Joseph Esso (born 10 December 1996) is a

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ian international

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who last played for

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in the

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. and Dreams F.C. He is the

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of Eric Esso.

Club career

Esso played for

Ebusua Dwarfs Cape Coast Mysterious Ebusua Dwarfs is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Cape Coast. The club competes in the Ghana Premier League, the Premier division on the Ghanaian football pyramid, and hold home games at Cape Coast Sports Stadi ...

from 2016 to 2018 before signing for Accra Hearts of Oak in 2018. He made 25 appearances and scored 9 goals in the

2017 Ghanaian Premier League The 2017 Ghanaian Premier League is the 61st season of top professional association football in Ghana. The season began on 12 February. Wa All Stars are the defending champions coming off their first league title. The eventual winners Aduana Stars ...

season to help the club finish fourth.

Accra Hearts of Oak

In 2018, after his contract expired, Esso joined

Accra Hearts of Oak Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, commonly referred to as Hearts of Oak or just Hearts, is a professional sports club based in Accra (Greater Accra), Ghana. Founded in 1911, the club is the oldest surviving football club in Ghana and its trad ...

on a free transfer signing a 3-year contract with the club. He played for Hearts for three seasons making 42 league appearances and scoring 11 goals.

Dreams FC

In 2020, Esso refused to extend his contract with Hearts after it expired. He was linked with a move to Sudanese club Al-Hilal. In August 2018, he signed a two-year deal with Dreams FC.

International career

Esso featured for

Ghana A' national football team The Ghana A' national football team is the local national football team of Ghana and is open only to indigenous domestic league players. The team represents Ghana at the WAFU Nations Cup and the African Nations Championship and is controlled b ...

, the Local Black Stars at the

2019 WAFU Cup of Nations The 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations was the sixth edition of the WAFU Nations Cup, an association football tournament that is affiliated with the West African Football Union (WAFU). It took place from 28 September to 13 October 2019 in Thiès, Senegal. T ...

scoring two goals to help Ghana place runner-up in the competition. He was named in the competition's team of the tournament and recognized as one top performers during the competition.

Personal life

Esso is the younger brother of fellow professional footballer Eric Esso.

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* * 1996 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's international footballers Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs players Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. players Men's association football midfielders Dreams F.C. players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Ghana Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria MC Alger players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ghana-footy-midfielder-stub