{"id":59373,"date":"2023-04-19T15:26:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/19\/michael-essien-distances-himself-from-black-stars-coaching-job\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T15:26:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:26:54","slug":"michael-essien-distances-himself-from-black-stars-coaching-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/19\/michael-essien-distances-himself-from-black-stars-coaching-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien distances himself from Black Stars coaching job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"418\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/915202075834-23041q5dcx-michael-essien-1200x720-1-696x418.jpg\"   alt=\"Michael Essien\" title=\"Michael Essien\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Essien<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A former Ghana international, Michael Essien, has said that he is currently not interested\u00a0in taking over as head coach of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea and Real Madrid midfielder has completed his\u00a0UEFA A and UEFA Elite Youth A licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Essien works as the assistant coach with Danish topflight side, FC Nordsjaelland.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>However, the 40-year-old is not prepared\u00a0to manage the senior national team soon.<\/p>\n<p>In an encounter with Nigerian journalist Lolade Adewuyi during his travels to cover a UEFA Champions League match between Napoli and AC Milan, Essien expressed his lack of interest in the position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn my way to Naples, had a long layover in Denmark where I met a legend of the game, Michael Essien. He\u2019s now a coach at FC Nordsjaelland in the Danish Superliga,\u201d Adewuji tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe recently got his UEFA A and UEFA Elite Youth Coach licenses. Future Black Stars coach? He said not interested.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On my way to Naples, had a long layover in Denmark where I met a legend of the game, Michael Essien. He\u2019s now a coach at FC Nordsjaelland in the Danish Superliga. He recently got his UEFA A and UEFA Elite Youth Coach licenses. Future Black Stars coach? He said not interested. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Oigt1LSQw\">pic.twitter.com\/2Oigt1LSQw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lolade Adewuyi (@Jololade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jololade\/status\/1648279382761299970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Essien played for the Black Stars at the 2006 and 2014 World Cups in Germany and Brazil, respectively<\/p>\n<p>He won numerous titles with Chelsea, including the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, and League Cup. He also played for AC Milan and other clubs.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"E-pnfTQ03O0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghanaians need start investing in their art - Ahosope  #shorts\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-pnfTQ03O0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Essien A former Ghana international, Michael Essien, has said that he is currently not interested\u00a0in taking over as head coach of the Black Stars. The former Chelsea and Real Madrid midfielder has completed his\u00a0UEFA A and UEFA Elite Youth A licenses. Essien works as the assistant coach with Danish topflight side, FC Nordsjaelland. 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