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SOCCER PLAYER

Michael Essien

1982 - Today

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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 Superliga club Nordsjælland's coaching staff. He was also capped for the Ghana national team more than 50 times. During his prime, Essien was considered one of the best midfielders in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Essien has received more than 3,805,630 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Michael Essien is the 900th most popular soccer player (up from 1,016th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 7th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ghanaian Soccer Player.

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  • 52.43

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  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Michael Essien ranks 900 out of 16,880Before him are Emil Kostadinov, Marc-André ter Stegen, Luuk de Jong, Thiago Motta, Ernst Ocwirk, and Elek Schwartz. After him are Sadio Mané, José Luis Brown, Anatoly Tarasov, Shigemaru Takenokoshi, Schubert Gambetta, and Dudu Georgescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Michael Essien ranks 24Before him are Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, Eduardo Saverin, Mikel Arteta, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Cobie Smulders, and Thiago Motta. After him are Elisha Cuthbert, Tuba Büyüküstün, Jamie Dornan, Antonio Cassano, Natalie Dormer, and Bergüzar Korel.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Michael Essien ranks 10 out of 121Before him are Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Marcel Desailly (1968), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703), Jerry Rawlings (1947), and Peter Turkson (1948). After him are Peter Mensah (1959), John Kufuor (1938), John Atta Mills (1944), William Boyd (1952), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), and Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ghana

Among soccer players born in Ghana, Michael Essien ranks 3Before him are Abedi Pele (1964) and Marcel Desailly (1968). After him are Tony Yeboah (1966), Samuel Kuffour (1976), Asamoah Gyan (1985), Sulley Muntari (1984), Stephen Appiah (1980), Gerald Asamoah (1978), Kwadwo Asamoah (1988), Alphonso Davies (2000), and Derek Boateng (1983).