JAKARTA (Reuters) - Former Chelsea, Real Madrid and AC Milan midfielder Michael Essien has joined Indonesia's Persib Bandung, the club announced on social media on Tuesday. He also played at two World Cups for Ghana, who he represented 58 times, before retiring in the wake of the 2014 tournament in Brazil. Persib posted photographs of a shirt bearing the number five, the number he made his own at Chelsea, with Essien's name across the back before publishing further pictures of the player posing with club officials. Based in Bandung in West Java, Persib are one of the best supported clubs in Indonesia and finished third in the recently completed President's Cup. The start date for the new league season in Indonesia has yet to be announced.

Source: The Star March 14, 2017 05:48 UTC