Steven Sessegnon
English footballer (born 2000)
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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.
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Sessegnon with Wigan Athletic in 2025. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Zeze Steven Sessegnon[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 May 2000[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Roehampton, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | 46 | (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
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 January 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:25, 4 July 2022 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Fulham
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
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
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
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
Career statistics
- As of 4 January 2025
| 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[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 | ||
- Appearances in EFL Trophy
