Dennis Tørset Johnsen (born 17 February 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Italian club

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Club career

Johnsen started his career at local club

Tiller IL Tiller Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, team handball, ice hockey, Nordic skiing and biathlon. It was established on 15 January 1916. Football team The men's footba ...

and moved to the youth academy of

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in 2013. In 2015 he joined

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional association football, football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherla ...

. He signed for

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in August 2017. In January 2019 he returned to

on loan for the rest of the season. On 25 August 2020 he signed a 4-year contract with Italian

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club

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. On 1 February 2024, Johnsen moved to

on a 3.5-year contract.

International career

He made his debut for the

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on 11 October 2021 in a

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against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Personal life

He is the son of retired footballer Tor Gunnar Johnsen and the brother of

Mikael Tørset Johnsen Mikael Tørset Johnsen (born 4 July 2000) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ranheim. Career Mikael Tørset Johnsen joined Rosenborg in 2015 from Tiller. After impressing during the pre-season matches, he became a regular ...

Honours

Jong Ajax *

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

: 2017–18

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnsen, Dennis 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 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 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen