Sander van Gessel

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

International

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

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