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 Defender
Team information
Current team
 Groningen (academy coach)
Youth career
SJZ
Be Quick 1887
Groningen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2000 Groningen 45 (8)
2000–2002 Heerenveen 22 (1)
2002–2005 Groningen 119 (17)
2005–2008 NAC 75 (5)
2008–2010 Sparta 35 (1)
2011 JEF United 24 (2)
Total 320 (34)
International career
1992 Netherlands U17 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2009-08-02

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

Playing career

Club

He started his professional career in the 1995–1996 season playing for FC Groningen. He later served SC Heerenveen, NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam.[1]

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.[2] He fled Japan for Guam with Norwegian teammate Tor Hogne Aarøy after the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011.[3]

International

Van Gessel was capped once by the Netherlands national under-17 football team.[4]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, van Gessel worked for the academies at Sparta,[5] NAC and FC Groningen.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Sander van Gessel naar Sparta". Rijnmond (in Dutch). 25 June 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Sander van Gessel Follows Former Coaches to Japan - OurSports Central".
  3. ↑ Stegman, Kosse (15 March 2011). "Sander van Gessel ontvlucht Japan". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Sander van Gessel". OnsOranje (KNVB - Dutch FA) (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Sander van Gessel keert terug bij Sparta". Rijnmond (in Dutch). 20 May 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "FC Groningen stelt Van Gessel aan in nieuwe functie Opleiding". FC Groningen (in Dutch). 2 April 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
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