Emmanuel Essiam
Ghanaian footballer (born 2003)
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Emmanuel Essiam (born 19 December 2003) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Challenger Pro League club Francs Borains on loan from Swiss side Basel.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 December 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana[1] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Winterthur (on loan from Basel) | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Berekum Chelsea | 20 | (0) |
| 2022– | Basel II | 9 | (0) |
| 2022– | Basel | 8 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Stade Lausanne Ouchy (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Aarau (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | → Francs Borains (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Winterthur (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Ghana U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021 | Ghana U23 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:48, 18 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:39, 2 January 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
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]
On 3 January 2025, Essiam moved on loan to Aarau in the second-tier Swiss Challenge League.[10] He returned to Basel at the end of the season.[11] On 19 August 2025, Essiam was loaned by Francs Borains in the Belgian second tier.[12] On 17 February 2026, his loan in Belgium was cut short and he returned to Switzerland, joining relegation-threatened side FC Winterthur in the Swiss Super League on loan for the remainder of the season.[13][14]
International career
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.[15]
Personal life
Career statistics
Club
- As of 2 January 2023[17]
| 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
Ghana U20
