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Ghana · 2005–12Michael Essien
Rating
90
Caps
59
Goals
9
Life
1982
Clubs
SC Bastia, Olympique Lyonnais, Chelsea
#1
Editorial rank of 33 for Ghana
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Nine minutes into the semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge on 6 May 2009, a Barcelona clearance dropped to Essien 25 yards out and he volleyed it in off the underside of the bar. He won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012, two Premier League titles and four FA Cups there, back-to-back Ligue 1 titles at Lyon, and took Ligue 1 Player of the Year in 2005 and BBC African Footballer of the Year in 2006. Career record: 59 caps and 9 goals for Ghana; club career at SC Bastia, Olympique Lyonnais, Chelsea.
Career record
| 2000–2003 | SC Bastia |
| 2003–2005 | Olympique Lyonnais |
| 2005–2014 | Chelsea |
| 2012–2013 | Real Madrid Club de Fútbol |
| 2014–2015 | AC Milan |
| 2015–2016 | Panathinaikos |
| 2017–2018 | Persib Bandung |
| 2019–2020 | Səbail FK |
| Ghana | 59 caps, 9 goals |
Shared the era
Ghana legends whose careers overlapped Essien's