Marco Essimi

Marco Essimi
Personal information
Full name Marco Rachid Essimi Ateba
Date of birth1999年2月18日18 February 1999
Place of birthYaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
PositionWinger
Team information
Current team
Dunkerque
Number 10
Youth career
Le Blanc-Mesnil
2017–2018Paris FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018Paris FC II 4 (1)
2018–2019Dijon II 24 (6)
2019–2020Paris FC II 15 (8)
2020–2021Saint-Malo 2 (0)
2021Paris 13 Atletico 0 (0)
2021FC 93 4 (0)
2021–2022Chantilly 10 (0)
2022–2023Jura Dolois 23 (3)
2023–2024Saint-Priest 25 (12)
2024–Dunkerque 21 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:35, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Marco Rachid Essimi Ateba (born 18 February 1999) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Ligue 2 club Dunkerque.

Club career

Essimi is a product of the youth academies of the French clubs Le Blanc-Mesnil and Paris FC. He began his senior career with Paris FC's reserves in the Championnat National 3 in 2018, before a stint with Dijon's reserves. On 24 June 2019, he signed his first professional contract with Paris FC.[1] On 6 October 2020, he transferred to Saint-Malo.[2] In February 2021, he moved to Paris 13 Atletico for the second half of the 2021–2022 season, before a short stint with FC 93.[3] In the summer of 2021 he moved to Chantilly, and the following season to Jura Dolois.[4] He spent the 2023–24 season with Saint-Priest where he was one of the top scorers in the Championnat National 3.[5] On 16 June 2024, he signed a professional contract with Ligue 2 side Dunkerque for 2 seasons, after 6 years of semi-pro football.[6]

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