Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francis Tanner James Tessmann [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | September 24, 2001||
Place of birth | Birmingham, Alabama, United States | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lyon | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2016–2019 | FC Dallas | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019 | North Texas SC | 14 | (1) |
2020–2021 | FC Dallas | 26 | (0) |
2021–2024 | Venezia | 89 | (9) |
2024– | Lyon | 8 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | United States U20 | 1 | (0) |
2021–2024 | United States U23 | 14 | (0) |
2021– | United States | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 7, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 18, 2024 |
Francis Tanner James Tessmann (born September 24, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the United States national team.
Tessmann moved to the FC Dallas academy in 2016 from the BUSA soccer academy in his home state of Alabama. [4] [5] In 2019, whilst with the Dallas academy, Tessmann also appeared for the club's professional USL League One affiliate team North Texas SC. [6]
Following his time with FC Dallas and North Texas SC, Tessmann committed to play both college soccer and college football, as a kicker, [7] at Clemson University. [8] However, on February 27, 2020, Tessmann opted to play professional soccer and signed with Major League Soccer side FC Dallas as a homegrown player. [9]
Tessmann made his Dallas debut on February 29, 2020, starting and tallying an assist in a 2–0 win over Philadelphia Union. [10] Over the course of the 2020 season Tessmann played in 19 matches, starting 9 times and playing a total of 1001 minutes. [11] With FC Dallas having qualified for the 2020 MLS playoffs, he made his postseason debut in the first round and successfully converted a penalty in a Shootout victory against the Portland Timbers. He made his first postseason start in the next round, a 1–0 loss to Seattle Sounders FC.
In 2021 he continued to gain first team experiences, starting 6 of the first 12 matches for FC Dallas and playing a total of 452 minutes across 7 appearances.
On July 15, 2021, Tessmann signed for newly promoted Serie A side Venezia. [12] [13]
In January 2021, Tessmann was called up to the senior national team. He made his debut in a 7–0 win against Trinidad and Tobago. [15] Following that game, Tessmann was named to the United States under-23 team for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship after Ulysses Llanez dropped out with an injury. [16] They would fail to qualify for the Olympics.
On October 8, 2023, Tessman was called up to the United States men's national under-23 soccer team ahead of friendlies against Mexico and Japan. [17]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
North Texas SC | 2019 | USL League One | 14 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
FC Dallas | 2020 | MLS | 19 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
2021 | MLS | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
Total | 26 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||||
Venezia | 2021–22 | Serie A | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Serie B | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 34 | 3 | |||
2023–24 | Serie B | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 [c] | 1 | 42 | 7 | |||
Total | 89 | 9 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 99 | 10 | ||||
Lyon | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 [d] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
Career total | 137 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 156 | 11 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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United States | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | |
2023 | 1 | 0 | |
2024 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 0 |
Tessmann is the godson of American football head coach Dabo Swinney. [19]
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