Kouassi Ryan Sessegnon ( digest 18 May 2000 ) is an english master football player who plays as a left-back or left winger for Premier League baseball club Tottenham Hotspur. Sessegnon made his breakthrough in the Fulham senior side in 2016, aged 16. He made an moment impact, becoming the first gear football player born in the 2000s to score a goal in a first-team game in the professional English leagues, and the youngest player to score in a Championship match. In 2017–18, his irregular season, Sessegnon helped Fulham achieve promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs, scoring fifteen goals and winning numerous personal awards. He totalled 120 games and 25 goals for Fulham, before joining Tottenham for a £25 million fee in 2019.
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early liveliness and career [edit ]
Sessegnon was born in Roehampton, Greater London into a kin of Ivorian lineage. He has a twin brother, Steven, who plays for Fulham, while their elder brother, Chris, is a semi-professional football player. [ 5 ] Sessegnon is besides a cousin of the Beninese external football player Stéphane Sessègnon. [ 6 ] As a child, Sessegnon, aboard brother Steven, played for local club Wandgas FC. In 2008, at the age of nine, the pair signed for Fulham, initially joining their under-9s side. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] in the first place a central hitter at youth floor, he was moved to left back as he progressed. He has cited fellow left-sided players Luke Shaw and Gareth Bale as players he looked up to when he was young, saying, ‘when Shaw was at Southampton he was a left-back and I loved watching him bomb up and down the wing, create goals, score goals, so I think I try to emulate that. ‘ [ 9 ] Sessegnon attended Coombe Boys ‘ School in New Malden, London, close to Fulham ‘s Motspur Park trail ground. [ 10 ] With both brothers in the team, Coombe Boys won youth contest the ESFA PlayStation Schools ‘ Cup in both 2014 and 2015, [ 11 ] Ryan scoring twice in the 2015 final examination. [ 12 ] By the 2015–16 season, Sessegnon had become a regular for Fulham ‘s Under-18 side, despite merely being 15. [ 13 ]
Club career [edit ]
Fulham [edit ]
2016–17 season [edit ]
Having started training with the first team, still aged 15, in March 2016, Sessegnon was promoted to the aged police squad by director of the class Slavisa Jokanovic for the 2016–17 pre-season. [ 8 ] He scored his first senior goal on 19 July in a 3–0 friendly gain over Brighton and Hove Albion. [ 14 ] On 9 August, Sessegnon made his first-team debut in an EFL Cup match against Leyton Orient aged 16 years and 81 days. [ 15 ] On 16 August, he made his league introduction in a Championship equal against Leeds United in a 1–1 draw. [ 16 ] On 20 August, he scored his beginning professional finish in a league pit against Cardiff City, becoming the first professional football player in the English leagues to have been born in the 2000s to score a finish in a first-team game and the youngest musician to score in a Championship match. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] He scored the winner on his FA Cup introduction, besides against Cardiff, on 8 January, becoming one of the youngest goalscorers in the history of the rival. [ 19 ] On 11 March, Sessegnon scored doubly in an away pit against eventual league champions Newcastle United, [ 20 ] with former Newcastle player Alan Shearer praising his performance as “ brilliant ”. [ 21 ] In entire, Sessegnon made 30 appearances in all competitions, including in the second leg of Fulham ‘s play-off semi-final kill against Reading, [ 22 ] scoring seven goals, and was named in the PFA Championship Team of the Year, [ 23 ] the youngest player always included. [ 24 ] Media interest in Sessegnon grew as his introduction season progressed. In February 2017, italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport ranked Sessegnon as one of the top 30 Under-20s players in Europe, [ citation needed ] while in May 2017, Sports Illustrated named him as the 19th-best under-20 player in universe football. [ 25 ] Fulham hitter Neeskens Kebano called him “ the future of English football ”, [ 26 ] with teammate Stefan Johansen saying it was “ 99 % certain he will be one of the top left-backs in the world ”. [ 27 ] As the summer transfer windowpane approached, concern was reported from numerous Premier League clubs, including Everton, [ 28 ] Liverpool [ 29 ] and Manchester United, [ 30 ] with Sessegnon potentially available for a compensation tip of £2 million [ 31 ] as Football Association rules meant he could not sign master terms until his 17th birthday on 18 May 2017. [ 32 ] however, on 28 June 2017, it was announced Sessegnon had signed his first gear professional contract with Fulham, committing him to the club until 2020. [ 33 ] Sessegnon cited the likelihood of playing regularly in the first team as his reason, saying, “ last season I got a fortune of opportunities so I want to continue that. When you are youthful you just want to play as many games as you can. ” [ 34 ]
2017–18 season [edit ]
Sessegnon playing for Fulham in 2017 On 28 July 2017, Fulham announced that Sessegnon would wear the numeral 3 shirt, moving from his previous act 30. [ 35 ] He scored his first goal of the season in a 1–1 draw with Cardiff on 9 September. [ 36 ] In November 2017, FourFourTwo included Sessegnon in their 100 Best Teenagers in the World list, comparing him with Ashley Cole and David Alaba. [ 37 ] On 21 November 2017, Sessegnon marked his fiftieth appearance for Fulham by scoring his first professional hat-trick in a 5–4 aside victory against Sheffield United [ 38 ] – becoming the inaugural seventeen-year-old to score a hat-trick in the top four tiers of English league football since Dele Alli in 2014. [ 39 ] After netting six goals in January 2018, courtesy of braces against Ipswich Town, Burton Albion and Barnsley, Sessegnon was named PFA [ 40 ] and Championship Player of the Month. [ 41 ] On 19 February, Sessegnon was named tenth in the most promise under 20 prospects in the hale of Europe. Sessegnon featured in a esteemed tilt by CIES with the likes of Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma featuring in 1st place and Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappé in 3rd place. [ 42 ] In April 2018 he was nominated for the EFL Championship Player of the Season and Young Player of the Season awards. [ 43 ] He besides became the inaugural Championship player to be nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year award. On 15 April, Sessegnon won an unprecedented five awards when he was named Championship Player of the Season, Young Player of the Season, Apprentice of the Year, and named in the team of the Season and EFL Club Developed XI. [ 44 ] The sign of Matt Targett in the January transfer window was crucial as it allowed Sessegnon to play regularly as a entrust winger alternatively of a leave back, where he was able to focus more on his highly dependable anticipation and finishing rather of his decrepit defensive side of the game. Fulham finished the league season in third base set, allowing them to advance to the play-offs, where Sessegnon helped his side dependable a place in the play-off final examination by scoring the opening finish and assisting the game-winning finish in the semi-final second leg against Derby County. [ 45 ] On 26 May, Sessegnon assisted Tom Cairney ‘s 23rd-minute goal in a 1–0 acquire against Aston Villa in the Championship play-off concluding at Wembley to secure Fulham ‘s promotion to the Premier League. [ 46 ]
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2018–19 season [edit ]
Sessegnon made his first Premier League appearance on 11 August 2018, the first step day of the new league campaign, in a 2–0 home frustration to Crystal Palace. [ 47 ] On 20 October, he scored his first Premier League goal in a 4–2 aside loss to Cardiff City, becoming the first player born in the 2000s to score in the competition. [ 48 ] He made his hundredth appearance for the club on 8 December, starting in a 4–1 league loss to Manchester United. [ 49 ] On 2 April 2019, Fulham were relegated from the Premier League following a 4–1 get the better of by Watford. [ 50 ]
Tottenham Hotspur [edit ]
On 8 August 2019, Sessegnon signed for Tottenham Hotspur on a five-year-deal with an optional annual reference. The deal was reported to be deserving £25 million which besides saw Josh Onomah go to Fulham. [ 51 ] due to injury Sessegnon did not make his debut for Tottenham until the get down of November. He came on late into injury fourth dimension in a match against Everton which ended 1–1. [ 52 ] His Champions League debut came in the surveil match, as he came off of the bench against Red Star Belgrade and assisted a finish for christian Eriksen. [ 53 ] He had his first begin in a Tottenham shirt in the Champions League away against Bayern Munich in December, where he scored his first finish for the cabaret, becoming the youngest Spurs player to score in a Champions League game. [ 54 ]
1899 Hoffenheim ( loan ) [edit ]
On 5 October 2020, Sessegnon joined 1899 Hoffenheim on a season-long loan deal. [ 55 ] Hoffenheim fans voted him player of the calendar month for November. [ 56 ]
International career [edit ]
In 2016, Sessegnon played up an age group to represent England in the U17 Euros. [ 57 ] He scored his first finish for England Under-19s against Luxembourg in a european Under-19 Championship qualifier on 10 November 2016, scoring the second goal in a 2–0 acquire. [ 58 ] On 26 June 2017, Sessegnon was named in the final examination 18-man team for the Euro U19s finals. [ 59 ] He went on to score three goals, including two in a 4–1 gain over Germany, [ 60 ] finishing the tournament as joint-top scorekeeper [ 61 ] as England were crowned champions for the first time. [ 62 ] He was subsequently included in the team of the tournament. [ 63 ] Aged 17, Sessegnon made his debut for England Under-21s on 27 March 2018, starting in a 2–1 european Under-21 Championship qualifier win over Ukraine. [ 64 ] On 27 May 2019, Sessegnon was included in England ‘s 23-man team for the 2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. [ 65 ]
Guinness World record [edit ]
On 27 May 2019, Sessegnon achieved the Guinness World Records entitle for ‘Fastest fourth dimension to hit both football finish posts and crossbar ‘, doing so in good 7.75 seconds. [ 66 ]
career statistics [edit ]
- As of match played 26 August 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
National Cup
League Cup
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Fulham
2016–17[67]
Championship
25
5
3
2
1
0
—
1[a]
0
30
7
2017–18[68]
Championship
46
15
1
0
2
0
—
3[a]
1
52
16
2018–19[69]
Premier League
35
2
1
0
2
0
—
—
38
2
Total
106
22
5
2
5
0
—
4
1
120
25
Tottenham Hotspur
2019–20[70]
Premier League
6
0
3
0
0
0
3[b]
1
—
12
1
2021–22[71]
Premier League
0
0
0
0
0
0
2[c]
0
—
2
0
Total
6
0
3
0
0
0
5
1
—
14
1
1899 Hoffenheim (loan)
2020–21[72]
Bundesliga
23
2
1
0
—
5[d]
0
—
29
2
Career total
133
24
9
2
5
0
9
1
4
1
160
28
Honours [edit ]
Fulham
England U19
Individual