Steven Sessegnon
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Zeze Steven Sessegnon[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 18 May 2000||
Place of birth | Roehampton, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Defender / Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Fulham | ||
Number | 43 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2017 | Fulham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Fulham | 11 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | England U16 | 1 | (0) |
2017 | England U17 | 10 | (0) |
2018 | England U18 | 2 | (0) |
2018–2019 | England U19 | 9 | (2) |
2019– | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
2019– | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:05, 20 February 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:37, 16 October 2019 (UTC) |
Zeze Steven Sessegnon (born 18 May 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for EFL Championship club Fulham.[3][4]
Club career
On 28 June 2017, Sessegnon signed his first professional contract with Fulham, pledging his future to the West London club until 2020.[5] He made his debut on 8 August 2017 in an EFL Cup first round tie against Wycombe Wanderers.[4] He played the full ninety minutes in a Fulham win, playing the last nine minutes on the pitch with brother Ryan.[6][7] He also featured in the following round two weeks later, a 1–0 home defeat to League One side Bristol Rovers.[8] His first appearance in league football arrived on 16 August 2019 in the Championship versus Huddersfield Town.[4]
International career
Sessegnon has represented England at U16 up to U20 level.[9] His one appearance for the U16s came on 4 December 2015 versus Brazil.[9]
Sessegnon was called up to the England squad for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.[10] He featured five times, including a start in the final, as England won the trophy.[4]
March 2018 saw Sessegnon win his first U18 caps, versus Qatar and Argentina respectively.[9] In May 2018, Sessegnon was selected for the U18s squad for the 2018 Panda Cup.[11]
His opening Under-19s call-up came in the following August for friendlies with the Netherlands and Belgium.[12] He scored for the U19s on 14 November versus Moldova.[13]
Sessegnon made his England U20 debut during the opening 2019 Toulon Tournament defeat to Japan on 1 June 2019.[4]
On 30 August 2019, Sessegnon was included in the England U21 squad for the first time [14] and made his debut during the 3-2 2021 U21 Euro qualifying win against Turkey on 6 September 2019.[15]
Personal life
He is the twin brother of fellow professional footballer, and former Fulham team-mate, Ryan.[3] Their older brother Chris is also a footballer, whilst they are the cousins of Beninese international footballer Stéphane Sessègnon.[16][17]
Career statistics
- As of match played 15 February 2020
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Fulham U21 | 2017–18[18] | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
2018–19[19] | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Fulham | 2017–18[18] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2018–19[19] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2019–20[20] | Championship | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
Career total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
- ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy
Honours
England U17
- 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup winner[21]
References
- ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Fulham" (PDF). English Football League. p. 16. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "Steven Sessegnon". 11v11. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Steven Sessegnon profile". Fulham F.C. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Steven Sessegnon profile". Soccerway. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Steven's Pro Deal". Fulham Football Club. 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Wycombe Wanderers 0–2 Fulham". Fulham F.C. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Wycombe Wanderers 0–2 Fulham". BBC Sport. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Fulham 0–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 22 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "Steven Sessegnon profile". The FA. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "England squad name for FIFA U17 World Cup 2017 in India". The FA. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "England U18s head to China for the Panda Cup this month with a 19-man squad named". The FA. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Keith Downing picks 23-man squad for Netherlands and Belgium". The FA. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Under-19 - England - Steven Sessegnon". UEFA. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "ENGLAND U21S KICK-OFF A NEW CAMPAIGN AND AIDY BOOTHROYD HAS PICKED HIS SQUAD". The FA. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "EDDIE NKETIAH AND REISS NELSON SCORE AS ENGLAND U21S WIN OPENING EURO QUALIFIER". The FA. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "England's under-17s: They don't walk around with 1966 noose around necks". The Guardian. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Fulham teen Ryan Sessegnon". London Evening Standard. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Steven Sessegnon in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Games played by Steven Sessegnon in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Steven Sessegnon in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ Shamoon Hafez (17 January 2019). "England's U17 World Cup winners - where are they now?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
External links
- Steven Sessegnon at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- English people of Beninese descent
- Twin people from England
- Twin sportspeople
- Black English sportspeople
- Footballers from Roehampton
- English footballers
- Association football defenders
- Association football midfielders
- Fulham F.C. players
- English Football League players
- England youth international footballers
- England under-21 international footballers