Christian Sokapie Essel (born 6 December 1989) is Liberian retired

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who played as both a

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and striker.

Career

Born in capital city of

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As th ...

, Essel began his career with Buduburam FC played here six years and joined than in Januar 2003 to

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

ian club PWD Bamenda. After one year with the team joined in his native Ghana who played at Buduburam School for some clubs on the camp Kiawu SC, Roza FC, Shoes FC and then DISM. In summer 2007 was scouted from MTN Sports Academy Head Coach Ibrahim Sunday, for

Zaytuna F.C. Zaytuna F.C. United is a Ghanaian professional Football team, football club based in Amanfro, Accra, Greater Accra Region, Greater Accra. They are currently competing in the Ghana Ghana Football Leagues#Division One League .28Poly Tank Division On ...

and joined than after the relegation to Sporting St. Mirren in Winter 2008/2009. During summer 2011 he has been on trial with

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

clubs

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and

FK Radnički 1923 Fudbalski klub Radnički 1923 (), commonly known as Radnički Kragujevac (), is a professional football club from Kragujevac, Serbia and the major part of the Radnički Kragujevac Sports Society. The name Radnički means "Labourers'" in Serbian a ...

. He eventually got a contract with

but failed to make a debut in the

International

He represented the

Liberia national football team The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the ''Lone Stars'', represents Liberia in men's international football and is controlled by the Liberia Football Association. Although the nation produced the 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year, ...

on his debut 6 June 2008 in Blida against

Algeria national football team The Algeria national football team ( ar, منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم) represents Algeria in men's international football and is governed by the Algerian Football Federation. The team plays their home matches at the 5 July Sta ...

Honors

;Invincible Eleven *

Liberian Cup The Liberian Football Association Cup, commonly known as the LFA Cup and currently known as the PetroTrade Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout cup competition in Liberian football. The LFA Cup is run by and named after the Liber ...

: 2011

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* 1989 births Living people Footballers from Monrovia Liberian men's footballers Liberia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Cameroon Zaytuna F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Ghana Accra City Stars F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia FK Radnički 1923 players Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden {{Liberia-footy-bio-stub