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Michael Essien

Ghanaian footballer (born 1982)

OverviewAI-generated

Michael Essien is a Ghanaian soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder. His professional career began in 2000. He is associated with the team labeled as Retired Soccer. Essien has a mass of 85 and a height of 177.

He is also recognized as an author. His works include the titles Don't Let Go, Becoming a Celebrity, and Don't Let Go! He has authored three works, with five works attributed to him in other records. Additionally, he is referenced by 478 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works: 3

Top works

Don't Let Go
Becoming a Celebrity
Don't Let Go!

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: Nigeria
Active from: 1960-11-11
Active to: 2011-06-30

Discography

Discogs Stream

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1
Total plays: 1

via Last.fm · Michael Essien

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 88,573x
Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,854x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,841x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,635x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,567x

via Crossref · CC0

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”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Team: _Retired Soccer
Position: Defensive Midfield
Nationality: Ghana

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Michael
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ghana
Place of birth: Accra
Occupation: association football coach
Educated at: St. Augustine's College
Languages spoken: Akan
Native language: Akan
Participant in: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
Sport: association football
Member of team: Səbail FK
Position played: midfielder
League: Premier League
Country for sport: Ghana
Mass: 85
Image: Chelsea Legends 1 Inter Forever 4 (28453496098) (cropped).jpg
Height: 177

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Commons category: Michael Essien
date of birth: 1982-12-03
name in native language: Michael Essien
start of work period: 2000-00-00

Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Essien (born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at Danish Superliga club Nordsjælland.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Essien” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.