Christian Sokapie Essel (born 6 December 1989) is a Liberian retired footballer who played as both a midfielder and striker.

Christian Essel
Personal information
Full name Christian Sokapie Essel
Date of birth (1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 35)
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

Career

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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

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

Honors

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Invincible Eleven

References

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  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 Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine friendly match report
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ CHristian Essel at FIFA.com
  6. ^ Christian Essel at National-Football-Teams.com
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