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Kjell Scherpen
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-23) 23 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Emmen, Netherlands
Height 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Ajax
Number 35
Youth career
2007–2011 VV Emmen[2]
2011–2016 FC Emmen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 FC Emmen 35 (0)
2019– Ajax 0 (0)
2019– Jong Ajax 9 (0)
International career
2018– Netherlands U19 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:41, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:50, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Kjell Scherpen (born 23 January 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for AFC Ajax, as a goalkeeper.[3]

Club career

Scherpen began his senior career with FC Emmen in the 2016–17 season.[1][4] In April 2019 it was announced that he would sign for Ajax in June 2019.[5] His 'signing video' involved him writing the words "Ajax is the most beautiful club in the Netherlands" 1,000 times, given that he had been a childhood supporter of rival club Feyenoord.[6]

International career

He has represented the Netherlands at under-19 level.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Kjell Scherpen at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Kjell Scherpen at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ Kjell Scherpen at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ "Kjell Scherpen (FC Emmen) rejoindra l'Ajax Amsterdam cet été". 25 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Ajax transfer news, Kjell Scherpen writing 1000 lines, Edwin van der Sar, Marc Overmars". 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  7. ^ "OnsOranje". www.onsoranje.nl. Retrieved 26 April 2019.