Michael Essien

Retired
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: Ghana Accra
  • Citizenship: Ghana Ghana
  • Height: 1,78 m
  • Position: Defensive Midfield
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Assistant Manager Club: Nordsjaelland
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Detailed stats of Michael Essien

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SeasonCompetitionreihenfolge ASC, saison_id DESC, verein_id ASCClub     /   /   
 Total :   20316643 / 2 / -16.045'
19/206--1 / - / -310'
19/201--- / - / -59'
18/193--- / - / -82'
20181--- / - / -70'
16/176212 / - / -358'
15/1681-2 / - / -691'
15/163--1 / - / -240'
14/157--1 / 1 / -540'
13/145--1 / - / -246'
13/141--- / - / -69'
13/144--2 / - / -146'
13/142-12 / - / -180'
12/13152-4 / - / -1.151'
12/133--- / - / -132'
12/132--1 / - / -122'
11/128-11 / - / -590'
11/121--- / - / -120'
11/121--- / - / -74'
10/1112--1 / - / -994'
10/115-11 / - / -366'
09/1091-1 / - / -810'
09/105-12 / - / -351'
08/092--- / - / -151'
08/0971-- / - / -541'
08/0931-1 / - / -270'
07/0832-1 / - / -249'
07/082--1 / - / -180'
07/081--- / - / -120'
06/074-11 / - / -360'
05/069--1 / - / -796'
05/061--- / - / -90'
05/062--- / - / -180'
05/061--1 / - / -120'
04/05284-9 / - / -2.460'
04/052--- / - / -180'
04/051--- / - / -90'
04/051--- / - / -120'
03/04202-5 / 1 / -1.687'
03/042--- / - / -180'
03/041--- / - / -90'
03/041--- / - / -120'
02/031--- / - / -90'
01/021--- / - / -90'
01/022--- / - / -180'
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Group A 11/25/03 Olympique Lyon RSC Anderlecht 1:0 on the bench
last 16 1st leg 2/25/04 Olympique Lyon Real Sociedad 0:1 DM 90'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg 3/23/04 Olympique Lyon FC Porto 2:0 DM 90'
Group D 9/15/04 Olympique Lyon Manchester United 2:2 DM 90'
last 16 1st leg 2/23/05 Olympique Lyon SV Werder Bremen 0:3 DM 90'
Group G 11/23/05 Chelsea FC RSC Anderlecht 0:2 DM 90'
Group G 12/6/05 Chelsea FC Liverpool FC 0:0 DM 90'
Group B 9/18/07 Chelsea FC Rosenborg BK 1:1 DM 65' 90'
Group B 12/11/07 Chelsea FC Valencia CF 0:0 DM 90'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg 4/8/09 Chelsea FC Liverpool FC 1:3 DM 90'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg 4/14/09 Chelsea FC Liverpool FC 4:4 DM 90'
Semi-Finals 2nd Leg 5/6/09 Chelsea FC FC Barcelona 1:1 DM 1 74' 90'
Group D 9/15/09 Chelsea FC FC Porto 1:0 DM 15' 90'
Group D 9/30/09 Chelsea FC APOEL Nicosia 0:1 DM 90'
Group D 10/21/09 Chelsea FC Atlético de Madrid 4:0 DM 1 90'
Group D 11/3/09 Chelsea FC Atlético de Madrid 2:2 DM 17' 59'
Group D 11/25/09 Chelsea FC FC Porto 0:1 DM 22'
Group F 9/28/10 Chelsea FC Olympique Marseille 2:0 DM 90'
Group F 12/8/10 Chelsea FC Olympique Marseille 1:0 DM 90'
last 16 2nd leg 3/16/11 Chelsea FC FC Copenhagen 0:0 DM 6'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg 4/6/11 Chelsea FC Manchester United 0:1 DM 66' 90'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg 4/12/11 Chelsea FC Manchester United 2:1 DM 1 90'
last 16 2nd leg 3/14/12 Chelsea FC SSC Napoli 4:1 AET DM 120'
Group D 10/3/12 Real Madrid Ajax Amsterdam 1:4 DM 58' 78'
Group D 11/6/12 Real Madrid Borussia Dortmund 2:2 DM 45'
last 16 2nd leg 3/11/14 AC Milan Atlético de Madrid 4:1 DM 69'
Squad: 26, Starting eleven: 22, Substituted in: 3, On the bench: 1, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
First Round 1st leg 7/11/19 FK Sabail CS Universitatea Craiova 2:3 DM 59'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
4 5/26/06 Ghana Türkiye 1:1 DM 90'
14 3/26/08 Ghana Mexico 2:1 DM 1 90'
11 3/5/14 Ghana Montenegro 1:0 DM 45' 66'
21 5/31/14 Ghana Netherlands 1:0 DM  45'
Squad: 4, Starting eleven: 4, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
5 9/10/05 Chelsea FC Sunderland AFC 2:0 DM 90'
14 11/26/05 Chelsea FC Portsmouth FC 0:2 DM 90'
15 12/3/05 Chelsea FC Middlesbrough FC 1:0 DM 90'
16 12/10/05 Chelsea FC Wigan Athletic 1:0 DM 90'
19 12/28/05 Chelsea FC Manchester City 0:1 DM 90'
20 12/31/05 Chelsea FC Birmingham City 2:0 DM 76'
26 2/11/06 Chelsea FC Middlesbrough FC 3:0 DM 90'
27 2/25/06 Chelsea FC Portsmouth FC 2:0 DM 90'
28 3/4/06 Chelsea FC West Bromwich Albion 1:2 DM 90'
1 8/20/06 Chelsea FC Manchester City 3:0 DM 1 90'
8 10/14/06 Chelsea FC Reading FC 0:1 DM 90'
9 10/21/06 Chelsea FC Portsmouth FC 2:1 DM 90'
20 12/26/06 Chelsea FC Reading FC 2:2 DM 90'
1 8/12/07 Chelsea FC Birmingham City 3:2 DM 1 50' 69'
18 12/23/07 Chelsea FC Blackburn Rovers 0:1 DM 90'
20 12/29/07 Chelsea FC Newcastle United 2:1 DM 1 90'
2 8/24/08 Chelsea FC Wigan Athletic 0:1 DM 90'
3 8/31/08 Chelsea FC Tottenham Hotspur 1:1 DM 90'
29 3/15/09 Chelsea FC Manchester City 1:0 DM 1 90'
30 3/21/09 Chelsea FC Tottenham Hotspur 1:0 DM 76'
33 4/22/09 Chelsea FC Everton FC 0:0 DM 60'
35 5/2/09 Chelsea FC Fulham FC 3:1 DM 45'
36 5/10/09 Chelsea FC Arsenal FC 1:4 DM 90'
2 8/18/09 Chelsea FC Sunderland AFC 1:3 DM 90'
4 8/29/09 Chelsea FC Burnley FC 3:0 DM 90'
6 9/20/09 Chelsea FC Tottenham Hotspur 3:0 DM 90'
8 10/4/09 Chelsea FC Liverpool FC 2:0 DM 44' 90'
9 10/17/09 Chelsea FC Aston Villa 2:1 DM 90'
10 10/24/09 Chelsea FC Blackburn Rovers 5:0 DM 1 90'
11 10/31/09 Chelsea FC Bolton Wanderers 0:4 DM 90'
12 11/8/09 Chelsea FC Manchester United 1:0 DM 90'
15 12/5/09 Chelsea FC Manchester City 2:1 DM 90'
6 9/25/10 Chelsea FC Manchester City 1:0 DM 90'
10 10/30/10 Chelsea FC Blackburn Rovers 1:2 DM 90'
20 12/29/10 Chelsea FC Bolton Wanderers 1:0 DM 90'
21 1/2/11 Chelsea FC Aston Villa 3:3 DM 90'
22 1/5/11 Chelsea FC Wolverhampton Wanderers 1:0 DM 90'
23 1/15/11 Chelsea FC Blackburn Rovers 2:0 DM 80'
27 2/14/11 Chelsea FC Fulham FC 0:0 DM 90'
18 3/1/11 Chelsea FC Manchester United 2:1 DM 74' 90'
29 3/7/11 Chelsea FC Blackpool FC 1:3 DM 90'
31 4/2/11 Chelsea FC Stoke City 1:1 DM 90'
37 5/15/11 Chelsea FC Newcastle United 2:2 DM 26'
38 5/22/11 Chelsea FC Everton FC 1:0 DM 78'
22 1/21/12 Chelsea FC Norwich City 0:0 DM 11'
24 2/5/12 Chelsea FC Manchester United 3:3 DM 90'
25 2/11/12 Chelsea FC Everton FC 2:0 DM 69'
26 2/25/12 Chelsea FC Bolton Wanderers 3:0 DM 90'
27 3/3/12 Chelsea FC West Bromwich Albion 1:0 DM 76'
32 4/7/12 Chelsea FC Wigan Athletic 2:1 DM 22' 74'
35 4/21/12 Chelsea FC Arsenal FC 0:0 DM 90'
38 5/13/12 Chelsea FC Blackburn Rovers 2:1 DM 1 90'
12 11/23/13 Chelsea FC West Ham United 0:3 DM 6'
13 12/1/13 Chelsea FC Southampton FC 3:1 DM 33' 45'
16 12/14/13 Chelsea FC Crystal Palace 2:1 DM 58' 90'
20 1/1/14 Chelsea FC Southampton FC 0:3 DM 5'
Squad: 56, Starting eleven: 52, Substituted in: 4, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
5 9/24/12 Real Madrid Rayo Vallecano 0:2 DM 6' 90'
7 10/7/12 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 2:2 DM 3'
10 11/3/12 Real Madrid Real Zaragoza 4:0 DM 1 90'
11 11/11/12 Real Madrid Levante UD 1:2 DM 90'
20 1/20/13 Real Madrid Valencia CF 0:5 DM 80' 33'
21 1/27/13 Real Madrid Getafe CF 4:0 DM 90'
23 2/9/13 Real Madrid Sevilla FC 4:1 DM 90'
24 2/17/13 Real Madrid Rayo Vallecano 2:0 DM 90'
25 2/23/13 Real Madrid Deportivo de La Coruña 1:2 DM 57'
29 3/30/13 Real Madrid Real Zaragoza 1:1 DM 90'
33 4/27/13 Real Madrid Atlético de Madrid 1:2 DM 68'
36 5/8/13 Real Madrid Málaga CF 6:2 DM 90'
35 5/11/13 Real Madrid RCD Espanyol Barcelona 1:1 DM 41' 90'
37 5/26/13 Real Madrid Real Sociedad 3:3 DM 45' 90'
38 6/1/13 Real Madrid CA Osasuna 4:2 DM 1 90'
Squad: 15, Starting eleven: 13, Substituted in: 2, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
23 2/8/14 AC Milan SSC Napoli 3:1 DM 90'
25 2/23/14 AC Milan UC Sampdoria 0:2 DM 26'
28 3/16/14 AC Milan Parma FC 2:4 DM 8'
29 3/23/14 AC Milan SS Lazio 1:1 DM 58' 90'
35 4/25/14 AC Milan AS Roma 2:0 DM 32'
7 10/19/14 AC Milan Hellas Verona 1:3 DM 90'
12 11/23/14 AC Milan Inter Milan 1:1 DM 90'
13 11/30/14 AC Milan Udinese Calcio 2:0 DM 54' 71' 71'
17 1/6/15 AC Milan US Sassuolo 1:2 DM 65'
21 2/1/15 AC Milan Parma FC 3:1 DM 45'
22 2/7/15 AC Milan Juventus FC 3:1 DM 34' 90'
27 3/16/15 AC Milan ACF Fiorentina 2:1 DM 90'
Squad: 12, Starting eleven: 9, Substituted in: 3, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
8 9/22/01 SC Bastia LOSC Lille 2:1 DM 90'
16 11/28/01 SC Bastia RC Lens 7:0 DM 90'
2 8/9/03 Olympique Lyon AS Monaco 3:1 DM 1 77'
3 8/16/03 Olympique Lyon Montpellier HSC 0:2 DM 53' 75'
4 8/23/03 Olympique Lyon FC Toulouse 0:0 DM 72'
6 9/13/03 Olympique Lyon AJ Auxerre 1:1 DM 90'
8 9/27/03 Olympique Lyon RC Lens 4:0 DM 90'
9 10/4/03 Olympique Lyon AC Ajaccio 2:4 DM 90'
14 11/21/03 Olympique Lyon RC Strasbourg Alsace 1:0 DM 62' 62'
17 12/5/03 Olympique Lyon FC Metz 2:1 DM 66'
18 12/13/03 Olympique Lyon SC Bastia 0:0 DM 90'
21 1/17/04 Olympique Lyon Montpellier HSC 3:0 DM 90'
22 1/31/04 Olympique Lyon FC Toulouse 0:1 DM 90'
23 2/7/04 Olympique Lyon EA Guingamp 0:1 DM 90'
24 2/15/04 Olympique Lyon AJ Auxerre 1:2 DM 90'
25 2/21/04 Olympique Lyon Le Mans Union Club 72 2:0 DM 90'
26 2/28/04 Olympique Lyon RC Lens 1:1 DM 75'
28 3/13/04 Olympique Lyon FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 1:2 DM 90'
30 3/27/04 Olympique Lyon OGC Nice 0:1 DM 90'
32 4/11/04 Olympique Lyon RC Strasbourg Alsace 0:1 DM 90'
33 4/24/04 Olympique Lyon Stade Rennais FC 3:0 DM 1 90'
36 5/12/04 Olympique Lyon SC Bastia 1:0 DM 90'
1 8/6/04 Olympique Lyon OGC Nice 0:1 DM 41' 90'
2 8/14/04 Olympique Lyon FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 1:1 DM 90'
3 8/22/04 Olympique Lyon FC Metz 1:1 DM 90'
4 8/28/04 Olympique Lyon LOSC Lille 1:0 DM 90'
5 9/11/04 Olympique Lyon Stade Rennais FC 1:2 DM 90'
6 9/18/04 Olympique Lyon SC Bastia 0:0 DM 90'
7 9/21/04 Olympique Lyon FC Toulouse 0:2 DM 1 90'
9 10/3/04 Olympique Lyon AS Saint-Étienne 2:3 DM 90'
10 10/15/04 Olympique Lyon SM Caen 4:0 DM 1 74'
11 10/23/04 Olympique Lyon FC Istres Ouest Provence 0:0 DM 90'
12 10/30/04 Olympique Lyon RC Strasbourg Alsace 1:0 DM 90'
14 11/13/04 Olympique Lyon FC Nantes 2:0 DM 90'
15 11/19/04 Olympique Lyon Paris Saint-Germain 0:0 DM 90'
16 11/27/04 Olympique Lyon AJ Auxerre 2:1 DM 90'
18 12/11/04 Olympique Lyon FC Girondins Bordeaux 0:0 DM 90'
19 12/17/04 Olympique Lyon Olympique Marseille 1:1 DM 90'
20 1/12/05 Olympique Lyon FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 0:2 DM 90'
22 1/23/05 Olympique Lyon LOSC Lille 2:1 DM 90'
24 2/1/05 Olympique Lyon SC Bastia 1:1 DM 1 90'
29 3/12/05 Olympique Lyon FC Istres Ouest Provence 2:1 DM 90'
30 3/19/05 Olympique Lyon RC Strasbourg Alsace 0:1 DM 90'
31 4/2/05 Olympique Lyon RC Lens 1:0 DM 90'
33 4/17/05 Olympique Lyon Paris Saint-Germain 0:1 DM 90'
34 4/24/05 Olympique Lyon AJ Auxerre 0:3 DM 1 90'
35 5/8/05 Olympique Lyon AC Ajaccio 2:1 DM 90'
36 5/15/05 Olympique Lyon FC Girondins Bordeaux 5:1 DM 58'
37 5/21/05 Olympique Lyon Olympique Marseille 0:1 DM 90'
38 5/28/05 Olympique Lyon OGC Nice 0:0 DM 78'
Squad: 50, Starting eleven: 50, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
13 12/6/15 Panathinaikos FC PAE Veria 0:1 DM 22' 90'
14 12/13/15 Panathinaikos FC Asteras Tripolis 2:0 DM 90'
15 12/20/15 Panathinaikos FC Panthrakikos Komotini 1:0 DM 90'
16 1/4/16 Panathinaikos FC Panetolikos GFS 4:2 DM 36' 90'
18 1/17/16 Panathinaikos FC Panionios Athens 0:0 DM 86'
19 1/24/16 Panathinaikos FC APO Levadiakos 0:2 DM 1 80'
20 1/31/16 Panathinaikos FC AO Platanias 2:3 DM 90'
24 2/28/16 Panathinaikos FC AEK Athens 1:0 DM 75'
Squad: 8, Starting eleven: 8, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
last 16 1st leg 1/7/16 Panathinaikos FC PAS Giannina 1:2 DM 90'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg 1/27/16 Panathinaikos FC Atromitos Athens 0:0 DM 61'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg 2/10/16 Panathinaikos FC Atromitos Athens 1:0 DM 47' 89'
Squad: 3, Starting eleven: 3, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Final 8/5/07 Chelsea FC Manchester United 1:4 on pens DM 120'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
4th round 1st leg 10/31/12 Real Madrid CD Alcoyano 1:4 DM 59'
last 16 1st leg 12/12/12 Real Madrid Celta de Vigo 2:1 DM 65'
Semi-Finals 2nd Leg 2/26/13 Real Madrid FC Barcelona 1:3 DM 8'
Squad: 3, Starting eleven: 2, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Final 5/11/02 SC Bastia FC Lorient 0:1 DM 90'
Third Round 1/4/03 SC Bastia Olympique Marseille 2:0 DM 90'
Round of 16 2/11/04 Olympique Lyon AS Monaco 4:1 DM 90'
Third Round 1/8/05 Olympique Lyon ES Viry-Châtillon 0:2 DM 90'
Squad: 4, Starting eleven: 4, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Second Round 10/28/03 Olympique Lyon RC Lens 5:4 on pens DM 120'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Final 7/31/04 Olympique Lyon Paris Saint-Germain 7:8 on pens DM 120'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
14 1/9/12 Chelsea FC Reserves West Bromwich Albion Reserves 2:3 DM 74'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
4th round deciders 2/8/06 Chelsea FC Everton FC 4:1 DM 90'
Semi-Finals 4/18/09 Chelsea FC Arsenal FC 1:2 DM 90'
Final 5/30/09 Chelsea FC Everton FC 2:1 DM 61'
Squad: 3, Starting eleven: 3, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Third Round 10/26/05 Chelsea FC Charlton Athletic 5:6 on pens DM 90'
Third Round 9/24/13 Chelsea FC Swindon Town 0:2 DM 54' 90'
Round of 16 10/29/13 Chelsea FC Arsenal FC 0:2 DM  1 75' 90'
Squad: 3, Starting eleven: 3, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Group E 6/14/08 Ghana Gabon 2:0 DM 90'
Group E 6/22/08 Ghana Gabon 2:0 DM 66' 90'
Group 4 6/20/09 Ghana Sudan 0:2 DM 90'
Group 4 9/6/09 Ghana Sudan 2:0 DM 1 90'
Group 4 10/11/09 Ghana Benin 1:0 DM 90'
3rd round 2nd leg 11/19/13 Ghana Egypt 2:1 DM 90'
Squad: 6, Starting eleven: 6, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
23 4/7/19 FK Sabail Sabah FK 3:1 DM 26'
24 4/14/19 FK Sabail Neftchi Baku 2:2 DM 12'
28 5/11/19 FK Sabail FK Keshla 1:4 DM 45'
9 10/28/19 FK Sabail Qarabağ FK 1:0 DM 9'
15 2/2/20 FK Sabail Qarabağ FK 0:1 DM 72'
16 2/7/20 FK Sabail FK Keshla 0:1 DM 71'
17 2/16/20 FK Sabail FK Qabala 3:1 DM 62'
18 2/23/20 FK Sabail Sabah FK 0:0 DM 11' 80'
19 3/1/20 FK Sabail Neftchi Baku 1:1 DM 16'
Squad: 9, Starting eleven: 5, Substituted in: 4, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Group A 1/16/18 PERSIB Bandung Sriwijaya FC 1:0 DM 70'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
1 4/15/17 PERSIB Bandung Arema FC 0:0 DM 78'
2 4/22/17 PERSIB Bandung PS TNI 2:2 DM 1 45'
4 5/3/17 PERSIB Bandung Gresik United FC 0:1 DM 23'
5 5/7/17 PERSIB Bandung Persipura Jayapura 1:0 DM 1 45'
29 10/15/17 PERSIB Bandung PSM Makassar 2:1 DM 1 72' 79'
24 11/8/17 PERSIB Bandung Pusamania Borneo FC 2:1 DM 82' 90'
Squad: 6, Starting eleven: 3, Substituted in: 3, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Group G 6/17/14 Ghana United States 1:2 DM 19'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 0, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0
Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
Group E 6/22/06 Ghana United States 2:1 DM 5' 90'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

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