Michael Kojo Essien ( born Michael Kojo Essien ; born December 3, 1982 , Accra , Ghana ) is a Ghanaian footballer and a defensive midfielder for the Sabail club.
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| Full name | Michael Kojo Essien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Accra , Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 178 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Sabail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Michael Essien was born in Accra , the capital of Ghana , where he began to play football, his first professional club was the local Liberty Professionals. In the culture of the peoples of the African state of Ghana, they attach great importance to the day of the week in which the person was born - it is believed that this has an impact on his whole future destiny. Almost all children receive the first or middle name according to this day. Michael’s name was no exception, his name Kojo means “Monday.”
In the Bastia , Essien was often compared to Vieira for the same rigidity in martial arts. Gradually becoming the team leader, the midfielder brought the Corsicans to the UEFA Cup , scoring 6 goals in the French Championship .
In 2002, Michael transferred to Olympic Lyon for 7.8 million euros. On August 19, 2005, Essien, for a record $ 26 million ($ 47 million) for an African player, transferred to Chelsea from the French Lyon. The debut in the new team took place on August 21, 2005 in the match against Arsenal . For 2 seasons in Lyon, he won the French championship twice, and was also recognized as the best player of 2005 by the French Association of Professional Soccer Players (5 goals in 10 matches of the UEFA Champions League ). In the 2006/07 season he was recognized as the best player of Chelsea. In 2007, Essien signed a new five-year contract, under which his salary was 90 thousand pounds per week. As part of the youth team, he became the winner of the African Championship and the bronze medalist of the 1997 World Cup in New Zealand .
Essien is physically developed, unyielding in martial arts, can move back to any place in the defense, often connects to attacks, and often shoots on goal from afar. It can play in all defense positions, in the center of midfield and on the flank. In addition to the opornik, he can play as a playmaker.
Michael was the captain of the Ghana national football team.
Having suffered a severe knee injury in December 2009, Essien did not manage to recover by the start of the 2010 World Cup, but on June 4, 2010 he extended his stay at Stamford Bridge for another two years, extending his previous contract with the London club until the summer of 2015. . Essien's previous agreement was calculated until 2013 [3] .
On December 4, 2010 Essien held a match against Everton , which became the 200th game of the Ghanaian team in Chelsea [4] .
August 31, 2012, on the last day of the transfer window , was rented by Real Madrid. November 3, Michael scored the first goal for the “Royal Club”, hitting the gates of “ Real Zaragoza ” [5] .
January 27, 2014 as a free agent moved to the Italian " Milan ". The contract was signed until June 30, 2015 [6] .
On June 2, 2015, as a free agent, he transferred to the Greek Panathinaikos . The contract was signed until June 30, 2017 [7] . Spent 15 matches for the club (12 in the championship and 3 in the country's cup) and scored one goal.
On March 14, 2017 Essien signed a contract with the Indonesian club Persib Bandung [8] .
On March 16, 2019, Michael Essien signed a contract with the Baku club Sabail for a period of 15 months [9] .
Achievements
Team
Lyon
- League Champion 1 ( 2 ): 2003/04 , 2004/05
- French Super Cup Winner ( 2 ): 2003, 2004
- Total: 4 trophies
Chelsea
- Premier League Champion ( 2 ): 2005/06 , 2009/10
- FA Cup Winner ( 4 ): 2007 , 2009 , 2010 , 2012
- Football League Cup Winner ( 1 ): 2007
- Super Bowl Winner England ( 1 ): 2009
- UEFA Champions League Winner ( 1 ): 2012
- Total: 9 trophies
Personal
- Team of the Year of the French League 1 ( 2 ): 2003, 2005
- Player of the Year in France according to the NSPF ( 1 ): 2005
- BBC African Footballer of the Year (1): 2006
- Chelsea Fans Player of the Year ( 1 ): 2007
- Best goal of the season Chelsea ( 2 ): 2007, 2009
- Soccer Player of the Year in Ghana ( 1 ): 2008
- Symbolic team of Africa according to KAF ( 1 ): 2008
Performance Statistics
Club statistics
- As of April 28, 2014 [10]
| Performance | League | Country cup | League Cup | Eurocups | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals |
| Bastia | Division 1 | 2000/01 | 13 | one | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | one |
| League 1 | 2001/02 | 24 | four | four | 0 | 2 | one | 0 | 0 | thirty | five | |
| 2002/03 | 29th | 6 | one | 0 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 | ||
| Total | 66 | eleven | 7 | 0 | 3 | one | 0 | 0 | 76 | 12 | ||
| Lyon | League 1 | 2003/04 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | one | 0 | eight | 0 | 45 | 3 |
| 2004/05 | 37 | four | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ten | five | 49 | 9 | ||
| Total | 71 | 7 | four | 0 | one | 0 | 18 | five | 94 | 12 | ||
| Chelsea | Premier League | 2005/06 | 31 | 2 | four | 0 | one | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| 2006/07 | 33 | 2 | five | one | 6 | one | ten | 2 | 54 | 6 | ||
| 2007/08 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | four | 0 | 12 | 0 | 45 | 6 | ||
| 2008/09 | eleven | one | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | five | 2 | nineteen | 3 | ||
| 2009/10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | 6 | one | 21 | four | ||
| 2010/11 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | eight | one | 43 | four | ||
| 2011/12 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | nineteen | 0 | ||
| 2013/14 | five | 0 | one | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 168 | 17 | 20 | one | 15 | one | 49 | 6 | 252 | 25 | ||
| RealMadrid | An example | 2012/13 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Total | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| Milan | A series | 2013/14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | eight | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | eight | 0 | ||
| Total career | 335 | 37 | 38 | one | nineteen | 2 | 75 | eleven | 467 | 51 | ||
2 matches and 1 goal in the French Super Cup and 4 matches in the English Super Cup are not included in this table
International Statistics
- As of February 27, 2014 [11]
| National team | Season | Freindly | Tournaments | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
| Ghana | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | four | 0 |
| 2003 | one | 0 | one | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | five | one | five | one | |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2006 | eight | 2 | 3 | 0 | eleven | 2 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2008 | one | one | eleven | 2 | 12 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 6 | one | eight | one | |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | one | 0 | |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | one | 0 | |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total career | 20 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 56 | 9 | |
Matches and Goals for the Team
- As of February 27, 2014 [11]
| No. | date | Opponent | Score | Essien Goals | Competition |
| one | January 4, 2002 | Egypt | 0: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| 2 | January 21, 2002 | Morocco | 0: 0 | - | Final matches CAN-2002 |
| 3 | January 24, 2002 | South Africa | 0: 0 | - | Final matches CAN-2002 |
| four | May 17, 2002 | Slovenia | 0: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| five | March 30, 2003 | Madagascar | 3: 3 | - | Friendly match |
| 6 | November 16, 2003 | Somalia | 5: 0 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2006 World Cup |
| 7 | June 5, 2004 | Burkina Faso | 0: 1 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2006 World Cup |
| eight | June 20, 2004 | South Africa | 3-0 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2006 World Cup |
| 9 | July 3, 2004 | Uganda | 1: 1 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2006 World Cup |
| ten | September 5, 2004 | Cape Verde | 2-0 | one | Qualifiers KAN and 2006 World Cup |
| eleven | October 10, 2004 | DR Congo | 0: 0 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2006 World Cup |
| 12 | June 18, 2005 | South Africa | 2-0 | one | Qualifiers KAN and 2006 World Cup |
| 13 | September 4, 2005 | Uganda | 2-0 | one | Qualifiers KAN and 2006 World Cup |
| 14 | September 8, 2005 | Cape Verde | 4-0 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2006 World Cup |
| 15 | March 2, 2006 | Mexico | 0: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| sixteen | May 26, 2006 | Turkey | 1: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 17 | May 29, 2006 | Jamaica | 4: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 18 | June 4, 2006 | The Republic of Korea | 3: 1 | one | Friendly match |
| nineteen | June 12, 2006 | Italy | 0: 2 | - | Final matches of the 2006 World Cup |
| 20 | June 17, 2006 | Czech | 2-0 | - | Final matches of the 2006 World Cup |
| 21 | June 22, 2006 | USA | 2: 1 | - | Final matches of the 2006 World Cup |
| 22 | August 15, 2006 | Togo | 2-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 23 | October 4, 2006 | Japan | 1-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 24 | October 8, 2006 | The Republic of Korea | 3: 1 | one | Friendly match |
| 25 | October 11, 2006 | Australia | 1: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 26 | February 6, 2007 | Nigeria | 4: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 27 | August 21, 2007 | Senegal | 1: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 28 | September 8, 2007 | Morocco | 2-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 29th | September 11, 2007 | Saudi Arabia | 0: 5 | - | Friendly match |
| thirty | November 18, 2007 | Togo | 2-0 | - | Friendly match |
| 31 | November 21, 2007 | Benin | 4: 2 | - | Friendly match |
| 32 | January 20, 2008 | Guinea | 2: 1 | - | Final matches CAN-2008 |
| 33 | January 24, 2008 | Namibia | 1-0 | - | Final matches CAN-2008 |
| 34 | January 28, 2008 | Morocco | 2-0 | one | Final matches CAN-2008 |
| 35 | February 3, 2008 | Nigeria | 2: 1 | one | Final matches CAN-2008 |
| 36 | February 7, 2008 | Cameroon | 0: 1 | - | Final matches CAN-2008 |
| 37 | February 9, 2008 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4: 2 | - | Final matches CAN-2008 |
| 38 | March 16, 2008 | Mexico | 1: 2 | one | Friendly match |
| 39 | June 1, 2008 | Libya | 3-0 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2010 World Cup |
| 40 | June 8, 2008 | Lesotho | 3: 2 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2010 World Cup |
| 41 | June 14, 2008 | Gabon | 0: 2 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2010 World Cup |
| 42 | June 22, 2008 | Gabon | 2-0 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2010 World Cup |
| 43 | September 5, 2008 | Libya | 0: 1 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2010 World Cup |
| 44 | March 29, 2009 | Benin | 1-0 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2010 World Cup |
| 45 | June 7, 2009 | Mali | 2-0 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2010 World Cup |
| 46 | June 20, 2009 | Sudan | 2-0 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2010 World Cup |
| 47 | August 12, 2009 | Zambia | 4: 1 | - | Friendly match |
| 48 | September 6, 2009 | Sudan | 2-0 | one | Qualifiers KAN and 2010 World Cup |
| 49 | September 9, 2009 | Japan | 3: 4 | - | Friendly match |
| 50 | October 11, 2009 | Benin | 0: 1 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2010 World Cup |
| 51 | November 15, 2009 | Mali | 2: 2 | - | Qualifiers KAN and 2010 World Cup |
| 52 | January 15, 2010 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1: 3 | - | Final matches CAN-2010 |
| 53 | June 3, 2011 | DR Congo | 3: 1 | - | Qualifying matches CAN-2012 |
| 54 | September 6, 2013 | Zambia | 2: 1 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 55 | October 15, 2013 | Egypt | 6: 1 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 56 | November 19, 2013 | Egypt | 1: 2 | - | 2014 World Cup Qualifiers |
Total: 56 matches / 9 goals; 33 wins, 9 draws, 14 losses.
Notes
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ Discogs - 2000.
- ↑ Michael Essien remains at Chelsea until 2015 (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment June 4, 2010. Archived on June 8, 2010.
- ↑ Essien spent the 200th match with Chelsea (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment December 4, 2010. Archived on February 26, 2011.
- ↑ Real Madrid defeated Zaragoza and went to third place, Ronaldo failed to score
- ↑ Officially: Essien - player of Milan - football.ua
- ↑ Ανακοίνωση (Greek) . Επίσημη ιστοσελίδα της ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός (2.06.2015). Date of treatment June 4, 2015.
- ↑ Essien signed a contract with a team from Indonesia on the 84th anniversary of the club - Championship
- ↑ Ex-Chelsea star joins Sabail
- ↑ Profile: Michael Essien (English) , Bounder.friardale.co.uk (November 15, 2013). Date of treatment November 15, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Internationals: Michael Essien (English) , Bounder.friardale.co.uk (November 15, 2013). Date of treatment November 15, 2013.
Links
- Official website
- Soccer player profile on Chelsea-fc.ru website (Russian)
- Soccer Player Profile at Chelseafc.com
- Soccer Player Profile on Football-lineups.com