Sander van Gessel | |
Fullname: | Sander Branko van Gessel |
Birth Date: | 4 November 1976 |
Birth Place: | Leidschendam, Netherlands |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1995–2000 |
Years2: | 2000–2002 |
Years3: | 2002–2005 |
Years4: | 2005–2008 |
Years5: | 2008–2010 |
Years6: | 2011 |
Clubs6: | JEF United Chiba |
Caps1: | 45 |
Caps2: | 22 |
Caps3: | 119 |
Caps4: | 65 |
Caps5: | 11 |
Caps6: | 24 |
Goals1: | 8 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Goals3: | 17 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Pcupdate: | 2009-08-02 |
Sander Branko van Gessel (born November 4, 1976, in Leidschendam, South Holland) is a Dutch footballer.
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.[1]