Kjell Scherpen
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_54.jpg) Scherpen with Sturm Graz in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Union Saint-Gilloise | ||
| Number | 37 | ||
| 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) |
| 2021–2025 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Oostende (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Vitesse (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Sturm Graz (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Sturm Graz (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2025– | Union Saint-Gilloise | 22 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2018 | Netherlands U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Netherlands U21 | 18 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:02, 14 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Kjell Scherpen (born 23 January 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.
FC Emmen
Scherpen began his senior career with FC Emmen in the 2016–17 season.[4][5]
Ajax
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In April 2019 it was announced that Scherpen 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]
Brighton & Hove Albion
Scherpen was linked with a loan move to Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle,[10] but on 16 July 2021, he 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]
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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]
Royal Union Saint-Gilloise
On 24 July 2025, Scherpen signed for Belgian Pro League club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise for an undisclosed fee.[19]
International career
Personal life
When he was 18 years old, his older brother Jorg (20) died after having been in a coma following a sudden cardiac arrest.[23]