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

Detailed stats of Michael Essien

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Season	Competition		Club				/ /
	Total :			108	17	9	17 / - / 1	8.667'
19/20		Premyer Liqa	1	-	-	- / - / -	-
16/17		Liga 1	2	-	-	1 / - / -	180'
15/16		Super League	2	-	-	- / - / -	163'
14/15		Serie A	1	-	-	- / - / -	90'
13/14		Champions League	1	-	-	- / - / -	90'
13/14		Premier League	1	-	-	- / - / -	-
13/14		FA Cup	1	-	-	- / - / -	55'
12/13		Champions League	1	-	-	- / - / -	65'
11/12		Premier League	6	-	-	2 / - / -	329'
11/12		FA Cup	1	-	-	- / - / -	27'
10/11		Premier League	20	3	2	4 / - / 1	1.718'
10/11		Champions League	3	1	1	- / - / -	270'
10/11		FA Cup	1	-	-	- / - / -	90'
10/11		Community Shield	1	-	-	- / - / -	90'
09/10		Champions League	1	1	-	- / - / -	27'
09/10		Premier League	4	-	-	1 / - / -	294'
08/09		Premier League	3	-	-	- / - / -	212'
08/09		Champions League	1	1	-	- / - / -	66'
07/08		Premier League	7	4	2	1 / - / -	630'
07/08		Champions League	6	-	2	1 / - / -	437'
07/08		League Cup	2	-	-	- / - / -	178'
06/07		Premier League	3	-	-	- / - / -	270'
06/07		League Cup	2	1	-	1 / - / -	180'
06/07		Champions League	1	-	-	1 / - / -	90'
05/06		Premier League	15	1	1	4 / - / -	1.225'
05/06		FA Cup	1	-	-	- / - / -	90'
05/06		Champions League	4	-	1	- / - / -	360'
04/05		Champions League	7	4	-	- / - / -	660'
04/05		Ligue 1	2	-	-	- / - / -	180'
03/04		Ligue 1	3	-	-	- / - / -	241'
03/04		Champions League	2	-	-	- / - / -	180'
03/04		Trophée des Champions	1	1	-	1 / - / -	90'
02/03		Ligue 1	1	-	-	- / - / -	90'

Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
Group A	9/17/03	H	RSC Anderlecht	1:0	CM				90'
Group A	10/21/03	H	Bayern Munich	1:1	CM				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'
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'

Group G	9/13/05	H	RSC Anderlecht	1:0	CM				90'
Group G	9/28/05	A	Liverpool	0:0	CM				90'
Group G	10/19/05	H	Real Betis	4:0	CM		1		90'
Group G	11/1/05	A	Real Betis	1:0	CM				90'

last 16 1st leg	2/21/07	A	FC Porto	1:1	CM			42'	90'

Group B	10/3/07	A	Valencia	1:2	CM				83'
Group B	10/24/07	H	FC Schalke 04	2:0	CM				70'
Group B	11/6/07	A	FC Schalke 04	0:0	CM			84'	90'
Group B	11/28/07	A	Rosenborg	0:4	CM		2		90'
last 16 1st leg	2/19/08	A	Olympiacos	0:0	CM				90'
last 16 2nd leg	3/5/08	H	Olympiacos	3:0	CM				14'

last 16 2nd leg	3/10/09	A	Juventus	2:2	CM	1			66'

Group D	12/8/09	H	APOEL Nicosia	2:2	CM	1			27'

Group F	9/15/10	A	MSK Zilina	1:4	CM	1			90'
Group F	10/19/10	A	Spartak Moscow	0:2	CM		1		90'
last 16 1st leg	2/22/11	A	FC Copenhagen	0:2	CM				90'

Group D	9/18/12	H	Man City	3:2	CM				65'

last 16 1st leg	2/19/14	H	Atlético Madrid	0:1	CM				90'
Squad: 27, Starting eleven: 26, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
1	10/4/06	A	Japan	0:1	CM		90'
5	10/8/06	A	South Korea	1:3	CM	1	90'

3	9/9/09	A	Japan	4:3	CM		90'
Squad: 3, Starting eleven: 3, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
3	8/24/05	H	(2.)	West Brom (12.)	4:0	CM					90'
4	8/27/05	A	(3.)	Tottenham (7.)	0:2	CM			✔		90'
6	9/17/05	A	(1.)	Charlton (2.)	0:2	CM		1			90'
7	9/24/05	H	(1.)	Aston Villa (15.)	2:1	CM					90'
8	10/2/05	A	(1.)	Liverpool (12.)	1:4	CM					90'
9	10/15/05	H	(1.)	Bolton (8.)	5:1	CM			✔		90'
10	10/23/05	A	(1.)	Everton (20.)	1:1	CM					90'
11	10/29/05	H	(1.)	Blackburn (13.)	4:2	CM					90'
12	11/6/05	A	(1.)	Man Utd (3.)	1:0	CM					55'
17	12/18/05	A	(1.)	Arsenal (8.)	0:2	CM			✔		90'
21	1/2/06	A	(1.)	West Ham (12.)	1:3	CM					13'
25	2/5/06	H	(1.)	Liverpool (3.)	2:0	CM			✔		90'
29	3/11/06	H	(1.)	Tottenham (4.)	2:1	CM	1				77'
30	3/19/06	A	(1.)	Fulham (14.)	1:0	CM					90'
37	4/29/06	H	(1.)	Man Utd (2.)	3:0	CM					90'

12	11/11/06	H	(2.)	Watford (19.)	4:0	CM					90'
15	11/29/06	A	(2.)	Bolton (5.)	0:1	CM					90'
36	4/28/07	H	(2.)	Bolton (5.)	2:2	CM					90'

5	9/2/07	A	(5.)	Aston Villa (3.)	2:0	CM					90'
11	10/27/07	H	(4.)	Man City (7.)	6:0	CM	1	2	✔		90'
27	3/19/08	A	(3.)	Tottenham (11.)	4:4	CM	1				90'
34	4/14/08	H	(2.)	Wigan (15.)	1:1	CM	1				90'
35	4/17/08	A	(2.)	Everton (5.)	0:1	CM	1				90'
36	4/26/08	H	(2.)	Man Utd (1.)	2:1	CM					90'
37	5/5/08	A	(2.)	Newcastle (12.)	0:2	CM					90'

31	4/4/09	A	(3.)	Newcastle (18.)	0:2	CM					57'
37	5/17/09	H	(3.)	Blackburn (15.)	2:0	CM					90'
38	5/24/09	A	(3.)	Sunderland (16.)	2:3	CM					65'

1	8/15/09	H	(7.)	Hull City (12.)	2:1	CM					90'
5	9/12/09	A	(1.)	Stoke City (11.)	1:2	CM					24'
7	9/26/09	A	(2.)	Wigan (11.)	3:1	CM			86'		90'
14	11/29/09	A	(1.)	Arsenal (3.)	0:3	CM					90'

1	8/14/10	H	(1.)	West Brom (20.)	6:0	CM		1			90'
2	8/21/10	A	(1.)	Wigan (20.)	0:6	CM					80'
3	8/28/10	H	(1.)	Stoke City (19.)	2:0	CM					85'
4	9/11/10	A	(1.)	West Ham (20.)	1:3	CM	2				90'
5	9/19/10	H	(1.)	Blackpool (9.)	4:0	CM					90'
7	10/3/10	H	(1.)	Arsenal (4.)	2:0	CM					90'
8	10/16/10	A	(1.)	Aston Villa (8.)	0:0	CM			13'		90'
12	11/10/10	H	(1.)	Fulham (15.)	1:0	CM	1		50'	90 + 4'	90'
16	12/4/10	H	(3.)	Everton (15.)	1:1	CM					90'
17	12/12/10	A	(4.)	Tottenham (5.)	1:1	CM			73'		90'
19	12/27/10	A	(4.)	Arsenal (2.)	3:1	CM					90'
24	1/24/11	A	(4.)	Bolton (11.)	0:4	CM					90'
25	2/1/11	A	(3.)	Sunderland (6.)	2:4	CM					90'
26	2/6/11	H	(4.)	Liverpool (6.)	0:1	CM					90'
30	3/20/11	H	(3.)	Man City (4.)	2:0	CM		1			90'
33	4/16/11	A	(2.)	West Brom (13.)	1:3	CM					90'
28	4/20/11	H	(3.)	Birmingham (16.)	3:1	CM					90'
34	4/23/11	H	(2.)	West Ham (20.)	3:0	CM					56'
35	4/30/11	H	(2.)	Tottenham (6.)	2:1	CM					57'
36	5/8/11	A	(2.)	Man Utd (1.)	2:1	CM			43'		90'

21	1/14/12	H	(4.)	Sunderland (12.)	1:0	CM					17'
23	1/31/12	A	(4.)	Swansea (14.)	1:1	CM					25'
29	3/21/12	A	(5.)	Man City (2.)	2:1	CM					32'
30	3/24/12	H	(5.)	Tottenham (4.)	0:0	CM			50'		75'
36	4/29/12	H	(6.)	QPR (17.)	6:1	CM					90'
37	5/8/12	A	(6.)	Liverpool (8.)	4:1	CM			44'		90'

21	1/11/14	A	(3.)	Hull City (10.)	0:2	CM					1'
Squad: 59, Starting eleven: 54, Substituted in: 5, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
11	11/8/14	A		(7.)		Sampdoria (4.)	2:2	CM						90'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
17	11/30/02	H	(14.)	Marseille (5.)	2:0	CM	90'

1	8/1/03	A	(19.)	LOSC Lille (5.)	1:0	CM	90'
5	8/30/03	A	(9.)	Guingamp (18.)	2:0	CM	61'
34	5/2/04	A	(1.)	G. Bordeaux (8.)	1:1	CM	90'

13	11/6/04	A	(1.)	Lens (16.)	0:1	CM	90'
32	4/9/05	A	(1.)	FC Nantes (16.)	2:2	CM	90'
Squad: 6, Starting eleven: 6, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
12	11/28/15	A	(5.)	Iraklis (11.)	1:0	CM	90'
17	1/11/16	A	(2.)	AEL Kalloni (16.)	0:2	CM	73'
Squad: 2, Starting eleven: 2, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
Final	8/8/10	H		(2.)		Man Utd (1.)	1:3	CM						90'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
Final	7/26/03	H				AJ Auxerre	2:1	CM	1		37'			90'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
Fifth Round	2/19/06	H	(6.)	Colchester Utd. (2.)	3:1	CM	90'

Fourth Round	1/29/11	A	(32.)	Everton (34.)	1:1	CM	90'

Sixth Round	3/18/12	H	(1.)	Leicester (8.)	5:2	CM	27'

Third Round	1/5/14	A	(40.)	Derby (99.)	0:2	CM	55'
Squad: 4, Starting eleven: 3, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
Round of 16	11/8/06	H	(9.)	Aston Villa (24.)	4:0	CM	1		90'
Final	2/25/07	H	(1.)	Arsenal (3.)	2:1	CM		✔	90'

Quarter-Finals	12/19/07	H	(1.)	Liverpool (20.)	2:0	CM			90'
Final	2/24/08	H	(2.)	Tottenham (1.)	1:2 AET	CM			88'
Squad: 4, Starting eleven: 4, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
Group E	6/1/08	H	(2.)	Libya (49.)	3:0	CM		90'
Group E	6/8/08	A	(4.)	Lesotho (47.)	2:3	CM		90'

3rd round 1st leg	10/15/13	H	(1.)	Egypt (2.)	6:1	CM	1	90'
Squad: 3, Starting eleven: 3, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
1	8/18/19	H		(3.)		Zira FC (6.)	1:0	CM						1'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 0, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
12	7/5/17	H	(8.)	PSM Makassar (1.)	2:1	CM		90'
14	7/12/17	H	(11.)	Persela (9.)	1:1	CM	25'	90'
Squad: 2, Starting eleven: 2, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
Group E	6/12/06	A	(30.)	Italy (6.)	2:0	CM		90'
Group E	6/17/06	A	(17.)	Czechia (14.)	0:2	CM	37'	90'
Squad: 2, Starting eleven: 2, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
Group F	6/21/01	A		(4.)		Iran U20 (23.)	0:1	CM						90'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

#	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	-

Detailed stats of Michael Essien

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