![]() Scherpen with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kjell Scherpen [1] | ||
Date of birth | 23 January 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Emmen, Netherlands | ||
Height | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sturm Graz (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2011 | VV Emmen [3] | ||
2011–2016 | Emmen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Emmen | 35 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Jong Ajax | 29 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Ajax | 2 | (0) |
2021– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
2022 | → Oostende (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Vitesse (loan) | 26 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Sturm Graz (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2024– | → Sturm Graz (loan) | 17 | (0) |
International career | |||
2018 | Netherlands U19 | 7 | (0) |
2019–2023 | Netherlands U21 | 18 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:25, 23 February 2025 (UTC) |
Kjell Scherpen (born 23 January 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Austrian Football Bundesliga club Sturm Graz, on loan from Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion, and the Netherlands under-21 national team.
Scherpen began his senior career with FC Emmen in the 2016–17 season. [4] [5]
In April 2019 it was announced that he would sign for Ajax in June 2019. [6] His 'signing video' involved him writing the words "Ajax is de mooiste club van Nederland" (Ajax is the most beautiful club in the Netherlands) 1,000 times, as he had been a childhood supporter of rival club Feyenoord. [7]
Scherpen made his debut for the Ajax senior team on 4 April 2021, as starter Maarten Stekelenburg was injured shortly before kickoff. [8] [9]
He was linked with a loan move to Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle, [10] but on 16 July 2021, Scherpen signed for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion permanently for an undisclosed fee. [11] [12] He made his debut on 8 January 2022, in a 2–1 (after extra-time) away victory over Championship side West Bromwich Albion in the FA Cup third round. [13]
On 31 January 2022, Scherpen signed for Oostende of Belgian First Division A on loan for the remainder of the season. [14] He moved on loan to Vitesse in August 2022. [15]
On 6 July 2023, Scherpen signed a season-long loan deal with Austrian Football Bundesliga club Sturm Graz. [16]
In December 2023, Scherpen signed a new contract with the club until 2027. [17] He returned on loan to Sturm Graz for the 2024–25 season. [18]
Having represented the Netherlands at under-19 and under-21 youth levels, [19] [20] Scherpen received his first call-up to the Dutch senior squad in June 2022 to replace the injured Tim Krul. [21]
When he was 18 years old, his older brother Jorg (20) died after having been in a coma following a sudden cardiac arrest. [22]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Emmen | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Eredivisie | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
Total | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
Jong Ajax | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
Total | 29 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||||
Ajax | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Oostende (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Vitesse (loan) | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||
Sturm Graz (loan) | 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8 [d] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
Sturm Graz (loan) | 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 6 [e] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
Career total | 132 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 157 | 0 |
Ajax [4]
Sturm Graz [4]