90'
		Leicester	May 29, 2006	Jamaica	Ghana	1:4					81'	81'
		Edinburgh	Jun 4, 2006	South Korea	Ghana	1:3		1	1			90'
			Aug 15, 2006	Ghana	Togo	2:0	no information available
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Oct 4, 2006	Japan	Ghana	0:1	CM					90'
		Seoul	Oct 8, 2006	South Korea	Ghana	1:3	CM	1				90'
		London	Nov 14, 2006	Australia	Ghana	1:1						90'
		Brentford	Feb 6, 2007	Nigeria	Ghana	1:4					88'	88'
		Wien	Mar 24, 2007	Austria	Ghana	1:1	Not in squad
		Solna, Stockholm	Mar 27, 2007	Brazil	Ghana	1:0	Not in squad
		Teheran	Jun 28, 2007	Iran	Ghana	4:2	Not in squad
			Aug 21, 2007	Ghana	Senegal	1:1	no information available
		Kumasi	Sep 8, 2007	Ghana	Morocco	2:0						90'
		Riad	Sep 11, 2007	Saudi Arabia	Ghana	5:0						90'
			Nov 18, 2007	Ghana	Togo	2:0	no information available
			Nov 21, 2007	Ghana	Benin	4:2	no information available
		London	Mar 26, 2008	Mexico	Ghana	2:1	DM	1				90'
		Sydney	May 23, 2008	Australia	Ghana	1:0	Not in squad
			Aug 20, 2008	Tanzania	Ghana	1:1	no information available
		Westdene, Bloemfontein	Oct 15, 2008	South Africa	Ghana	2:1	Cruciate ligament tear
		Accra	Nov 19, 2008	Ghana	Tunisia	0:0	Cruciate ligament tear
		al-Qāhirah, Kairo	Feb 11, 2009	Egypt	Ghana	2:2	Cruciate ligament tear
			May 30, 2009	Ghana	Uganda	2:0	no information available
			Aug 12, 2009	Ghana	Zambia	4:1	no information available
		Utrecht	Sep 9, 2009	Japan	Ghana	4:3	CM					90'
		Córdoba	Oct 1, 2009	Argentina	Ghana	2:0	Not in squad
			Nov 18, 2009	Angola	Ghana	0:0	no information available
			Jan 5, 2010	Ghana	Malawi	0:0	Thigh problems
		Sarajevo	Mar 3, 2010	Bosnia	Ghana	2:1	Meniscus damage
		Rotterdam	Jun 1, 2010	Netherlands	Ghana	4:1	Meniscus damage
		Kumasi	Jun 5, 2010	Ghana	Latvia	1:0	Meniscus damage
		Johannesburg	Aug 11, 2010	South Africa	Ghana	1:0	Not in squad
		Dubai	Nov 17, 2010	Saudi Arabia	Ghana	0:0	Not in squad
			Feb 8, 2011	Ghana	Togo	4:1	no information available
		London	Mar 29, 2011	England	Ghana	1:1	Not in squad
		Jeonju	Jun 7, 2011	South Korea	Ghana	2:1	Not in squad
		London	Sep 5, 2011	Brazil	Ghana	1:0	Cruciate ligament tear
			Oct 11, 2011	Ghana	Nigeria	0:0	Cruciate ligament tear
			Nov 15, 2011	Ghana	Gabon	2:1	Cruciate ligament tear
		Chester	Mar 1, 2012	Chile	Ghana	1:1	Not in squad
		Peking	Aug 15, 2012	China	Ghana	1:1	Not in squad
			Sep 11, 2012	Liberia	Ghana	2:0	Not in squad
			Nov 14, 2012	Cape Verde	Ghana	0:1	no information available
		Abu Dhabi	Jan 10, 2013	Ghana	Egypt	3:0	Not in squad
		Kumasi	Jan 13, 2013	Ghana	Tunisia	4:2	Not in squad
			Jun 12, 2013	Ghana	Ivory Coast	2:1	no information available
			Jun 14, 2013	Ghana	Ivory Coast	1:1	no information available
		İkitelli / İstanbul	Aug 14, 2013	Türkiye	Ghana	2:2	Not in squad
			Aug 30, 2013	Libya	Ghana	1:0	no information available
		Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Sep 10, 2013	Japan	Ghana	3:1	Not in squad
		Windhoek	Jan 4, 2014	Namibia	Ghana	0:1	Not in squad
		Podgorica	Mar 5, 2014	Montenegro	Ghana	1:0	DM			45'	66'	66'
		Rotterdam	May 31, 2014	Netherlands	Ghana	1:0	DM				46'	45'
		Miami Gardens, Florida	Jun 10, 2014	Ghana	South Korea	4:0	on the bench
Squad: 17, Starting eleven: 16, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 1, Suspended: 0, Injured: 10,