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

Stats of Michael Essien

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Stats 04/05

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total 04/05:			50	9	-	10	1	-	4.430'
	Ligue 1	37	4	-	10	1	-	3.200'
	Champions League	10	5	-	-	-	-	930'
	Coupe de France	2	-	-	-	-	-	180'
	Trophée des Champions	1	-	-	-	-	-	120'

UEFA Champions League

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Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
Group D	9/15/04	H	Man Utd	2:2	DM		90'
Group D	9/28/04	A	Sparta Prague	1:2	CM	1	90'
Group D	10/19/04	A	Fenerbahce	1:3	CM		90'
Group D	11/3/04	H	Fenerbahce	4:2	CM	1	90'
Group D	11/23/04	A	Man Utd	2:1	CM		90'
Group D	12/8/04	H	Sparta Prague	5:0	CB	1	90'
last 16 1st leg	2/23/05	A	Werder Bremen	0:3	DM		90'
last 16 2nd leg	3/8/05	H	Werder Bremen	7:2	CM	2	90'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	4/5/05	H	PSV Eindhoven	1:1	CM		90'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	4/13/05	A	PSV Eindhoven	4:2 on pens	CM		120'
Squad: 10, Starting eleven: 10, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

International Friendlies

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Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
11	5/23/05	A				Kenya	2:2	Not in squad
Squad: 0, Starting eleven: 0, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Ligue 1

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Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
1	8/6/04	A	(8.)	OGC Nice (16.)	0:1	DM		41'		90'
2	8/14/04	H	(8.)	FC Sochaux (7.)	1:1	DM				90'
3	8/22/04	A	(10.)	FC Metz (4.)	1:1	DM		✔		90'
4	8/28/04	H	(6.)	LOSC Lille (13.)	1:0	DM				90'
5	9/11/04	A	(4.)	Stade Rennais (12.)	1:2	DM				90'
6	9/18/04	H	(4.)	SC Bastia (3.)	0:0	DM				90'
7	9/21/04	A	(2.)	Toulouse (8.)	0:2	DM	1			90'
8	9/25/04	H	(3.)	Monaco (1.)	0:0					45'
9	10/3/04	A	(2.)	Saint-Étienne (17.)	2:3	DM				90'
10	10/15/04	H	(1.)	SM Caen (14.)	4:0	DM	1			74'
11	10/23/04	A	(1.)	FC Istres (20.)	0:0	DM		✔		90'
12	10/30/04	H	(1.)	R. Strasbourg (19.)	1:0	DM		✔		90'
13	11/6/04	A	(1.)	Lens (16.)	0:1	CM				90'
14	11/13/04	H	(1.)	FC Nantes (11.)	2:0	DM				90'
15	11/19/04	A	(1.)	Paris SG (12.)	0:0	DM				90'
16	11/27/04	H	(1.)	AJ Auxerre (4.)	2:1	DM		✔		90'
17	12/4/04	A	(1.)	AC Ajaccio (19.)	1:1	RB				90'
18	12/11/04	A	(1.)	G. Bordeaux (6.)	0:0	DM				90'
19	12/17/04	H	(1.)	Marseille (5.)	1:1	DM				90'
20	1/12/05	A	(1.)	FC Sochaux (9.)	0:2	DM				90'
21	1/15/05	H	(1.)	FC Metz (13.)	2:0	CB				90'
22	1/23/05	A	(1.)	LOSC Lille (2.)	2:1	DM				90'
23	1/26/05	H	(1.)	Stade Rennais (11.)	2:1	CB				90'
24	2/1/05	A	(1.)	SC Bastia (19.)	1:1	DM	1	✔		90'
25	2/5/05	H	(1.)	Toulouse (7.)	4:0	CB		✔		90'
26	2/18/05	A	(1.)	Monaco (4.)	1:1	RB			66'	66'
27	2/26/05	H	(1.)	Saint-Étienne (8.)	3:2	Not in squad
28	3/4/05	A	(1.)	SM Caen (17.)	1:0	RB				90'
29	3/12/05	H	(1.)	FC Istres (20.)	2:1	DM				90'
30	3/19/05	A	(1.)	R. Strasbourg (16.)	0:1	DM				90'
31	4/2/05	H	(1.)	Lens (10.)	1:0	DM		✔		90'
32	4/9/05	A	(1.)	FC Nantes (16.)	2:2	CM				90'
33	4/17/05	H	(1.)	Paris SG (10.)	0:1	DM				90'
34	4/24/05	A	(1.)	AJ Auxerre (6.)	0:3	DM	1	✔		90'
35	5/8/05	H	(1.)	AC Ajaccio (16.)	2:1	DM				90'
36	5/15/05	H	(1.)	G. Bordeaux (13.)	5:1	DM				58'
37	5/21/05	A	(1.)	Marseille (5.)	0:1	DM				90'
38	5/28/05	H	(1.)	OGC Nice (12.)	0:0	DM		✔		78'
Squad: 37, Starting eleven: 36, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Coupe de France

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Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
Third Round	1/8/05	A	Viry-Châtillon	0:2	DM	90'
Fourth Round	2/13/05	A	Toulouse	1:2	CB	90'
Round of 16	3/1/05	A	Clermont FA	5:4 on pens	Not in squad
Squad: 2, Starting eleven: 2, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Coupe de la Ligue

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Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
Second Round	11/10/04	A				LOSC Lille	3:2 AET	Not in squad
Squad: 0, Starting eleven: 0, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Trophée des Champions

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Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
Final	7/31/04	A				Paris SG	7:8 on pens	DM						120'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

World Cup qualification Africa

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Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
First Round 1st leg	10/16/03	A	(22.)	Somalia	0:5				90'
First Round 2nd leg	11/19/03	H	(8.)	Somalia	2:0	Not in squad
Group 2	6/5/04	A	(12.)	Burkina Faso (22.)	1:0				90'
Group 2	6/20/04	H	(6.)	South Africa (17.)	3:0				90'
Group 2	7/3/04	A	(11.)	Uganda (24.)	1:1				58'
Group 2	9/5/04	H	(14.)	Cape Verde (13.)	2:0		1	70'	90'
Group 2	10/10/04	H	(13.)	DR Congo (12.)	0:0			90'	90'
Group 2	3/27/05	A	(8.)	DR Congo (13.)	1:1	Not in squad
Group 2	6/5/05	H	(8.)	Burkina Faso (16.)	2:1	Not in squad
Group 2	6/18/05	A	(6.)	South Africa (14.)	0:2		1		90'
Group 2	9/4/05	H	(6.)	Uganda (14.)	2:0		1	43'	64'
Group 2	10/8/05	A		Cape Verde	0:4				90'
Squad: 9, Starting eleven: 9, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Positions played

Played as...
Defensive Midfield	32	4	-
Central Midfield	9	4	-
Centre-Back	5	1	-
Right-Back	3	-	-

National team career

#	National team		Debut
	Ghana
5		Ghana	Jan 4, 2002	59	9
	Ghana U20
4		Ghana U20	Jun 18, 2001	7	1
	Ghana U17
-		Ghana U17	Nov 11, 1999	5	-

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