BEVERLY HILLS, September 11, (THEWILL) – Former Ghanaian international and Chelsea midfielder, Michael Essien, has signed for Danish club Nordsjaelland, as a player-coach.
The 37-year-old star will assist head coach, Flemming Pedersen, for the 2020-21 season.
The club in a statement disclosed that the former Ghanaian international joins the coaching crew in an assistant role to participate in training sessions and to help carry out the drills and ideas.
Essien took to his social media handle to share the news.
He wrote: “I am delighted to have joined FC Nordsjaelland coaching staff as part of my development towards my full coaching license.
“I will also be assisting the players on and off the pitch as part of my role.”
Sharing the news also, is the club’s sports director, Jan Laursen, who stated:
“Michael left a very positive impression here during his visit and we continued the dialogue with him after he had left.
“We felt, he was excited by what he experienced here through our philosophy, the people he met at the club, and that our environment inspired him.
“At the same time, Michael’s visit gave us a clear impression of how much a coaching staff member on the pitch, as an active part of the training with the players, can contribute and add.
“That part we are really looking forward to further developing, and we are very happy that it can happen through and with such a football- and human capacity as Michael Essien is.”
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Also Head coach Pedersen said: “In the coaching staff we’ve experienced Michael Essien as both curious and hungry for knowledge before and after the training sessions, but at the same time also contributing and giving among the players during the training.
“His career and experience speak for themselves, but when you add his humble and giving personality, this is an exceptional opportunity for us to get a person added to the staff who can help make our environment even more developing for our players and also add valuable input to the coaching team and be our hand on the training pitch. We are very much looking forward to welcoming Michael to FCN.”
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