Japhet Sery Larsen
Personal information
Full name Japhet Sery Larsen[1]
Date of birth (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Brann
Number 6
Youth career
CIK
KB
B.93
0000–2015 Lyngby
2015–2020 Midtjylland
2019–2020 → Brentford (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Midtjylland 4 (0)
2021–2022 Brann 7 (1)
2022–2023 Bodø/Glimt 10 (0)
2023– Brann 24 (0)
International career
2016 Denmark U16 5 (1)
2017 Denmark U17 5 (0)
2017 Denmark U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 Denmark U19 11 (0)
2019–2022 Denmark U21 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:04, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Japhet Sery Larsen (born 10 April 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for SK Brann as a centre-back.

Sery is a product of the FC Midtjylland academy and began his senior career with the club in 2020. He transferred to Norwegian club SK Brann in 2021 and to FK Bodø/Glimt in 2022, before returning to SK Brann in 2023. Sery has been capped by Denmark at youth level. His nickname is "Jeff".[3]

Club career

FC Midtjylland

A central defender, Sery began his career with spells at CIK, KB, B93 and Lyngby,[4] before joining the academy at Superliga club FC Midtjylland in July 2015.[5] He progressed to sign a contract extension in January 2018 and was a part of the club's 2017–18 and 2018–19 U19 Ligaen-winning squads.[6][7][8][9][10] Sery was an unused substitute for the first team on one occasion during the 2018–19 season and signed a five-year professional contract in 2019.[11][12]

On 21 June 2019,[13] Sery joined the B team at Championship club Brentford on loan for the duration of the 2019–20 season.[14][15] He was an unused substitute for the first team during a 1–0 FA Cup third round victory over Stoke City on 4 January 2020.[11]

Sery returned to Midtjylland to begin the 2020–21 season as a member of the first team squad.[16] He made 8 appearances during the season and scored one goal, in a 3–0 win over OB on 10 March 2021.[11] Sery left the club in July 2021.[17]

SK Brann

On 24 July 2021, Sery moved to Norway to sign a 4+1⁄2-year contract with Eliteserien club SK Brann.[17] After making his debut eight days later with a start in a 3–0 Norwegian Cup second round win over Fana,[18] Sery missed five weeks due to requiring surgery for appendicitis.[19] He made 9 appearances and scored one goal during the remainder of the 2021 season,[18] which culminated in relegation after defeat in the 2021 Eliteserien relegation play-offs.[20] Sery departed the club in February 2022.[21]

FK Bodø/Glimt

On 2 February 2022, Sery signed a three-year contract with reigning Eliteserien champions FK Bodø/Glimt.[21][22] Either side of two months out with an injury suffered in July 2022,[23] Sery made 19 appearances during the 2022 season and departed the club in January 2023.[11][24]

Return to SK Brann

On 25 January 2023, Sery returned to SK Brann and signed a four-year contract.[24] In his absence, the club had been promoted back to the Eliteserien.[25] During a 2023 season in which the club finished as runners-up in the Eliteserien and won the Norwegian Cup,[26][27] Sery made 32 appearances and scored two goals.[11]

International career

Sery was capped by Denmark at U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 level.[28]

Personal life

Sery grew up in Herlev and is of Ivorian descent.[29] As a youth, he competed in track and field for Sparta.[30][31]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Midtjylland 2018–19[11] Danish Superliga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
2020–21[11] Danish Superliga 4 0 4 1 — 0 0 — 8 1
Total 4 0 4 1 — 0 0 — 8 1
Brentford (loan) 2019–20[32] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
SK Brann 2021[18] Eliteserien 7 1 2 0 — — 0 0 9 1
FK Bodø/Glimt 2022[18] Eliteserien 10 0 4 0 — 5[c] 0 — 19 0
SK Brann 2023[18] Eliteserien 24 0 6 1 — 2[d] 1 — 32 2
Total 31 1 8 1 — 2 1 2 1 41 3
Career total 45 1 16 2 0 0 7 1 0 0 68 4
  1. ^ Includes Danish Cup, FA Cup, Norwegian Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ 3 appearances in Europa Conference League, 1 appearance in Champions League, 1 appearance in Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in Europa Conference League

Honours

SK Brann

References

  1. ^ "Notification Of Shirt Numbers : Brentford" (PDF). p. 12. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Japhet Sery Larsen – Player Profile – Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Japhet Sery Larsen var aldri i tvil da han skulle velge studie". www.bt.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 22 February 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Japhet Sery Larsen". www.fcm.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Spændende back til Akademiet". www.fcm.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Japhet Sery Larsen har forlænget sin kontrakt med FC Midtjylland". Facebook. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  7. ^ Monrad-Alex, Magnus (14 October 2016). "At flytte for fodbold: Japhet Sery larsen, FC Midtjylland – Tiden er fløjet afsted (2/3)". D' BOLD (in Danish). Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Summary – U19 Ligaen – Denmark". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Summary – U19 Ligaen – Denmark". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Japhet Larsen » Club matches » U19 Drenge Ligaen". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Japhet Sery Larsen at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  12. ^ "FCM binder talent og udlejer ham til Brentford". bold.dk (in Danish). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Japhet Sery Larsen – Defender". Official website of Brentford Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Japhet Sery Larsen joins on season-long loan from FC Midtjylland". www.brentfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Nine players depart Brentford FC". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  16. ^ Risom, Jens. "Japhet Sery Larsen efter debut: Sindssygt fedt". FC Midtjylland (in Danish). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  17. ^ a b "Ny danske har signert". Brann (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d e Japhet Sery Larsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  19. ^ "Japhet tilbake i full trening". Brann (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Rykket ned på straffer". Brann. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  21. ^ a b "Sery Larsen blir Glimt-spiller: – Jeg var aldri i tvil". Bodø/Glimt. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  22. ^ Devlin, Kieran. "Bodo/Glimt: The relentlessly attacking Norwegian champions gunning for Celtic". The Athletic. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  23. ^ Årdal, Ingrid G. (9 July 2022). "Bodø/Glimt vann 4–1 på heimebane – Ola Solbakken til sjukehus etter sigeren". NRK (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  24. ^ a b "Sery Larsen har kommet hem". Brann (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  25. ^ "OBOS-ligaen 2022 – Tabell". fotball.no – Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  26. ^ "Seriesølv, tross stortap i Drammen". Brann (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  27. ^ a b "Vi er Norgesmester!". Brann (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  28. ^ Japhet Sery Larsen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
  29. ^ Japhet Sery Larsen at WorldFootball.net
  30. ^ "Inde Øst 23–24 januar 2010 Ballerup Super Arena, Resultater, Arrangør: Ballerup A.K." ballerup-ak.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 December 2020.[permanent dead link]
  31. ^ "Lyngby Games 2011". lifeonmars.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  32. ^ "Games played by Japhet Sery Larsen in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

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