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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Detailed

Season	Competition		Club				/ /
	Total :			76	11	8	13 / - / -	6.278'
13/14		Champions League	2	-	-	- / - / -	159'
12/13		Champions League	7	-	1	2 / - / -	488'
11/12		Champions League	2	-	-	- / - / -	140'
10/11		Champions League	8	1	2	1 / - / -	636'
09/10		Champions League	6	1	1	2 / - / -	378'
08/09		Champions League	5	2	-	1 / - / -	426'
07/08		Champions League	12	-	3	4 / - / -	1.037'
06/07		Champions League	10	2	-	3 / - / -	930'
05/06		Champions League	6	-	1	- / - / -	540'
04/05		Champions League	10	5	-	- / - / -	930'
03/04		Champions League	8	-	-	- / - / -	614'

UEFA Champions League

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Detailed

Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
Group A	9/17/03	H	RSC Anderlecht	1:0	CM				90'
Group A	9/30/03	A	Celtic	2:0					27'
Group A	10/21/03	H	Bayern Munich	1:1	CM				90'
Group A	11/5/03	A	Bayern Munich	1:2	RM				77'
Group A	11/25/03	A	RSC Anderlecht	1:0	on the bench
Group A	12/10/03	H	Celtic	3:2	on the bench
last 16 1st leg	2/25/04	A	Real Sociedad	0:1	DM				90'
last 16 2nd leg	3/9/04	H	Real Sociedad	1:0	RM				90'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	3/23/04	A	FC Porto	2:0	DM				90'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	4/6/04	H	FC Porto	2:2	RM				60'

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'

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'
Group G	11/23/05	A	RSC Anderlecht	0:2	DM				90'
Group G	12/6/05	H	Liverpool	0:0	DM				90'
last 16 1st leg	2/22/06	H	Barcelona	1:2	Not in squad
last 16 2nd leg	3/7/06	A	Barcelona	1:1	Not in squad

Group A	9/12/06	H	Werder Bremen	2:0	RM	1			90'
Group A	9/27/06	A	Levski Sofia	1:3	RM				90'
Group A	10/18/06	H	Barcelona	1:0	RM				90'
Group A	10/31/06	A	Barcelona	2:2	RM			89'	90'
Group A	11/22/06	A	Werder Bremen	1:0	RM				90'
Group A	12/5/06	H	Levski Sofia	2:0	RM				90'
last 16 1st leg	2/21/07	A	FC Porto	1:1	CM			42'	90'
last 16 2nd leg	3/6/07	H	FC Porto	2:1	CB				90'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	4/4/07	H	Valencia	1:1	Not in squad
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	4/10/07	A	Valencia	1:2	RB	1		4'	90'
Semi-Finals 1st Leg	4/25/07	H	Liverpool	1:0	Yellow card suspension
Semi-Finals 2nd Leg	5/1/07	A	Liverpool	4:1 on pens	CB				120'

Group B	9/18/07	H	Rosenborg	1:1	DM			65'	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'
Group B	12/11/07	H	Valencia	0:0	DM				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'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	4/2/08	A	Fenerbahce	2:1	RB				90'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	4/8/08	H	Fenerbahce	2:0	RB		1	86'	90'
Semi-Finals 1st Leg	4/22/08	A	Liverpool	1:1	Not in squad
Semi-Finals 2nd Leg	4/30/08	H	Liverpool	3:2 AET	RB				120'
Final	5/21/08	A	Man Utd	6:5 on pens	RB			118'	120'

Group A	9/16/08	H	G. Bordeaux	4:0	Cruciate ligament tear
Group A	10/1/08	A	CFR Cluj	0:0	Cruciate ligament tear
Group A	10/22/08	H	AS Roma	1:0	Cruciate ligament tear
Group A	11/4/08	A	AS Roma	3:1	Cruciate ligament tear
Group A	11/26/08	A	G. Bordeaux	1:1	Cruciate ligament tear
Group A	12/9/08	H	CFR Cluj	2:1	Cruciate ligament tear
last 16 1st leg	2/25/09	H	Juventus	1:0	Cruciate ligament tear
last 16 2nd leg	3/10/09	A	Juventus	2:2	CM	1			66'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	4/8/09	A	Liverpool	1:3	DM				90'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	4/14/09	H	Liverpool	4:4	DM				90'
Semi-Finals 1st Leg	4/28/09	A	Barcelona	0:0	RM				90'
Semi-Finals 2nd Leg	5/6/09	H	Barcelona	1:1	DM	1		74'	90'

Group D	9/15/09	H	FC Porto	1:0	DM			15'	90'
Group D	9/30/09	A	APOEL Nicosia	0:1	DM				90'
Group D	10/21/09	H	Atlético Madrid	4:0	DM		1		90'
Group D	11/3/09	A	Atlético Madrid	2:2	DM			17'	59'
Group D	11/25/09	A	FC Porto	0:1	DM				22'
Group D	12/8/09	H	APOEL Nicosia	2:2	CM	1			27'
last 16 1st leg	2/24/10	A	Inter	2:1	Meniscus damage
last 16 2nd leg	3/16/10	H	Inter	0:1	Meniscus damage

Group F	9/15/10	A	MSK Zilina	1:4	CM	1			90'
Group F	9/28/10	H	Marseille	2:0	DM				90'
Group F	10/19/10	A	Spartak Moscow	0:2	CM		1		90'
Group F	11/3/10	H	Spartak Moscow	4:1	Not in squad
Group F	11/23/10	H	MSK Zilina	2:1	Not in squad
Group F	12/8/10	A	Marseille	1:0	DM				90'
last 16 1st leg	2/22/11	A	FC Copenhagen	0:2	CM				90'
last 16 2nd leg	3/16/11	H	FC Copenhagen	0:0	DM				6'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	4/6/11	H	Man Utd	0:1	DM			66'	90'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	4/12/11	A	Man Utd	2:1	DM		1		90'

Group E	9/13/11	H	B. Leverkusen	2:0	Cruciate ligament tear
Group E	9/28/11	A	Valencia	1:1	Cruciate ligament tear
Group E	10/19/11	H	KRC Genk	5:0	Cruciate ligament tear
Group E	11/1/11	A	KRC Genk	1:1	Cruciate ligament tear
Group E	11/23/11	A	B. Leverkusen	2:1	Cruciate ligament tear
Group E	12/6/11	H	Valencia	3:0	Cruciate ligament tear
last 16 1st leg	2/21/12	A	SSC Napoli	3:1					20'
last 16 2nd leg	3/14/12	H	SSC Napoli	4:1 AET	DM				120'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	3/27/12	A	Benfica	0:1	on the bench
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	4/4/12	H	Benfica	2:1	on the bench
Semi-Finals 1st Leg	4/18/12	H	Barcelona	1:0	on the bench
Semi-Finals 2nd Leg	4/24/12	A	Barcelona	2:2	on the bench
Final	5/19/12	A	Bayern Munich	4:5 on pens	on the bench

Group D	9/18/12	H	Man City	3:2	CM				65'
Group D	10/3/12	A	Ajax	1:4	DM			58'	78'
Group D	10/24/12	A	Bor. Dortmund	2:1	LB				90'
Group D	11/6/12	H	Bor. Dortmund	2:2	DM				45'
Group D	11/21/12	A	Man City	1:1	Not in squad
Group D	12/4/12	H	Ajax	4:1	Not in squad
last 16 1st leg	2/13/13	H	Man Utd	1:1	on the bench
last 16 2nd leg	3/5/13	A	Man Utd	1:2	Not in squad
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	4/3/13	H	Galatasaray	3:0	RB		1	84'	90'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	4/9/13	A	Galatasaray	3:2	RB				31'
Semi-Finals 1st Leg	4/24/13	A	Bor. Dortmund	4:1	Not in squad
Semi-Finals 2nd Leg	4/30/13	H	Bor. Dortmund	2:0	RB				90'

Group E	9/18/13	H	FC Basel	1:2	Not in squad
Group E	10/1/13	A	Steaua Bucharest	0:4	Not in squad
Group E	10/22/13	A	FC Schalke 04	0:3	Not in squad
Group E	11/6/13	H	FC Schalke 04	3:0	Not in squad
Group E	11/26/13	A	FC Basel	1:0	Not in squad
Group E	12/11/13	H	Steaua Bucharest	1:0	Not in squad

last 16 1st leg	2/19/14	H	Atlético Madrid	0:1	CM				90'
last 16 2nd leg	3/11/14	A	Atlético Madrid	4:1	DM				69'
Squad: 84, Starting eleven: 70, Substituted in: 6, On the bench: 8, Suspended: 1, Injured: 15