Emmanuel Essiam
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 December 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| 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) | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Ghana U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021 | Ghana U23 | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals 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 Challenge League club Winterthur, on loan from Basel.
Club career
In January 2022, having represented Berekum Chelsea in the Ghana Premier League, Essiam moved to Switzerland to join Basel. Shortly after joining, Essiam suffered an injury, keeping him out of first team action. He got over his injury and started training with Basel on 7 October 2022. On 7 September 2023, Essiam was loaned to Stade Lausanne Ouchy.
On 3 January 2025, Essiam moved on loan to Aarau in the second-tier Swiss Challenge League. He returned to Basel at the end of the season. On 19 August 2025, Essiam was loaned by Francs Borains in the Belgian second tier. 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.
International career
Essiam represented the Ghanaian under-20 side at the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, winning the competition. He also played in a friendly against the Japan under-23s.
Personal life
Emmanuel Essiam was born and raised in Ghana. On 3 January 2022, Basel discovered his talent and transferred with high hopes.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 2 January 2023
| 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
References
- 1 2 3 Emmanuel Essiam at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "Emmanuel Essiam". Swiss Football League.
- ↑ "Neuzugang beim FC Basel: Emmanuel Essiam ist da". 4-4-2. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ↑ "Ghana U20 midfielder Emmanuel Essiam completes move to Swiss giants FC Basel". Sports Brief.
- ↑ Teye, Prince Narkortu (3 January 2022). "Emmanuel Essiam: Swiss giants Basel sign Ghana U20 star". goal.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ↑ "Emmanuel Essiam joins Swiss giants FC Basel until 2026 from Berekum Chelsea". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ↑ Good, Oliver (2 May 2022). "Gibt es beim FCB keinen brauchbaren Spieler, der im Winter kam?" [Is there no useful player at FCB who came in winter?]. bazonline.ch (in German). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ↑ "FC Basel's Emmanuel Essiam returns to training after injury layoff". citisportsonline. 7 October 2022.
- ↑ "EMMANUEL ESSIAM REJOINT LE SLO EN PRÊT" [EMMANUEL ESSIAM JOINS SLO ON LOAN.] (in French). FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ↑ "Emmanuel Essiam auf Leihbasis zum FC Aarau" [Emmanuel Essiam on loan to FC Aarau] (in German). FC Aarau. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ "Erste Kadermutationen für die neue Saison bekannt" (in Swiss High German). FC Aarau. 13 June 2025.
- ↑ "Emmanuel Essiam est Borain !" [Emmanuel Essiam is from Borain!] (in French). Francs Borains. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ↑ "Emmanuel Essiam wechselt leihweise zum FC Winterthur". FC Basel. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "FCW holt Emmanuel Essiam". FC Winterthur. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "Match Report" (PDF). jfa.jp. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ "Basel signs 18-year old Ghanaian Emmanuel Essiam". pulse.com. 3 January 2022.
- ↑ Emmanuel Essiam at Soccerway
External links
- Emmanuel Essiam at Soccerway
- (Swiss Football League) Profile
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