Marco Essimi

Marco Rachid Essimi Ateba 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. On 6 October 2020, he transferred to Saint-Malo. 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. In the summer of 2021 he moved to Chantilly, and the following season to Jura Dolois. He spent the 2023–24 season with Saint-Priest where he was one of the top scorers in the Championnat National 3. On 16 June 2024, he signed a professional contract with Ligue 2 side Dunkerque for 2 seasons, after 6 years of semi-pro football.