{"id":444241,"date":"2011-06-20T09:27:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T09:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/20\/burkina-u-17-captain-wants-to-emulate-michael-essien\/"},"modified":"2011-06-20T09:27:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T09:27:32","slug":"burkina-u-17-captain-wants-to-emulate-michael-essien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/burkina-u-17-captain-wants-to-emulate-michael-essien\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina U-17 Captain Wants To Emulate Michael Essien"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-32156\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/burkina-u-17-captain-wants-to-emulate-michael-essien\/sounkalo-sanou\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32156\" title=\"Sounkalo Sanou\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Sounkalo-Sanou-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Burkina Faso U17 captain Sounkalo Sanou picks Essien as role model<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Burkina Faso captain Sounkalo Sanou is drawing inspiration from Ghanaian superstar Michael Essien ahead of their Fifa Under-17 World Cup clash with Panama on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old says he wants to model the Chelsea star\u2019s behaviour on and off the field, praising the midfielder\u2019s talent, elegance and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dEssien is my role model. There are lots of great teams, but my favourites are Olympique Lyon and Olympique Marseille. Intriguingly enough, Essien made the breakthrough with OL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Essien first appeared on a major footballing stage at the Under-17 world finals back in 1999, when he played for the Black Starlets in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/burkina-u-17-captain-wants-to-emulate-michael-essien\/\" title=\"Burkina U-17 Captain Wants To Emulate Michael Essien\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burkina U-17 Captain Wants To Emulate Michael Essien<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Burkina Faso U17 captain Sounkalo Sanou picks Essien as role model Burkina Faso captain Sounkalo Sanou is drawing inspiration from Ghanaian superstar Michael Essien ahead of their Fifa Under-17 World Cup clash with Panama on Monday. The 17-year-old says he wants to model the Chelsea star\u2019s behaviour on and off the field, praising the midfielder\u2019s talent, elegance and leadership. \u201dEssien is my role model. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Burkina U-17 Captain Wants To Emulate Michael Essien - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/burkina-u-17-captain-wants-to-emulate-michael-essien\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Burkina U-17 Captain Wants To Emulate Michael Essien - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Burkina Faso U17 captain Sounkalo Sanou picks Essien as role model Burkina Faso captain Sounkalo Sanou is drawing inspiration from Ghanaian superstar Michael Essien ahead of their Fifa Under-17 World Cup clash with Panama on Monday. 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