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Emmanuel Essiam
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-12-19) 19 December 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Basel
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Berekum Chelsea 20 (0)
2022– Basel 7 (0)
2023 → Stade Lausanne Ouchy (loan) 7 (0)
International career‡
2021 Ghana U20 6 (0)
2021 Ghana U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:39, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Emmanuel Essiam (born 19 December 2003) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss side Basel.[2]

Club career

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In January 2022, having represented Berekum Chelsea in the Ghana Premier League, Essiam moved to Switzerland to join Basel.[3][4][5][6] Shortly after joining, Essiam suffered an injury, keeping him out of first team action.[7] He got over his injury and started training with Basel on 7 October 2022.[8] On 7 September 2023, Essiam was loaned to Stade Lausanne Ouchy.[9]

International career

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Essiam represented the Ghanaian under-20 side at the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, winning the competition.[1] He also played in a friendly against the Japan under-23s.[10]

Personal life

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Emmanuel Essiam was born and raised in Ghana. On 3 January 2022, Basel discovered his talent and transferred with high hopes.[11]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 2 January 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Berekum Chelsea 2020–21 Ghana Premier League 13 0 0 0 – 0 0 13 0
2021–22 7 0 0 0 – 0 0 7 0
Total 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Basel 2021–22 Swiss Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0

Honours

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Ghana U20

References

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  1. ^ a b c Emmanuel Essiam at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Emmanuel Essiam". Swiss Football League.
  3. ^ "Neuzugang beim FC Basel: Emmanuel Essiam ist da". 4-4-2. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Ghana U20 midfielder Emmanuel Essiam completes move to Swiss giants FC Basel". Sports Brief.
  5. ^ Teye, Prince Narkortu (3 January 2022). "Emmanuel Essiam: Swiss giants Basel sign Ghana U20 star". goal.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Emmanuel Essiam joins Swiss giants FC Basel until 2026 from Berekum Chelsea". Mondern Ghana. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. ^ Good, Oliver (2 May 2022). "Gibt es beim FCB keinen brauchbaren Spieler, der im Winter kam?" [Is there no useful player at FCB who came in winter?]. bazonline.ch (in German). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  8. ^ "FC Basel's Emmanuel Essiam returns to training after injury layoff". citisportsonline. 7 October 2022.
  9. ^ "EMMANUEL ESSIAM REJOINT LE SLO EN PRÊT" [EMMANUEL ESSIAM JOINS SLO ON LOAN.] (in French). FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Match Report" (PDF). jfa.jp. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Basel signs 18-year old Ghanaian Emmanuel Essiam". pulse.com. 3 January 2022.
  12. ^ Emmanuel Essiam at Soccerway
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