Michael Essien | Chelsea
The Jimmy Smith Collection | Chelsea
Michael Essien | Chelsea
The Jimmy Smith Collection | Chelsea
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This official Chelsea shirt was worn by Michael Essien, the number 5 who powered the Chelsea midfield for nine years.
Arriving from Lyon for a then club-record fee in August 2005, Essien won the Premier League in his first season. That was the same 2005/06 campaign in which academy midfielder Jimmy Smith, from whose collection this shirt comes, made his first-team debut.
Essien went on to score 25 goals in 256 appearances, and two of them, a long-range equaliser against Arsenal and a volley against Barcelona, were voted the club’s Goal of the Season. Supporters named him Player of the Year in 2007, the first African to win the award.
A second title, four FA Cups and the Champions League followed. Signed by Essien and showing signs of use, this shirt belongs to one of the defining midfielders of Chelsea’s most successful era.
Details
Team
Chelsea
Player
Michael Essien
Player Shirt Number
5
The Event
The Jimmy Smith Collection | Chelsea
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