Eric Esso

{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Eric Esso | image = | fullname = Eric Esso | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|6|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Ghana | height = 1.76 m | currentclub = Kaya–Iloilo | clubnumber = 25 | position = Midfielder | years1 = 2019–2022 | clubs1 = Ashanti Gold | years2 = 2022–2024 | clubs2 = Hearts of Oak | caps2 = 38 | goals2 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = 21 February 2026 | ntupdate = | goals3 = 4 | caps3 = 38 | clubs3 = Kaya–Iloilo | years3 = 2024– | goals1 = 4 | caps1 = 66 }}

'''Eric Esso''' (born 21 June 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Philippines Football League club Kaya–Iloilo. He is the brother of Joseph Esso.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Eric Esso: Ashgold To Sign Joseph Esso's Brother|url=https://www.modernghana.com/sports/974309/eric-esso-ashgold-to-sign-joseph-essos-brother.html|access-date=2021-03-17|website=Modern Ghana|language=en}}</ref>

== Club career == Esso was signed by Ashanti Gold in December 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-17|title=Transfer Update: Ashgold Sc Agree Three Year Deal With Esso|url=https://www.442gh.com/transfer-update-ashgold-sc-agree-three-year-deal-with-esso/|access-date=2021-03-17|website=442 GH|language=en-US}}</ref> Prior to that he had featured for Heart of Lions.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-17|title=AshantiGold to seal Eric Esso signing in coming days|url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/ashantigold-to-seal-eric-esso-signing-in-coming-days|access-date=2021-03-17|website=GhanaSoccernet|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He featured for Ashanti Gold during the 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ashgold name 20 players against Salitas|url=https://localhost.graphic.com.gh/sports/ashgold-name-20-players-against-salitas.html|location=Accra, Ghana|access-date=2021-03-17|newspaper=Daily Graphic|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ashgold leaves for Burkina Faso|url=https://www.businessghana.com/|access-date=2021-03-17|website=BusinessGhana}}</ref>

== Personal life == Esso is the older brother of fellow professional footballer Joseph Esso who is currently player with Malaysia Super League club Negeri Sembilan as of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-19|title=Blood Brothers : Meet The Blood Brothers Set To Grace The 2021 Ghana Premier League|url=https://www.442gh.com/blood-brothers-meet-the-blood-brothers-set-to-grace-the-2021-ghana-premier-league/|access-date=2021-03-17|website=442 GH|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219061156/https://www.442gh.com/blood-brothers-meet-the-blood-brothers-set-to-grace-the-2021-ghana-premier-league/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== References == {{Reflist}} <references responsive="1"></references>

== External links ==

* {{GSA player|eric-esso/383033}} * {{Soccerway|id=683979}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Esso, Eric}} Category:Living people Category:1994 births Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Ghanaian men's footballers Category:Ashanti Gold S.C. players Category:Ghana Premier League players Category:Heart of Lions F.C. players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Philippines Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines Category:Philippines Football League players Category:Kaya F.C.–Iloilo players Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers