Steven Sessegnon

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For his cousin, the Beninese footballer, see Stéphane Sessègnon.

Steven Sessegnon
File:Steven Sessegnon 09082025 (4).jpg
Sessegnon with Wigan Athletic in 2025.
Personal information
Full name Zeze Steven Sessegnon[1]
Date of birth (2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Roehampton, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3]
Position
Team information
Current team
 Wigan Athletic
Number 5
Youth career
2008–2017 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2023 Fulham 14 (0)
2020–2021 → Bristol City (loan) 16 (0)
2022 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 10 (0)
2022–2023 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 33 (1)
2023– Wigan Athletic 39 (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)
2021–2022 England U21 5 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing File:Flag of England.svg England
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Winner 2017 India
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:10, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:25, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Zeze Steven Sessegnon (born 18 May 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for EFL League One club Wigan Athletic.

Club career

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Fulham

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Sessegnon with Fulham in 2018.

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]

Loans

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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] On 11 March 2023, Sessegnon scored his first professional goal, scoring the equalising goal in a 1–1 draw between Charlton Athletic and Accrington Stanley.[12]

Wigan Athletic

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On 26 August 2023, Sessegnon signed for League One club Wigan Athletic on a two-year deal.[citation needed]

On 9 May 2025, Wigan said the player had been transfer listed.[13]

International career

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Sessegnon has represented England at U16 up to U20 level.[14] His one appearance for the U16s came on 4 December 2015 versus Brazil.[14]

Sessegnon was called up to the England squad for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.[15] 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.[14] In May 2018, Sessegnon was selected for the U18s squad for the 2018 Panda Cup.[16]

His opening Under-19s call-up came in the following August for friendlies with the Netherlands and Belgium.[17] He scored for the U19s on 14 November versus Moldova.[18]

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[19] and made his debut during the 3–2 2021 U21 Euro qualifying win against Turkey on 6 September 2019.[20]

Personal life

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He is the twin brother of fellow professional footballer, and former Fulham teammate, Ryan.[3] Their older brother Chris plays football at semi-professional level, and they are cousins of Beninese international footballer Stéphane Sessègnon.[21][22]

Career statistics

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As of 4 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham U21 2017–18[23] — — — 1[a] 0 1 0
2018–19[24] — — — 1[a] 0 1 0
Total — — — 2 0 2 0
Fulham 2017–18[23] Championship 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
2018–19[24] Premier League 0 0 0 0 2 0 — 2 0
2019–20[25] Championship 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2020–21[26] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2021–22[27] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2022–23[28] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 14 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 19 0
Bristol City (loan) 2020–21[26] Championship 16 0 0 0 2 0 — 18 0
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2021–22[27] League One 10 0 — — — 10 0
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2022–23[28] League One 33 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 38 1
Wigan Athletic 2023–24[29] League One 26 0 2 1 0 0 1[a] 0 29 1
2024–25[30] League One 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Total 39 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 44 1
Career total 112 1 7 1 9 0 3 0 131 2
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

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Fulham

England U17

References

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