What is Michael Essien?
{{Football player infobox | playername = Michael Essien | image = MEssienChelsea06.png | image_size = 150px | caption = Essien in 2006 | fullname = Michael Kojo Essien<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 |url=https://archive.org/details/pfafootballerswh0000unse_v9b9 |year=2010 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-84596-601-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/pfafootballerswh0000unse_v9b9/page/n143 142]}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|12|3|df=y}}<ref>{{Hugman|22986|access-date=14 February 2019}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Accra]], Ghana | height = 1.78 m<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pao.gr/en/team/squad?view=player&id=2|title=Michael Essien|publisher=Panathinaikos F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709115418/http://www.pao.gr/en/team/squad?view=player&id=2|archive-date=9 July 2016}}</ref> | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = [[FC Nordsjælland|Nordsjælland]] (assistant coach) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1998–1999 | youthclubs1 = [[Liberty Professionals F.C.|Liberty Professionals]] | years1 = 2000–2003 | clubs1 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]] | caps1 = 66 | goals1 = 11 | years2 = 2003–2005 | clubs2 = [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] | caps2 = 71 | goals2 = 7 | years3 = 2005–2014 | clubs3 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] | caps3 = 168 | goals3 = 17 | years4 = 2012–2013 | clubs4 = → [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] (loan) | caps4 = 21 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2014–2015 | clubs5 = [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]] | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2015–2016 | clubs6 = [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]] | caps6 = 16 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2017–2018 | clubs7 = [[Persib Bandung]] | caps7 = 29 | goals7 = 5 | years8 = 2019–2020 | clubs8 = [[Sabail FK|Sabail]] | caps8 = 14 | goals8 = 0 | totalcaps = 402 | totalgoals = 43 | nationalyears1 = 2002–2014 | nationalteam1 = [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] | nationalcaps1 = 59 | nationalgoals1 = 9 | manageryears1 = 2020– | managerclubs1 = [[FC Nordsjælland|Nordsjæll