Sander van Gessel

Sander van Gessel

at FC Groningen, 2019
Personal information
Full name	Sander Branko van Gessel
Date of birth	(1976-11-04) November 4, 1976
Place of birth	Leidschendam, Netherlands
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2000	FC Groningen	45	(8)
2000–2002	SC Heerenveen	22	(1)
2002–2005	FC Groningen	119	(17)
2005–2008	NAC Breda	65	(5)
2008–2010	Sparta Rotterdam	11	(0)
2011	JEF United Chiba	24	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2009-08-02

Sander Branko van Gessel (born November 4, 1976, in Leidschendam, South Holland) is a Dutch footballer.

Career

He started his professional career in the 1995–1996 season playing for FC Groningen. He later served SC Heerenveen, NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam.

In summer 2010 he was signed by FC Edmonton in preparation for the club's competitive debut in the 2011 North American Soccer League season. However, van Gessel exercised a contract clause and left Edmonton on January 17, 2011, when JEF United Chiba of J2 League made a more lucrative offer.

External links

• Sander van Gessel at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• (in Dutch) Profile