Michael Kojo Essien - International Appearances (original) (raw)

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 K�ln Czech Republic 2-0 World Cup 21 22- 6-06 N�rnberg 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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Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) Last updated: 4 Jun 2020