{"id":244101,"date":"2024-11-01T18:49:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T18:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/01\/michael-essien-acquires-uefa-certificate-in-football-management\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T18:49:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T18:49:10","slug":"michael-essien-acquires-uefa-certificate-in-football-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/01\/michael-essien-acquires-uefa-certificate-in-football-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien acquires UEFA certificate in football management"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Black Stars midfielder, Michael Essien, has received his UEFA certificate in football management following his completion of the course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essien has been working to acquire his UFEA football coaching badges and certificates in football management following his retirement from football. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, the former Chelsea and Real Madrid man announced completing the course after dedicating several months of time to develop himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essien took to social media on Friday, November 1, to announce receiving the certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finally done with my UEFA certificate in football management journey. Thanks all for the help. I keep learning about the beautiful game. #<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UEFACFM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UEFACFM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V1OnCVRAaC\">pic.twitter.com\/V1OnCVRAaC<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Michael Essien\u00ae (@MichaelEssien) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelEssien\/status\/1852371752061415653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essien has been with FC Nordsjaelland in the last few years where he has been their talent coach with the objective of using his knowledge and expertise to help develop young players.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div><div style=\"clear: both; overflow:hidden;margin:20px auto; width:100%; min-height:280px;\">\n                                                 \n                        <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p> \n                        \n                        \n                    <\/div><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Black Stars midfielder, Michael Essien, has received his UEFA certificate in football management following his completion of the course. 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