Michael Essien

thumb|Michael Essien 2018 Michael Kojo Essien (born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at Danish Superliga club Nordsjælland. Quotes I work with the young people and players coming through the academy on and off the pitch every day. It gives me great joy to help them develop further and assist them in reaching the next steps of their future with endless potential The new academy plans and investment in Ghana is a massive statement and will improve Right to Dream’s Ghanaian program even further in the years to come, I had to find my own way, and it wasn’t easy. What Right to Dream is doing is a gift to the youth and future of Ghana, especially because academic education is such a big part of the program alongside the football Ghana legend Michael Essien hails Mansour Group’s ‘gift to Ghana’ as new Right to Dream academy gets green light, GHANA SOCCERNET,(17 October 2025) External links Category:Football (soccer) players Category:Sportspeople from Ghana Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Football (soccer) coaches