Career
Club career
Esswein made his debut in the 2007-2008 season. He appeared in a league match during the season. He came on in the 63rd minute in a 2–1 loss to 1.
Football Club Köln on 17 December 2007.
He then transferred to VfL Wolfsburg and split time between the first and second teams. He made four league appearances during the 2008-2009 season and four league appearances and a German Cup appearance in the 2009-2010 season.
He substantially made more appearances for the reserve team During the 2008-2009 season, he made 21 appearances, and during the 2009-2010 season, he scored four goals in 20 appearances.
Esswein moved to Dynamo Dresden for the 2010-2011 season.
During the season, he scored 17 goals in 31 league appearances. He also made two appearances in the promotion playoff. This proved to be Esswein"s only season at the club
He transferred to 1.
Football Club Nürnberg for the 2011-2012 season. During the 2011-2012 season, he scored four goals in 26 league appearances and a goal in three German Cup appearances. His goal scoring rate would drop in the subsequent seasons with Nürnberg.
He dropped down to three goals in 28 appearances in the 2012-2013 season and no goals in five appearances during the 2013-2014 season.
He also made an appearance in the Regionalliga Bayern for the reserve team during the 2013-2014 season. He moved to Augsburg during the January transfer window and made 13 appearances for Augsburg during the 2013-2014 season.
He scored a goal in 19 appearances during the 2014-2015 season. He then opened his Bundesliga campaign by playing in the first three matchdays, including the 1–0 loss to Hertha Bachelor of Science in the league opener on 15 August 2015.
National career
Presently Esswein plays for the German U-21 national team
Previously he had already played for the U-17, U-18, U-18, U-19 and U-20 national team He was part of the German U-17 team that finished in third place in the 2007 U-17 World Cup in South of Korea. In this tournament, Esswein scored two goals against Trinidad and Tobago in the group-stage and scored the winning goal in the third place playoff against Ghana two minutes into stoppage time.