Michael Kojo Essien (born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and is currently a member of Danish...

Loick Essien (born 1990), British musician Michael Essien (born 1982), Ghanaian former footballer, currently coaching FC Nordsjælland. Nduese Essien (born...

Champions League place would not be certain. Long-term injuries to Michael Essien and Joe Cole marked the period while Didier Drogba was not included...

their third season under the ownership of Roman Abramovich, signing Michael Essien from Lyon and Shaun Wright-Phillips from Manchester City for more than...

notably including Dragan Džajić, Claude Papi, Johnny Rep, Roger Milla, Michael Essien, Alex Song, Sébastien Squillaci, Jérôme Rothen, Antar Yahia and Florian...

Coupet  France Lyon Cris  Brazil Lyon Mahamadou Diarra  Mali Real Madrid Michael Essien  Ghana Chelsea Cesc Fàbregas  Spain Arsenal William Gallas  France Chelsea...

Drogba Chelsea 106 3rd Michael Essien Chelsea 50 2006 1st Didier Drogba Chelsea 79 2nd Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 76 3rd Michael Essien Chelsea 36 2007 1st Frédéric...

Andriy Shevchenko, Phillip Lahm, Hasan Salihamidžić, Dimitar Berbatov, Michael Essien, André Schürrle, Ricardo Carvalho, Dietmar Hamann, Florent Malouda,...

he competed with players such as Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack, Claude Makélélé, and Michael Essien for playing time in central midfield. He moved to...

midfield, where he was pitted against makeshift Chelsea right-back Michael Essien. This went against the prediction of The Guardian's David Pleat, who...

subsequently forced to counter this tactic by withdrawing Lampard and Michael Essien further back in midfield to relieve the pressure on Makélélé. On 5 November...

Midfielder 2005 Frank Lampard (2) 2006 John Terry (2) Defender 2007 Michael Essien  Ghana Midfielder 2008 Joe Cole  England 2009 Frank Lampard (3) 2010...

Year for the first time, ahead of Samuel Eto'o and Chelsea teammate Michael Essien. His performances during the season saw him named in the PFA Premier...

Terry and Ramires, who had both missed the final due to suspension, and Michael Essien, who was an unused substitute in 2012. Gianfranco Zola, Jody Morris...

Seedorf  Netherlands Milan 7 24 Fabio Cannavaro  Italy Real Madrid 5 Michael Essien  Ghana Chelsea 5 26 Wayne Rooney  England Manchester United 4 27 Iker...

January, with a Gaël Givet own goal opening the scoring. A 30-yard Michael Essien drive sandwiches two goals by Frank Lampard, and Didier Drogba completes...

Milan's Andrea Pirlo in the 2005 Champions League semi-finals, Chelsea's Michael Essien man-marking Liverpool's Steven Gerrard in the 2009 Champions League...

their Champions League campaign with a 1–4 away win against Žilina. Michael Essien opens the scoring after 13 minutes, and Nicolas Anelka's quick double...

- 1 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal Manchester United - - - 1 1 2 22nd Michael Essien  Ghana Lyon Chelsea - - - 1 - 1 23rd Luis García  Spain Liverpool -...

nominees for the honour were Chelsea and Ghana international midfielder Michael Essien, and Nigeria and Portsmouth striker Nwankwo Kanu, who previously won...

Manchester United 14 Miroslav Klose 21 Werder Bremen Bayern Munich 15 Michael Essien 20 Chelsea 16 Juan Román Riquelme 19 Boca Juniors Villarreal 17 Petr...

transfer fees on players such as Tiago (£10 million) from Benfica, Michael Essien (£24.4 million) from Lyon, Didier Drogba (£24 million) from Marseille...

Chelsea in the market for a midfielder following a long-term injury to Michael Essien, and an unsuccessful bid to acquire Luka Modrić from Tottenham Hotspur...

Portugal 13 21 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United Netherlands 11 21= Michael Essien Lyon Chelsea Ghana 11 23 Raúl Real Madrid Spain 8 23= Pavel Nedvěd Juventus...

22 Internazionale Barcelona 15= Gianluigi Buffon 19 Juventus 15= Michael Essien 19 Chelsea 17 Iker Casillas 17 Real Madrid 18 Carles Puyol 14 Barcelona...

former diplomat and a politician; minister in the Nkrumah government Michael Essien, international football star; Kwame Gyawu-Kyem, Ghanaian politician...

Lewis-Skelly has garnered stylistic comparisons to the likes of Arturo Vidal & Michael Essien, all-action midfielders capable of imposing themselves onto games. As...

speak to his new teammates, which at that time included the likes of Michael Essien, Sylvain Wiltord, Florent Malouda and Eric Abidal. While speaking, Benzema...

Germany. In a 2017 interview, he revealed that Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien was his idol growing up but he chose to represent Germany because they...

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