Thomas Thiesson Kristensen, the 24-year-old Udinese defender, scored one of two goals as the Friulani defeated Torino 2-0 at the Bluenergy Stadium, with Ehizibue providing the other to hand Kosta Runjaić's side a comfortable three points.
The result matters beyond the scoreline. Kristensen now has three goals across 25 Serie A appearances this season — a return that places him among the more productive defenders in the division. For a centre-back operating in a side sitting eleventh with 47 points from 35 matches, those contributions carry weight that the standings alone do not fully capture.
His season average rating of 6.90 reflects consistency rather than occasional brilliance. Three goals from a defensive position suggest a player who reads the game well enough to arrive in dangerous areas at the right moment, not one who simply wanders forward and hopes. Udinese's record of 43 goals scored and 46 conceded in 35 matches tells the story of a team that has competed without dominating — and Kristensen's output from the back has been one of the more reliable sources of attacking return in that context.
Runjaić's Udinese secured the win with Kristensen scoring in the second half. It was the third consecutive defeat for Torino under Roberto D'Aversa, and the reaction at the Filadelfia training ground in the days that followed suggested the result left a mark on that dressing room.
With the season entering its final stretch, Kristensen's AI overall score of 73 out of a potential 100 indicates a player close to his current ceiling — but that ceiling, for a 24-year-old still accumulating Serie A experience, is not fixed.