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 7 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 3 clubs, including a move abroad — 178 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 29 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 29 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 · 2026/27
3 played1 unused sub7 not in squad· 274 min, 0g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8 | Friendlies Clubs | H Mâcon | 5-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 11 | Friendlies Clubs | H FC ST. Gallen | 6-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 15 | Friendlies Clubs | H Servette FC | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 18 | Friendlies Clubs | A Slavia Praha | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 24 | Friendlies Clubs | A VfL Wolfsburg | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 29 | Friendlies Clubs | A Real Betis | 0-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 4 | UEFA Champions League | A Sparta Praha | 1-2 | Played | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| Aug 11 | UEFA Champions League | H Sparta Praha | 3-0 | Played | 94 | 7.0 | ||
| Aug 18 | UEFA Champions League | A Fenerbahçe | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Aug 22 | Ligue 1 | A Toulouse | 2-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Aug 26 | UEFA Champions League | H Fenerbahçe | 1-2 | Not in squad | — |