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Kjell Scherpen
Scherpen with Sturm Graz in 2025
Personal information
Full name Kjell Scherpen[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-23) 23 January 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Emmen, Netherlands
Height 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Union Saint-Gilloise
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 0 (0)
International career
2018 Netherlands U19 7 (0)
2019–2023 Netherlands U21 18 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:00, 24 May 2025 (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.

Club career

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FC Emmen

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Scherpen began his senior career with FC Emmen in the 2016–17 season.[4][5]

Ajax

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Scherpen in 2019 with Ajax.

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

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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]

Scherpen with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2022.

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

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On 24 July 2025, Scherpen signed for Belgian Pro League club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise for an undisclosed fee.[19]

International career

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Having represented the Netherlands at under-19 and under-21 youth levels,[20][21] Scherpen received his first call-up to the Dutch senior squad in June 2022 to replace the injured Tim Krul.[22]

Personal life

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When he was 18 years old, his older brother Jorg (20) died after having been in a coma following a sudden cardiac arrest.[23]

Career statistics

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As of match played 24 May 2025[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
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 30 0 4 0 — 6[e] 0 40 0
Union Saint-Gilloise 2025–26 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career total 145 0 10 0 0 0 15 0 170 0
  1. ^ Includes KNVB Cup, FA Cup, Austrian Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

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Ajax[4]

Sturm Graz[4]

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ Sports+, DH Les (17 March 2022). "Kjell Scherpen, portier d'Ostende, se raconte: "Je ne peux pas juste me reposer sur mes 2,06 m"". DH Les Sports +.
  3. ^ Jeuring, Frank (19 April 2019). "Amateurs VV Emmen apetrots op transfer Kjell Scherpen: 'Als jochie stond-ie al goed op de voorvoeten'". Dagblad van het Noorden. NDC. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Kjell Scherpen at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  5. ^ Kjell Scherpen at WorldFootball.net
  6. ^ "Kjell Scherpen (FC Emmen) rejoindra l'Ajax Amsterdam cet été" (in French). 25 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Ajax transfer news, Kjell Scherpen writing 1000 lines, Edwin van der Sar, Marc Overmars". 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Verslag | Moeizame zege in Friesland". AFC Ajax (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  9. ^ AFC Ajax [@AFCAjax] (4 April 2021). "We are forced into an substitution, as an injury to Stekelenburg sees him replaced by Scherpen. #heeaja https://t.co/Fdd8ewIlxw" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 4 April 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Doelman Kjell Scherpen op huurbasis naar PEC Zwolle". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  11. ^ Hazlewood, Paul (16 July 2021). "Albion sign keeper Kjell". Brighton & Hove Albion.
  12. ^ "Ajax goalkeeper Scherpen joins Brighton". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 July 2021.
  13. ^ "West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion: Neal Maupay hits extra-time winner". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Kjell Scherpen joins Oostende on loan". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Brighton goalkeeper Kjell Scherpen joins Vitesse Arnhem on season-long loan". The Independent. 16 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Kjell Scherpen joins Sturm Graz on loan". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  17. ^ "Albion keeper signs new deal after season is ended by knee surgery". The Argus. 26 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Kjell Scherpen joins Sturm Graz on loan". Brighton & Hove Albion. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Brighton news: Goalkeeper Kjell Scherpen signs for Union Saint-Gilloise". BBC Sport. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  20. ^ "OnsOranje". www.onsoranje.nl. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  21. ^ "OnsOranje". www.onsoranje.nl. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  22. ^ "Scherpen gets senior call-up". Brighton & Hove Albion. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  23. ^ "Broer (20) van FC Emmen-doelman Scherpen overleden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 19 February 2019.
  24. ^ https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/pages/en/media-article/mft-news-malick-yalcouye-kjell-scherpen-may-2025
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