Dennis Johnsen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dennis Tørset Johnsen | ||
| Date of birth | 17 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Skien, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Palermo | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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) |
| 2024–2026 | Cremonese | 54 | (9) |
| 2026– | Palermo | 13 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Norway U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Norway U21 | 17 | (2) |
| 2021 | Norway | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 October 2021 | |||
Dennis Tørset Johnsen (born 17 February 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie B club Palermo.[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 four-year contract with Serie B club Venezia.[5]
On 1 February 2024, Johnsen moved to Cremonese on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[6]
On 2 February 2026, Johnsen joined Palermo on a long-term contract.[7]
International career
He made his debut for the Norway national football team on 11 October 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Montenegro.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 8 May 2026[9]
| 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 | 13 | 2 | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 8 | ||
| 2025–26 | Serie A | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 12 | 1 | ||
| Total | 55 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 62 | 11 | ||
| Palermo | 2025–26 | Serie B | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Career total | 261 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 283 | 37 | ||
- 1 2 3 Appearances in Serie B – Promotion play-offs
International
- As of match played 11 October 2021[10]
| 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 2 3 Dennis Johnsen at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ Dennis Johnsen at Soccerway
- ↑ "Her signerer det nye norske stortalentet for Ajax. Nederlandsk stjerne fortviler". 16 August 2017.
- ↑ "Ajax låner ut norsk stortalent til Heerenveen". 29 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ufficiale: Dennis Johnsen in arancioneroverde" (Press release) (in Italian). Venezia. 25 August 2020.
- ↑ "Dennis Johnsen nuovo calciatore della Cremo" [Dennis Johnsen new player for Cremo] (in Italian). Cremonese. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ↑ "Palermo, ufficiale l'ingaggio dell'attaccante Johnsen" [Palermo, ufficiale l'ingaggio dell'attaccante Johnsen] (in Italian). Palermo. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ↑ "Norway v Montenegro game report". FIFA. 11 October 2021.
- ↑ "Dennis Johnsen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ↑ Dennis Johnsen at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Dennis Johnsen at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- AFC Ajax players
- Jong Ajax players
- SC Heerenveen players
- PEC Zwolle players
- Venezia FC players
- US Cremonese players
- Palermo FC players
- Norway men's under-21 international footballers
- Norway men's youth international footballers
- Norway men's international footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Footballers from Skien Municipality
- 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen