Japhet Sery Larsen
Danish footballer (born 2000)
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Japhet Sery Larsen (born 10 April 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union as a centre-back.
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Sery playing for Brann in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Japhet Sery Larsen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Philadelphia Union | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2026 | Brann | 70 | (1) |
| 2026– | Philadelphia Union | 4 | (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 as of 23:32, 15 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
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. In 2026, Sery transferred to Philadelphia Union. He was capped by Denmark at youth level. Sery's 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, in which the club repeated its runner-up finish and he made a further 28 appearances in 2025.[11][28] Sery transferred out of the club in January 2026 and ended his two spells at the Brann Stadion with 98 appearances and four goals.[29]
Philadelphia Union
On 13 January 2026, Sery transferred to Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union and signed a 3+1⁄2-year contract, with the option of a further year,[30] for an undisclosed fee.[29]
International career
Personal life
Career statistics
- As of match played 14 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | 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[34] | 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 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2025[18] | Eliteserien | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 6[e] | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| Total | 70 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | — | 89 | 3 | ||||
| SK Brann 2 | 2025[18] | Norwegian Second Division Group 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Philadelphia Union | 2026[11] | Major League Soccer | 4 | 0 | — | — | 2[f] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 96 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 5 | ||
- Includes Danish Cup, FA Cup, Norwegian Cup
- 3 appearances in Conference League, 1 appearance in Champions League, 1 appearance in Europa League
- Appearance(s) in Conference League
- 4 appearances in Europa League, 2 appearances in Champions League
- Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
Honours
SK Brann