T. Tessmann · career
Francis Tanner James Tessmann
Central · Lyon · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2022/23Stepped up 2024/25Injury-hit 2025/26
The record covers 6 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 3 clubs, including a move abroad — 177 appearances, 12 goals and 5 assists.
His best campaign on record is 2023/24 at Venezia — Season rating 52, 7 goals and 3 assists in 41 games. 2022/23 was the leap — Season rating up 28 points at Venezia. Form has slipped 25 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 25 Season points.
2025/26 was disrupted — 5 fixtures missed through injury or absence. Made the jump to a higher division in 2024/25 (Ligue 1) and kept playing — 32 games that season.
By season
International
| Side | Season | Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 2026/27 | Friendlies | 2 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | Friendlies | 4 | 1 | |
| 2024/25 | Friendlies | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024/25 | CONCACAF Nations League | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023/24 | Friendlies | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021/22 | Friendlies | 1 | 0 |
Honours
Concacaf Nations League×2USL League One×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendliesat USA | 2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 |
Schedule · 2025/26
41 played1 unused sub5 injured5 not in squad· 2560 min, 2g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19 | Friendlies Clubs | H Villefranche | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 26 | Friendlies Clubs | A Hamburger SV | 4-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 2 | Friendlies Clubs | A Bayern München | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 9 | Friendlies Clubs | H Getafe | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 16 | Ligue 1 | A Lens | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Aug 23 | Ligue 1 | H Metz | 3-0 | Played | 90 | 7.7 | ||
| Aug 31 | Ligue 1 | H Marseille | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Sep 14 | Ligue 1 | A Rennes | 1-3 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Sep 19 | Ligue 1 | H Angers | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 1 | 7.2 | |
| Sep 25 | UEFA Europa League | A Utrecht | 1-0 | Played | 25 | 1 | 7.6 | |
| Sep 28 | Ligue 1 | A Lille | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| Oct 2 | UEFA Europa League | H Red Bull Salzburg | 2-0 | Played | 69 | 6.9 | ||
| Oct 5 | Ligue 1 | H Toulouse | 1-2 | Played | 89 | 6.9 | ||
| Oct 18 | Ligue 1 | A Nice | 2-3 | Played | 13 | 7.2 | ||
| Oct 23 | UEFA Europa League | H FC Basel 1893 | 2-0 | Played | 45 | 7.3 | ||
| Oct 26 | Ligue 1 | H Strasbourg | 2-1 | Played | 89 | 6.7 | ||
| Oct 29 | Ligue 1 | A Paris FC | 3-3 | Played | 22 | 6.2 | ||
| Nov 2 | Ligue 1 | A Stade Brestois 29 | 0-0 | Played | 15 | 6.7 | ||
| Nov 6 | UEFA Europa League | A Real Betis | 0-2 | Played | 65 | 6.6 | ||
| Nov 9 | Ligue 1 | H Paris Saint Germain | 2-3 | Played | 90 | 6.0 | ||
| Nov 23 | Ligue 1 | A Auxerre | 0-0 | Played | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| Nov 27 | UEFA Europa League | A Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6-0 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Nov 30 | Ligue 1 | H Nantes | 3-0 | Played | 89 | 7.3 | ||
| Dec 7 | Ligue 1 | A Lorient | 0-1 | Thigh Injury | — | |||
| Dec 11 | UEFA Europa League | H GO Ahead Eagles | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Dec 14 | Ligue 1 | H Le Havre | 1-0 | Thigh Injury | — | |||
| Dec 21 | Coupe de France | H Saint-Cyr Collonges | 3-0 | Played | 12 | 6.7 | ||
| Jan 3 | Ligue 1 | A Monaco | 3-1 | Played | 24 | 6.3 | ||
| Jan 11 | Coupe de France | A Lille | 2-1 | Played | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| Jan 18 | Ligue 1 | H Stade Brestois 29 | 2-1 | Played | 74 | 7.2 | ||
| Jan 22 | UEFA Europa League | A BSC Young Boys | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Jan 25 | Ligue 1 | A Metz | 5-2 | Played | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| Jan 29 | UEFA Europa League | H PAOK | 4-2 | Played | 45 | 6.3 | ||
| Feb 1 | Ligue 1 | H Lille | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| Feb 4 | Coupe de France | H Laval | 2-0 | Played | 11 | 6.3 | ||
| Feb 7 | Ligue 1 | A Nantes | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Feb 15 | Ligue 1 | H Nice | 2-0 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Feb 22 | Ligue 1 | A Strasbourg | 1-3 | Played | 58 | 6.2 | ||
| Mar 1 | Ligue 1 | A Marseille | 2-3 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Mar 5 | Coupe de France | H Lens | 2-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Mar 8 | Ligue 1 | H Paris FC | 1-1 | Played | 65 | 6.9 | ||
| Mar 12 | UEFA Europa League | A Celta Vigo | 1-1 | Played | 13 | 6.6 | ||
| Mar 15 | Ligue 1 | A Le Havre | 0-0 | Played | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| Mar 19 | UEFA Europa League | H Celta Vigo | 0-2 | Played | 45 | 6.5 | ||
| Mar 22 | Ligue 1 | H Monaco | 1-2 | Played | 14 | 6.9 | ||
| Apr 5 | Ligue 1 | A Angers | 0-0 | Played | 73 | 6.7 | ||
| Apr 12 | Ligue 1 | H Lorient | 2-0 | Played | 8 | 6.3 | ||
| Apr 19 | Ligue 1 | A Paris Saint Germain | 2-1 | Played | 11 | 6.3 | ||
| Apr 25 | Ligue 1 | H Auxerre | 3-2 | Played | 56 | 6.3 | ||
| May 3 | Ligue 1 | H Rennes | 4-2 | Coach's decision | — | |||
| May 10 | Ligue 1 | A Toulouse | 1-2 | Muscle Injury | — | |||
| May 17 | Ligue 1 | H Lens | 0-4 | Muscle Injury | — |