Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 December 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana [1] | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aarau | ||
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) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | Ghana U20 | 6 | (0) |
2021 | Ghana U23 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:39, 2 January 2023 (UTC) |
Emmanuel Essiam (born 19 December 2003) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss side Aarau on loan from Basel. [2]
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]
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. [12]
Emmanuel Essiam was born and raised in Ghana. On 3 January 2022, Basel discovered his talent and transferred with high hopes. [13]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 |
Ghana U20