{"id":606123,"date":"2019-04-08T18:42:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T18:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/97392597.295.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Essien New Debut\" title=\"Michael Essien New Debut\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Michael Essien in action for Saba"},"modified":"2019-04-08T18:42:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T18:42:08","slug":"michael-essien-makes-sabail-fc-debut-in-azerbaijani-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/08\/michael-essien-makes-sabail-fc-debut-in-azerbaijani-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien makes Sabail FC debut in Azerbaijani League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/97392597.295.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Essien New Debut\" title=\"Michael Essien New Debut\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Michael Essien in action for Sabail FC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana midfielder, Michael Essien, made his debut for new club Sabail FC in the Azerbaijani top flight league on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Essien, 36, who signed a short term deal with the club last month came on in the 65th minute at the Alindzha Arena where Sabail FC were beaten 3-1 by Sabah FK.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea and AC Milan star will also be involved with coaching the club\u2019s youth teams as he prepares for life as a coach when he retires.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Essien in action for Sabail FC Ghana midfielder, Michael Essien, made his debut for new club Sabail FC in the Azerbaijani top flight league on Sunday. Essien, 36, who signed a short term deal with the club last month came on in the 65th minute at the Alindzha Arena where Sabail FC were beaten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":606124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael Essien makes Sabail FC debut in Azerbaijani League - 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\/2019\/04\/08\/michael-essien-makes-sabail-fc-debut-in-azerbaijani-league\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Michael Essien makes Sabail FC debut in Azerbaijani League - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Michael Essien in action for Sabail FC Ghana midfielder, Michael Essien, made his debut for new club Sabail FC in the Azerbaijani top flight league on Sunday. 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