Gastón Sessa

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Gastón Sessa
Full name	Gastón Alejandro Sessa
Date of birth	April 15, 1973 (1973-04-15) (age 35)
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Barcelona Sporting Club
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1995 1995-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2007 2004 2007-Present	Estudiantes Huracán de Corrientes Rosario Central Racing Club River Plate Racing Club Vélez Sársfield → UD Las Palmas (loan) Barcelona SC	6 (0) - 37 (0) 35 (0) 2 (0) 34 (0) 160 (0) - -
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 23 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Gastón Sessa (born April 15, 1973 in La Plata) is an Argentine football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Barcelona Sporting Club in Ecuador.

Sessa started his career with local club Estudiantes in 1993 before moving down a division to join Huracán de Corrientes in 1995. His first major honour as a player came in the 1995/1996 season when he halped Huracán win promotion to the Primera División Argentina by winning the Primera B Nacional.

After one season playing with Huracán in the Primera he moved to Rosario Central and then Racing Club. In 1999 he joined River Plate where he was part of the squad that won back to back championships. In 2000 he rejoined Racing for another season before moving on to Vélez Sársfield. In 2004 he had a loan spell with UD Las Palmas in Spain before returning to Velez. In 2005 he helped Velez to claim the Clausura 2005.

In 2007 Sessa decided to seek a new challenge by moving to Ecuador signing a 2 years contract to join Barcelona Sporting Club.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
1995/1996	Huracán de Corrientes	Primera B Nacional
Apertura 1999	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
Clausura 2000	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
Clausura 2005	Vélez Sársfield	Primera División Argentina