Personal information | |||
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Full name | Japhet Sery Larsen [1] | ||
Date of birth | 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 | |||
–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 | 34 | (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 22:16, 24 May 2024 (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]
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]
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]
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 18 appearances during the 2022 season and departed the club in January 2023. [11] [18] [24]
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 28 appearances and scored two goals. [11] [18]
Sery was capped by Denmark at U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 level. [28]
Sery grew up in Herlev and is of Ivorian descent. [29] As a youth, he competed in track and field for Sparta. [30] [31]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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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 | 2021 [18] | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
2022 [18] | Eliteserien | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5 [c] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
Total | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
SK Brann | 2022 [18] | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
2023 [18] | Eliteserien | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 [d] | 1 | — | 28 | 2 | |||
2024 [18] | Eliteserien | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
Total | 41 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 3 | |||
Career total | 55 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 4 |
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