Japhet Sery Larsen
Personal information
Full name Japhet Sery Larsen[1]
Date of birth (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000
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
2019–2020Brentford (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+12-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[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] 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[lower-alpha 3] 0 19 0
SK Brann 2023[18] Eliteserien 24 0 6 1 2[lower-alpha 4] 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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. 1 2 "Ny danske har signert". Brann (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.
  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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