Stéphane Sessègnon

Stéphane Sessègnon
Sessègnon playing for West Bromwich Albion in 2013
Personal information
Full name Stéphane Sessègnon
Date of birth (1984-06-01) 1 June 1984
Place of birth Allahé, Benin
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2000–2003 Requins de l'Atlantique
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Requins de l'Atlantique
2004–2006 Créteil 68 (10)
2006–2008 Le Mans 61 (6)
2008–2011 Paris Saint-Germain 77 (9)
2011–2013 Sunderland 87 (17)
2013–2016 West Bromwich Albion 79 (8)
2016–2018 Montpellier 43 (3)
2018–2020 Gençlerbirliği 76 (10)
2022 Göçmenköy 0 (0)
2022–2023 Sirens 19 (0)
International career
2004–2023 Benin 89 (24)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:45, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Stéphane Sessègnon (born 1 June 1984) is a Beninese professional footballer who last played for Sirens in the Maltese Premier League. He is a Benin international, having represented the nation at the 2008, 2010 and 2019 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. Sessègnon plays a variety of positions as a forward, a winger and as a midfield offensive playmaker. He is Benin's all-time top scorer and appearance maker with 24 international goals in 89 matches.