Dennis Johnsen

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Dennis Johnsen
Personal information
Full name Dennis Tørset Johnsen
Date of birth (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Skien, Norway
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Cremonese
Number 71
Youth career
0000–2013 Tiller IL
2013–2015 Rosenborg BK
2015–2017 Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Jong Ajax 41 (9)
2017–2020 Ajax 3 (0)
2019 → Heerenveen (loan) 13 (0)
2019–2020 → PEC Zwolle (loan) 23 (1)
2020–2024 Venezia 113 (10)
2024– Cremonese 12 (2)
International career‡
2016 Norway U18 2 (0)
2017–2019 Norway U21 17 (2)
2021 Norway 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2021

Dennis Tørset Johnsen (born 17 February 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Italian Serie B club Cremonese.[2][1]

Club career

Johnsen started his career at local club Tiller IL and moved to the youth academy of Rosenborg BK in 2013. In 2015 he joined SC Heerenveen. He signed for Ajax in August 2017.[3] In January 2019 he returned to SC Heerenveen on loan for the rest of the season.[4]

On 25 August 2020 he signed a 4-year contract with Italian Serie B club Venezia.[5]

On 1 February 2024, Johnsen moved to Cremonese on a 3.5-year contract.[6]

International career

He made his debut for the Norway national football team on 11 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Montenegro.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 May 2024[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong Ajax 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 27 7 – – 27 7
2018–19 14 2 – – 14 2
Total 41 9 – – 41 9
Ajax 2017–18 Eredivisie 2 0 2 0 – 4 0
2018–19 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 3 0 2 0 – 5 0
Heerenveen (loan) 2018–19 Eredivisie 13 0 – – 13 0
PEC Zwolle (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 23 1 2 1 – 25 2
Venezia 2020–21 Serie B 32 3 2 3 5[a] 1 39 7
2021–22 Serie A 27 1 3 0 – 27 1
2022–23 Serie B 33 3 0 0 1[a] 0 34 3
2023–24 21 3 1 0 – 22 3
Total 113 10 6 3 6 1 125 14
Cremonese 2023–24 Serie B 10 1 – – 10 1
Career total 203 21 10 4 6 1 219 26
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Serie B – Promotion play-offs

International

As of match played 11 October 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2021 1 0
Total 1 0

Personal life

He is the son of retired footballer Tor Gunnar Johnsen[1] and the brother of Mikael Tørset Johnsen.

Honours

Jong Ajax

References

  1. ^ a b c Dennis Johnsen at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Dennis Johnsen at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Her signerer det nye norske stortalentet for Ajax. Nederlandsk stjerne fortviler". 16 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Ajax låner ut norsk stortalent til Heerenveen". 29 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Ufficiale: Dennis Johnsen in arancioneroverde" (Press release) (in Italian). Venezia. 25 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Dennis Johnsen nuovo calciatore della Cremo" [Dennis Johnsen new player for Cremo] (in Italian). Cremonese. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Norway v Montenegro game report". FIFA. 11 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Dennis Johnsen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  9. ^ Dennis Johnsen at National-Football-Teams.com