{"id":271257,"date":"2024-12-27T07:12:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T07:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/27\/jeremie-frimpong-names-michael-essien-as-his-football-idol\/"},"modified":"2024-12-27T07:12:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T07:12:08","slug":"jeremie-frimpong-names-michael-essien-as-his-football-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/27\/jeremie-frimpong-names-michael-essien-as-his-football-idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremie Frimpong names Michael Essien as his football idol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/837\/83733991.295.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Essien remains one of the best players to have ever played for the senior national team\" title=\"Michael Essien remains one of the best players to have ever played for the senior national team\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Michael Essien remains one of the best players to have ever played for the senior national team<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Dutch-born defender Jeremie Frimpong has named Michael Essien as the footballer he idolized while growing up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI idolized Michael Essien growing up, saw what he did at Chelsea, Real Madrid, and the national team,\u201d Frimpong, who is of Ghanaian heritage, told 3Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also like Christian Atsu and the Ayew brothers. I watched the 2010 World Cup and fell in love with Ghana because the players gave their all,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Essien remains one of the best players to have ever played for the senior national team, the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea and Real Madrid midfielder played a crucial role in the country\u2019s qualification for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>He also featured prominently in the qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He went on to play 59 times for the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jeremie Frimpong is currently in Ghana for the Christmas holidays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Essien remains one of the best players to have ever played for the senior national team Dutch-born defender Jeremie Frimpong has named Michael Essien as the footballer he idolized while growing up. \u201cI idolized Michael Essien growing up, saw what he did at Chelsea, Real Madrid, and the national team,\u201d Frimpong, who is of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":271258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jeremie Frimpong names Michael Essien as his football idol - 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