Christian Essel

Christian Sokapie Essel (born 6 December 1989, in Monrovia) is Liberian footballer who plays as both a midfielder and striker for Zaytuna.

Christian Essel
Personal information
Full name Christian Sokapie Essel
Date of birth (1989-06-12) 12 June 1989
Place of birth Monrovia, Liberia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Winger
Club information
Current team
 Zaytuna
Number TBD
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
2015– Zaytuna
National team‡
2008 Liberia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 December 2016

Career

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 eventuallyget contract with FK Radnički 1923 but failed to make a debut in the Serbian SuperLiga.

International

He represented the Liberia national football team on his debut 6 June 2008 in Blida against Algeria national football team.[4][5]

Honours
Invincible Eleven
  • Liberian Cup: 2011[6]

References
  1. Interview Archived May 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "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.
  3. Radnički 1923 official website friendly match report
  4. FIFA.com. "2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ - Matches - Algeria-Liberia - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  5. CHristian Essel at FIFA.com
  6. Christian Essel at National-Football-Teams.com
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