Tanner Tessmann is a midfielder in Lyon’s first-team squad for the 2026/27 Ligue 1 season. Tessmann was born on 24 September 2001 in Birmingham, United States.
Tessmann’s first senior club was North Texas SC, where he broke through in 2019, and he went on to play for FC Dallas and Venezia. Lyon signed him in 2024.
He has been capped by United States after coming through their youth sides.
Across 9 seasons of senior club football, beginning in 2019, Tessmann has played 228 matches and scored 14 goals for 4 clubs. His best scoring return came in 2023/24: 7 goals in 42 appearances for Venezia. So far in 2026/27 he has made 9 appearances for Lyon. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.