Ededem Essien

Ededem Essien
Personal information
Full name	Ededem Edem Essien
Date of birth	14 April 1998 (age 28)
Place of birth	Ikono, Nigeria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020–2021	Van
2022	Al-Nasr Benghazi
2022–2023	Al Akhdar
2023–2024	Pari Nizhny Novgorod
2024–2026	Tobol
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 January 2026

Ededem Edem Essien (born 14 April 1998) is a Nigerian professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Career

On 2 August 2023, Essien signed a two-year contract with the Russian Premier League club Pari Nizhny Novgorod.^[1] He made his debut for Pari on 8 August 2023 in a Russian Cup game against Spartak Moscow.^[2] Essien made his Russian Premier League debut on 14 August 2023 against Akhmat Grozny.^[3]

On 9 January 2024, Kazakhstan Premier League club Tobol announced the signing of Essien.^[4]

↑ "Эссьен Эдедем – в "Пари Нижний Новгород"" (in Russian). FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. 2 August 2023.
↑ "Spartak v Pari game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 8 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
↑ "Pari NN v Akhmat game report". 14 August 2023.
↑ "Эссьен Эдедем – "Тобыл" ойыншысы". facebook.com/FcTobol (in Kazakh). FC Tobol Facebook. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

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