.jpg) Sessegnon withWigan Athletic in 2025. | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zeze Steven Sessegnon[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2000-05-18)18 May 2000 (age 25)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Roehampton, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back /Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
| 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
| |||||||||||||||||
| * 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 professionalfootballer who plays as adefender ormidfielder forEFL League One clubWigan Athletic.
On 28 June 2017, Sessegnon signed his first professional contract withFulham, pledging his future to the West London club until 2020.[4] He made his debut on 8 August 2017 in anEFL Cup first round tie againstWycombe Wanderers.[5] He played the full ninety minutes in a Fulham win, playing the last nine minutes on the pitch with brotherRyan.[6][7] He also featured in the following round two weeks later, a 1–0 home defeat toLeague One sideBristol Rovers.[8] His first appearance in league football arrived on 16 August 2019 in theChampionship versusHuddersfield Town.[5]
Sessegnon signed a season-long loan deal withChampionship clubBristol City on 7 September 2020.[9]
On 31 January 2022, Sessegnon joinedEFL League One sidePlymouth Argyle on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[10]
On 5 July 2022, Sessegnon joinedLeague One sideCharlton 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 andAccrington Stanley.[12]
On 26 August 2023, Sessegnon signed forLeague One clubWigan Athletic on a two-year deal.[citation needed]
On 9 May 2025, Wigan said the player had been transfer listed.[13]
Sessegnon has represented England atU16 up toU20 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 the2017 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 the2018 Panda Cup.[16]
His opening Under-19s call-up came in the following August for friendlies with theNetherlands andBelgium.[17] He scored for the U19s on 14 November versusMoldova.[18]
Sessegnon made hisEngland U20 debut during the opening2019 Toulon Tournament defeat to Japan on 1 June 2019.[5]
On 30 August 2019, Sessegnon was included in theEngland U21 squad for the first time[19] and made his debut during the 3–22021 U21 Euro qualifying win against Turkey on 6 September 2019.[20]
He is the twin brother of fellow professional footballer, and formerFulham teammate,Ryan.[3] Their older brother Chris plays football at semi-professional level, and they are cousins of Beninese international footballerStéphane Sessègnon.[21][22]
| 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 | ||
Fulham
England U17
