{"id":774968,"date":"2020-01-01T19:39:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T19:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/01\/michael-essien-lists-his-top-11-african-players-of-the-decade\/"},"modified":"2020-01-01T19:39:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T19:39:28","slug":"michael-essien-lists-his-top-11-african-players-of-the-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/01\/michael-essien-lists-his-top-11-african-players-of-the-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien Lists His Top 11 African Players Of The Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Former Ghana Black Stars player and Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien has revealed his top 11 players of the decade on the African continent.<\/p>\n<p>In a report on a news portal, the football legend listed the players below;<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper \u2013 Vincent Enyeama<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Kolo Toure<br \/>\u2013 Assou-Ekotto<br \/>\u2013 Medhi Benatia<br \/>\u2013 Kalidou Koulibaly<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Michael Essien<br \/>\u2013 Yaya Toure<br \/>\u2013 Sadio Mane<\/p>\n<p><strong>Striker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Mohamed Salah<br \/>\u2013 Didier Drogba<br \/>\u2013 Samuel Eto\u2019o<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ghana Black Stars player and Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien has revealed his top 11 players of the decade on the African continent. 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