Tessmann with Venezia in 2023
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Francis Tanner James Tessmann[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-09-24) September 24, 2001 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, Alabama, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Venezia | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| 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– | Venezia | 89 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | United States U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | United States U23 | 10 | (0) |
| 2021– | United States | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 10, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 11, 2024 | |||
Francis Tanner James Tessmann (born September 24, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Venezia 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.[2][3] In 2019, whilst with the Dallas academy, Tessmann also appeared for the club's professional USL League One affiliate team North Texas SC.[4]
Following his time with FC Dallas and North Texas SC, Tessmann committed to play both college soccer and college football, as a kicker,[5]atClemson University.[6] However, on February 27, 2020, Tessmann opted to play professional soccer and signed with Major League Soccer side FC Dallas as a homegrown player.[7]
Tessmann made his Dallas debut on February 29, 2020, starting and tallying an assist in a 2–0 win over Philadelphia Union.[8] Over the course of the 2020 season Tessmann played in 19 matches, starting 9 times and playing a total of 1001 minutes.[9] 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.[10][11]
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.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14]
| Club | League | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Totals | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| North Texas SC | USL League One | 2019 | 14 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| FC Dallas | MLS | 2020 | 19 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| MLS | 2021 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Venezia | Serie A | 2021–22 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Serie B | 2022–23 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 34 | 3 | ||
| Serie B | 2023–24 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[c] | 1 | 42 | 7 | ||
| Total | 89 | 9 | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 99 | 10 | |||
| Career Total | 129 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 143 | 11 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| United States | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Tessmann is the godsonofAmerican football head coach Dabo Swinney.[16]
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Venezia FC – current squad
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