Tanner Tessmann

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Tanner Tessmann
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Tessmann with Venezia in 2023
Personal information
Full name Francis Tanner James Tessmann [1]
Date of birth (2001-09-24) September 24, 2001 (age 23) [2]
Place of birth Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 North Texas SC 14 (1)
2020–2021 FC Dallas 26 (0)
2021–2024 Venezia 89 (9)
2024– Lyon 17 (0)
International career‡
2019 United States U20 1 (0)
2021–2024 United States U23 14 (0)
2021– United States 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 16, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 23, 2025

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.

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Club career

Academy and reserve

Tessmann moved to the FC Dallas academy in 2016 from the BUSA soccer academy in his home state of Alabama. [4] [5] In 2019, while with the Dallas academy, Tessmann also appeared for the club's professional USL League One affiliate team North Texas SC. [6]

FC Dallas

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.

Venezia

On July 15, 2021, Tessmann signed for newly promoted Serie A side Venezia. [12] [13]

Lyon

On 27 August 2024, Tessmann joined French club Lyon. [14]

International career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played March 16, 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
North Texas SC 2019 USL League One 141—20——161
FC Dallas 2020 MLS 190—20——210
2021 MLS70————70
Total260—20——280
Venezia 2021–22 Serie A 20030———230
2022–23 Serie B 32310——1 [c] 0343
2023–24 Serie B37610——4 [c] 1427
Total89950——519910
Lyon 2024–25 Ligue 1 17010—8 [d] 0—260
Career total146106040805116911

International

As of match played March 23, 2025 [18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 202110
202200
202310
202440
202520
Total80

Personal life

Tessmann is the godson of American football head coach Dabo Swinney. [19]

References

  1. ↑ "National team roster, 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup: USA" (PDF). CONCACAF . June 18, 2021. pp. 1–2. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA . July 24, 2024. p. 15. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Tanner Tessmann". Venezia FC. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Birmingham United Soccer Association – Tanner Tessmann".
  5. ↑ "FC Dallas". fcdl.ussoccerda.com.
  6. ↑ "Tanner Tessmann | uslleagueone.com". www.uslleagueone.com.
  7. ↑ "Tanner Tessmann". Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site. December 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Two Sport Phenom: Academy Product Tanner Tessmann Heads to Clemson | FC Dallas". fcdallas.
  9. ↑ "FC Dallas Signs Academy Product Tanner Tessmann as the Club's 28th Homegrown Player | FC Dallas". fcdallas.
  10. ↑ "DALvsPHI 02-29-2020 | MLSsoccer.com". mlssoccer.
  11. ↑ "Tessmann Profile: FC Dallas".
  12. ↑ "Tanner Tessmann joins Venezia FC". July 15, 2021. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  13. ↑ "FC Dallas Homegrown Tanner Tessmann Joins Venezia FC | FC Dallas". fcdallas.
  14. ↑ "Tanner Tessmann joins Olympique Lyonnais until 2029". actusnews.com. August 27, 2024.
  15. ↑ "USA 7 – Trinidad & Tobago 0: Match Report & Stats". www.ussoccer.com.
  16. ↑ "Midfielder Tanner Tessmann Replaces Ulysses Llanez on USA Roster For Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". www.ussoccer.com.
  17. ↑ "Twenty-three Players Called to U.s. Olympic Men's Soccer Team Training Camp as Preparations for Paris 2024 Kick Off in Phoenix". ussoccer.com. October 8, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  18. ↑ Tanner Tessmann at National-Football-Teams.com
  19. ↑ Stejskal, Grace Raynor and Sam. "Why Dabo Swinney's godson turned down Clemson football for..." The Athletic.
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