Zeze Steven Sessegnon (born 18 May 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Charlton Athletic, on loan from Premier League club Fulham.
![]() Sessegnon in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Zeze Steven Sessegnon[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 22)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Roehampton, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Charlton Athletic (on loan from Fulham) | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2017 | Fulham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Fulham | 14 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Bristol City (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2022 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2022– | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
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) |
2021– | England U21 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 1 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:25, 4 July 2022 (UTC) |
On 28 June 2017, Sessegnon signed his first professional contract with Fulham, pledging his future to the West London club until 2020.[4] He made his debut on 8 August 2017 in an EFL Cup first round tie against Wycombe Wanderers.[5] 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.[5]
Sessegnon signed a season-long loan deal with Championship club Bristol City on 7 September 2020.[9]
On 31 January 2022, Sessegnon joined EFL League One side Plymouth Argyle on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[10]
On 5 July 2022, Sessegnon joined League One side Charlton Athletic on loan for the 2022–23 season.[11]
Sessegnon has represented England at U16 up to U20 level.[12] His one appearance for the U16s came on 4 December 2015 versus Brazil.[12]
Sessegnon was called up to the England squad for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.[13] He featured five times, including a start in the final, as England won the trophy.[5]
March 2018 saw Sessegnon win his first U18 caps, versus Qatar and Argentina respectively.[12] In May 2018, Sessegnon was selected for the U18s squad for the 2018 Panda Cup.[14]
His opening Under-19s call-up came in the following August for friendlies with the Netherlands and Belgium.[15] He scored for the U19s on 14 November versus Moldova.[16]
Sessegnon made his England U20 debut during the opening 2019 Toulon Tournament defeat to Japan on 1 June 2019.[5]
On 30 August 2019, Sessegnon was included in the England U21 squad for the first time[17] and made his debut during the 3–2 2021 U21 Euro qualifying win against Turkey on 6 September 2019.[18]
He is the twin brother of fellow professional footballer, and former Fulham team-mate, Ryan.[3] Their older brother Chris plays football at semi-professional level, and they are cousins of Beninese international footballer Stéphane Sessègnon.[19][20]
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[21] | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
2018–19[22] | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Fulham | 2017–18[21] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2018–19[22] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2019–20[23] | Championship | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
2020–21[24] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2021–22[25] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2022–23[26] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Fulham total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
Bristol City (loan) | 2020–21[24] | Championship | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 2021–22[25] | League One | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
Charlton Athletic (loan) | 2022–23[26] | League One | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Career total | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 0 |
Fulham
England U17
Charlton Athletic F.C. – current squad | |
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