Michael Kojo Essien - International Appearances


The outstanding Ghanaian player obtained 59 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 3-12-1982
Country: Ghana
Caps:	59	(W33-D9-L17 – GF104-GA59 – %63.56)
Goals:	9
Age First Cap:	 19 yr  32 d    4- 1-2002 vs. Egypt 0-2
Age Last Cap:    31 yr 195 d   16- 6-2014 vs. United States 1-2
National Team Career: 12 yr 163 d


Caps   Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

 1    4- 1-02	Ismailia	Egypt   	0-2	
 2   21- 1-02	Segou   	Morocco 	0-0	African Nations Cup
 3   24- 1-02	Segou   	South Africa	0-0	African Nations Cup
 4   17- 5-02	Ljubljana	Slovenia	0-2	
 5   30- 3-03	Tunis   	Madagascar	3-3	International Tourn.
 6   16-11-03	Accra   	Somalia 	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
 7    5- 6-04	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 8   20- 6-04	Kumasi  	South Africa	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 9    3- 7-04	Kampala 	Uganda  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
10    5- 9-04	Kumasi  	Cape Verde Isl.	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
11   10-10-04	Kumasi  	Congo-Kinshasa	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
12   18- 6-05	Pretoria	South Africa	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
13    4- 9-05	Kumasi  	Uganda  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
14    8-10-05	Praia   	Cape Verde Isl.	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
15    2- 3-06	Frisco  	Mexico  	0-1	
16   26- 5-06	Bochum  	Turkey  	1-1	
17   29- 5-06	Leicester	Jamaica 	4-1	
18    4- 6-06	Edinburgh	South Korea	3-1	
19   12- 6-06	Hannover	Italy   	0-2	World Cup
20   17- 6-06	Köln     	Czech Republic	2-0	World Cup
21   22- 6-06	Nürnberg	United States	2-1	World Cup
22   15- 8-06	London  	Togo    	2-0	
23    4-10-06	Yokohama	Japan   	1-0	
24    8-10-06	Seoul   	South Korea	3-1	
25   14-11-06	London  	Australia	1-1	
26    6- 2-07	London  	Nigeria 	4-1	
27   21- 8-07	London  	Senegal 	1-1	
28    8- 9-07	Le P.-Quevilly	Morocco 	2-0	
29   11- 9-07	Riyadh  	Saudi Arabia 	0-5	
30   18-11-07	Accra   	Togo    	2-0	
31   21-11-07	Accra   	Benin   	4-2	
32   20- 1-08	Accra   	Guinea  	2-1	African Nations Cup
33   24- 1-08	Accra   	Namibia 	1-0	African Nations Cup
34   28- 1-08	Accra   	Morocco 	2-0	African Nations Cup
35    3- 2-08	Accra    	Nigeria 	2-1	African Nations Cup
36    7- 2-08	Accra   	Cameroon	0-1	African Nations Cup
37    9- 2-08	Kumasi   	Ivory Coast	4-2	African Nations Cup
38   28- 3-08	London  	Mexico  	1-2	
39    1- 6-08	Kumasi  	Libya   	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
40    8- 6-08	Bloemfontein	Lesotho 	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
41   14- 6-08	Libreville 	Gabon   	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
42   22- 6-08	Accra   	Gabon   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
43    9- 9-08	Tripoli 	Libya   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
44   28- 3-09	Kumasi  	Benin   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
45    7- 6-09	Bamako  	Mali    	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
46   20- 6-09	Omdurman	Sudan   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
47   12- 8-09	London  	Zambia  	4-1	
48    5- 9-09	Accra   	Sudan   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
49    9- 9-09	Utrecht 	Japan   	3-4	
50   11-10-09	Cotonou 	Benin   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
51   15-11-09	Kumasi  	Mali    	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
52   15- 1-10	Cabinda 	Ivory Coast	1-3	African Nations Cup
53    3- 6-11	Kumasi  	Congo-Brazzav.	3-1	African Cup Qual.
54    6- 9-13	Kumasi  	Zambia  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
55   15-10-13	Kumasi  	Egypt   	6-1	World Cup Qualifier
56   19-11-13	Cairo   	Egypt   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
57    5- 3-14	Podgorica	Montenegro	0-1	
58   31- 5-14	Rotterdam	Netherlands	0-1	
59   16- 6-14	Natal     	United States	1-2	World Cup


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
     59   33    9   17  104-  59      75      63.56


Types of Matches

World Cup Qualifier	23
Friendlies		21
African Nations Cup	 9
World Cup		 4
African Cup Qualifier	 1
Other Tournaments	 1

Total 			59


Goals:
Cap 10	1 goal
Cap 12	1 goal
Cap 13	1 goal
Cap 18	1 goal
Cap 24	1 goal
Cap 34	1 goal
Cap 35	1 goal
Cap 38	1 goal
Cap 48	1 goal

Total   9 goals

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