Sessi D'Almeida

Sessi D'Almeida
Personal information
Full name Sessi Octave Emile D'Almeida[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995
Place of birth Bordeaux, France
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Yeovil Town
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2013 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Bordeaux B 33 (1)
2014–2015 Bordeaux 2 (0)
2015–2016 Paris Saint-Germain B 16 (0)
2016–2017 Barnsley 3 (0)
2017–2018 Blackpool 23 (0)
2018– Yeovil Town 12 (1)
National team‡
2015– Benin 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:49, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:49, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Sessi Octave Emile D'Almeida (born 20 November 1995) is a Beninese footballer who plays for Yeovil Town. He plays as a defensive midfielder.[2]

Club career

D'Almeida made his debut for Bordeaux on 12 December 2013 in the UEFA Europa League group stage against Maccabi Tel Aviv, playing the first 75 minutes in the 1–0 away defeat before being substituted for Théo Pellenard.[3]

On 23 August 2014, he made his Ligue 1 debut for Bordeaux, replacing André Biyogo Poko for the last 9 minutes of a 3–1 away win at OGC Nice.[4]

After a successful trial with Barnsley in the summer of 2016, D'Almeida signed a two-year deal with the Championship club.[5]

He was released by Blackpool at the end of the 2017–18 season.[6]

On 13 July 2018, D'Almeida signed for League Two side Yeovil Town on a one-year deal with an option of extending for a second year.[7]

International career

D'Almeida was called up to the Benin national football team squad in 2014 for their matches 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Sao Tome.[8] He made his debut for Benin in a 1–1 tie against Equatorial Guinea in 2015.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 October 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Bordeaux II 2013-14[10] CFA 121——00121
2014-15[10] 210——00210
Bordeaux II total 331——00331
Bordeaux 2013–14[11] Ligue 1 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2014–15[12] 2000000020
Bordeaux total 2000001030
Paris Saint-Germain II 2015-16[10] CFA 160——00160
Barnsley 2016–17[13] Championship 3000000030
Blackpool 2017–18[14] League One 23000004[lower-alpha 2]1271
Yeovil Town 2018–19[15] League Two 121001000131
Career total 892001051953
  1. ↑ Appearance in the Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in the EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 12 October 2018[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Benin 201520
201810
Total30

References

  1. ↑ "Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Benin - S. D'Almeida - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  3. ↑ "Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Bordeaux - 12 December 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  4. ↑ https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/08/23/france/ligue-1/olympique-gymnaste-club-de-nice-cote-dazur/fc-girondins-de-bordeaux/1686753/
  5. ↑ "Sessi D'Almeida: Former Paris St-Germain midfielder joins Barnsley". 11 August 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Manager Confirms Retained List". Blackpool F.C. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Sessi D'Almeida: Yeovil sign former Blackpool midfielder". BBC Sport. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  9. ↑ "Sessi D'Almeida -"Porter le maillot du Bénin ? Une fierté personnelle !"". www.cfagirondins.fr. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02.
  10. 1 2 3 Sessi D'Almeida at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Sessi D'Almeida in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Sessi D'Almeida in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Sessi D'Almeida in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Sessi D'Almeida in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Sessi D'Almeida in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  16. ↑ "D'Almeida, Sessi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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