Gianni Stensness

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Gianni Stensness
Personal information
Full name Gianni Ryan Stensness[1]
Date of birth (1999-02-07) 7 February 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Australia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Viking
Number 6
Youth career
2016–2017 North Shore Mariners
2017 Central Coast Mariners
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 CCM Academy 26 (2)
2018 Manly United 7 (0)
2018–2019 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 12 (1)
2019 Wellington Phoenix 4 (0)
2019–2021 Central Coast Mariners 48 (1)
2021– Viking 1 (0)
National team‡
2017 Australia U-20 1 (0)
2019 New Zealand U-20 4 (1)
2019– New Zealand U-23 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:15, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 March 2020

Gianni Ryan Stensness (born 7 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking FK. Born and raised in Australia, but with a New Zealand father,[3] Stensness has played for both Australian and New Zealand representative teams in his youth.

Club career[]

Wellington Phoenix[]

In March 2019, Stensness was promoted to the Wellington Phoenix first team from their reserves. On 9 March 2019, he played his first professional game for the club. He came on as a substitute for Mandi in an 8–2 win over his former side, Central Coast Mariners.[4][5] In June 2019, he left Wellington Phoenix to explore opportunities in Europe.[6]

Central Coast Mariners[]

Stensness returned from Europe and was offered a contract with Wellington Phoenix, but decided to sign a one-year contract with Central Coast Mariners in August 2019 as a midfielder.[7] After a strong start to the 2019–20 season, Stensness signed a two-year extension on his contract, through to 2022. His performances in the 2019–20 season earned him the CCM Goal of the Year and Newcomer of the Year awards. Stensness also had the most tackles in the A-league in the 2019–20 season and gained the highest OPTA score of any player in the team. Stensness has since shown himself to be the strongest and most commanding defensive midfielder in the A-league.[citation needed]

Viking FK[]

On 9 August 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Norwegian club Viking FK.[8] He made his debut for the club on 29 August 2021, in a 2–1 win against Rosenborg.[9]

International career[]

Eligible for both Australia and New Zealand, 17-year old Stensness was named by Ufuk Talay in an Australian under-20 national team training camp on 31 January 2017.[10]

On 11 February 2019, Stensness was invited by New Zealand under-20 national team coach Des Buckingham to a talent identification camp in Auckland.[11] On 23 March 2019 he declared his desire to represent New Zealand.[3]

On 28 May 2019, Stensness scored his first goal for New Zealand at the U-20 World Cup against Norway, helping his team advance to the round of 16.[12]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 29 August 2021[1]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 2018–19 New Zealand Football Championship 12 1 — — — 12 1
Wellington Phoenix 2018–19 A-League 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Central Coast Mariners 2019–20 25 1 2 0 — — 27 1
2020–21 23 0 0 0 — — 23 0
Total 48 1 2 0 — — 50 1
Viking 2021 Eliteserien 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Career total 65 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 67 2

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Gianni Stensness at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Squad list – Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Rollo, Phillip (23 March 2019). "Wellington Phoenix rookie switches allegiance to New Zealand". Stuff. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. ^ Rollo, Phillip (5 March 2019). "Wellington Phoenix promote Australian-raised Kiwi youngster Gianni Stensness". Stuff.
  5. ^ Rollo, Phillip (10 March 2019). "Humiliating defeat against 'ruthless' Wellington Phoenix costs Mariners coach Mike Mulvey his job". Stuff.
  6. ^ Rollo, Phillip (21 June 2019). "Wellington Phoenix lock in hometown product Ben Waine on two-year deal". Stuff. Meanwhile, Gianni Stensness has rejected an upgraded contract and will be moving on from the club after one season to explore opportunities in Europe.
  7. ^ "Central Coast Mariners offer lifeline to under-20 midfielder Gianni Stensness". Stuff. 28 August 2019.
  8. ^ Svendsen, Dag Atle (9 August 2021). "Gianni Stensness klar for Viking" (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  9. ^ Nilssen, Stig (29 August 2021). "To deilige Viking-susere senket Rosenborg". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Stensness named in Young Socceroos". Central Coast Mariners. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  11. ^ "U-20s ID camp to be held in Auckland". NZ Football. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  12. ^ Voerman, Andrew (28 May 2019). "Gianni Stensness screamer helps New Zealand win at Fifa Under-20 World Cup". Stuff.

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