Kouassi Ryan Sessegnon (born 18 May 2000), known as Ryan Sessegnon, is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for Championship club Fulham.Sessegnon was born in Roehampton, London, and has a twin brother Steven who also plays for Fulham. Sessegnon is the cousin of footballer Stéphane Sessègnon.Sessegnon joined Fulham in 2008 in their under-nine team.On 9 August 2016, Sessegnon made his first-team debut in an EFL Cup match against Leyton Orient aged 16 years and 81 days. On 16 August 2016, Sessegnon made his league debut in a Championship match against Leeds United in a 1–1 draw. On 20 August, Sessegnon scored his first professional goal in a league match against Cardiff City, becoming the first professional footballer in the English leagues to have been born in the 2000s to score a goal in a first-team game and the youngest player ever to have scored in a Championship match. He netted the winner in his FA Cup debut, also against Cardiff, on 8 January, becoming one of the youngest goalscorers in the history of the competition. On 11 March, Sessegnon scored twice in an away match against eventual league champions Newcastle United, with former Newcastle player Alan Shearer praising his performance as "brilliant". In total, Sessegnon made 30 appearances in all competitions, including in the second leg of Fulham's play-off semi-final defeat against Reading, scoring seven goals, and was named in the PFA Championship Team of the Year, the youngest player ever included. Wikipedia
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