Japhet Sery Larsen

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Japhet Sery Larsen
Personal information
Full name Japhet Sery Larsen [1]
Date of birth (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 24)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 Midtjylland 4 (0)
2021–2022 Brann 7 (1)
2022–2023 Bodø/Glimt 10 (0)
2023– Brann 50 (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 22:32, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

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

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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 18 appearances during the 2022 season and departed the club in January 2023. [11] [18] [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 28 appearances and scored two goals. [11] Sery made 29 appearances during the 2024 season, [11] in which the club repeated its runner-up finish. [28]

International career

Sery was capped by Denmark at U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 level. [29]

Personal life

Sery grew up in Herlev and is of Ivorian descent. [30] As a youth, he competed in track and field for Sparta. [31] [32]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Midtjylland 2018–19 [11] Danish Superliga 0000—00—00
2020–21 [11] Danish Superliga4041—00—81
Total4041—00—81
Brentford (loan) 2019–20 [33] Championship 000000——00
SK Brann 2021 [18] Eliteserien 7120——0091
FK Bodø/Glimt 2021 [18] —10———10
2022 [18] Eliteserien10030—5 [c] 0—180
Total10040—50—190
SK Brann2022 [18] —40———40
2023 [18] Eliteserien24021—2 [d] 1—282
2024 [18] Eliteserien26020—1 [d] 0—290
Total571101—3121703
Career total711182008100974
  1. ↑ Includes Danish Cup, FA Cup, Norwegian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ 3 appearances in Conference League, 1 appearance in Champions League, 1 appearance in Europa League
  4. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Conference League

Honours

SK Brann

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  13. ↑ "Japhet Sery Larsen – Defender". Official website of Brentford Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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  15. ↑ "Nine players depart Brentford FC". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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