MFAHAMU ZAIDI MICHAEL ESSIEN KATIKA ULIMWENGU WA KANDANDA"

                               Michael Essien

Taarifa kuhusu yeye
Full name	Michael Kojo Essien
Date of birth	3 December 1982 (age 30)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing position	Midfielder
Timu ya sasa
Current club	Real Madrid (on loan from Chelsea)
Number	15
Youth career
1999–2000	Liberty Professionals
Senior career*
mwaka	Timu	Mechi	(Goli}
2000–2003	Bastia	66	(11)
2003–2005	Lyon	71	(7)
2005–	Chelsea	163	(17)
2012–	→ Real Madrid (loan)	18	(1)
Timu ya taifa
2002–	Ghana	52	(9)

MATAJI AKIWA NA CLUB HIZI
Lyon
Ligue 1 (2): 2003-04, 2004-05
Trophée des Mabingwa (2): 2003, 2004
Chelsea
Ligi Kuu (2): 2005-06, 2009-10
Kombe la FA (4): 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12
Kombe la Ligi (1): 2006-07
FA Community Shield (1): 2009
Ligi ya Mabingwa (1): 2011-12

TUZO BINAFSI
2005 UNFP Ligue 1 Mchezaji wa Mwaka
BBC Afrika Mchezaji wa Mwaka: 2006 [56]
Ghana Mchezaji wa mwaka: 2008
Lengo la Chelsea msimu: 2006-07 vs Arsenal, [57]
2008-09 vs Barcelona [57]
2008 Kombe la Mataifa ya Timu ya mashindano [58]
Chelsea Mchezaji wa Mwaka: 2007 [57]
Ligue 1 Timu ya Mwaka: 2003
Ligue 1 Timu ya Mwaka: 2005