Michael Kojo Essien (An haife shi a 3 Disamban 1982) tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafan ƙasar Ghana ne wanda ya taka leda a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya kuma a yanzu haka memba ne na ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Danish Superliga ta FC Nordsjælland . Har ila yau, ya buga wa tawagar kwallon kafa ta ƙasar Ghana wasa sama da sau 50. A lokacin da yake sharafin sa, a na ɗaukar Essien a matsayin ɗaya daga manyan 'yan wasan tsakiya na duniya. Essien ya fara wasansa ne da buga wa kungiyar Liberty Professional wasa a Ghana. A shekarar 2000, ya koma Faransa ya shiga Bastia, inda ya zai cinye kakar wasanni uku a nan kuma adadin wasannin da ya buga a nan sun kai 60, kafin ya koma ƙungiyar dake rike da kambun Ligue 1 wato Lyon a shekara ta 2003. A Lyon, Essien ya ci kofuna bi-da-bi a jere a shekarar 2003-04 da 2004-05, kuma ya lashe kambun Lig 1 na Gwarzon Ɗan Wasan Shekara a 2005. A tsawon shekaru biyar da ya yi a Faransa, ya sami zama ɗan ƙasar Faransa.