Christian Essel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Sokapie Essel | ||
| Date of birth | 12 June 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Monrovia, Liberia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Striker Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996 | Buduburam School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2002 | Buduburam FC | 54 | (23) |
| 2003 | PWD Bamenda | 6 | (3) |
| 2004 | Kiawu SC | 5 | (2) |
| 2005 | Roza FC | 11 | (4) |
| 2006 | Shoes FC | 19 | (8) |
| 2006 | Gedi & Sons | 12 | (1) |
| 2007 | DISM Dokpah | 30 | (19) |
| 2007–2008 | Zaytuna | ||
| 2009–2010 | Sporting St. Mirren | ||
| 2010–2011 | Invincible Eleven | ||
| 2011–2012 | Radnički Kragujevac | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Inter Budapest | ||
| 2014 | Frånö SK | 21 | (7) |
| 2015 | Zaytuna | ||
| International career | |||
| 2008 | Liberia | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Christian Sokapie Essel (born 6 December 1989) is a Liberian retired footballer who played as both a midfielder and striker.
Career[edit]
Born in capital city of Monrovia, Essel began his career with Buduburam FC played here six years and joined than in Januar 2003 to Cameroonian club PWD Bamenda. After one year with the team joined in his native Ghana who played at Buduburam School for some clubs on the camp Kiawu SC, Roza FC, Shoes FC and then DISM.[1] In summer 2007 was scouted from MTN Sports Academy Head Coach Ibrahim Sunday, for Zaytuna F.C. and joined than after the relegation to Sporting St. Mirren in Winter 2008/2009.[2]
During summer 2011 he has been on trial with Serbian SuperLiga clubs FK Sloboda Point Sevojno and FK Radnički 1923.[3] He eventually got a contract with FK Radnički 1923 but failed to make a debut in the Serbian SuperLiga.
International[edit]
He represented the Liberia national football team on his debut 6 June 2008 in Blida against Algeria national football team.[4][5]
Honors[edit]
- Invincible Eleven
- Liberian Cup: 2011[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Interview Archived May 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "St. Mirren Registered Players for the 2008/2009 One Touch Premier League Season" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ Radnički 1923 official website Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine friendly match report
- ^ FIFA.com. "2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - Matches - Algeria-Liberia". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2008. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ CHristian Essel at FIFA.com
- ^ Christian Essel at National-Football-Teams.com
External links[edit]
- Christian Essel at National-Football-Teams.com
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- Liberian men's footballers
- Liberia men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Men's association football midfielders
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cameroon
- Zaytuna F.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ghana
- Accra City Stars F.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- FK Radnički 1923 players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
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