Kjell Scherpen

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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 26)
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 14 (0)
International career
2018 Netherlands U19 7 (0)
2019–2023 Netherlands U21 18 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:11, 6 December 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 9 December 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 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 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 14 0 0 0 — 6[e] 0 20 0
Career total 159 0 10 0 0 0 21 0 190 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. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

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Ajax[4]

Sturm Graz[4]

Individual

References

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