Ken Sema

Ken Sema
Personal information
Full name Ken Nlata Sema
Date of birth (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Watford
Number 12
Youth career
0000–2013 IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 IFK Norrköping 0 (0)
2013 → IF Sylvia (loan) 22 (4)
2014–2015 Ljungskile SK 60 (11)
2016–2018 Östersunds FK 58 (8)
2018– Watford 3 (0)
National team‡
2016 Sweden U23 4 (1)
2017– Sweden 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:22, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2018

Ken Sema (born 30 September 1993) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Watford as a midfielder.

Club career

Early career

Sema got promoted to the IFK Norrköping first team as a 19-year old in 2013. However, he spent the entire season on loan to IF Sylvia[1] and did not get his contract renewed after it expired at the end of the season.[2] In 2014, he signed for second tier team Ljungskile SK.[3]

Östersunds FK

In January 2016, Sema signed for Östersunds FK in the Allsvenskan,[4] where he would have his major breakthrough. Sema won the 2016–17 Svenska Cupen with Östersund, assisting three of their four goals in the final,[5] and later played a major role in their 2017–18 UEFA Europa League campaign. On 22 February 2018, Sema scored a goal in a 2–1 win against Arsenal in the round of 32. Despite this, Östersund were eliminated from the Europa League after losing 2–4 on aggregate.[6]

Watford

On 4 July 2018, Östersunds FK chairman Daniel Kindberg revealed that Sema was close to signing for Premier League club Watford on a five-year contract.[7] The next day, Watford confirmed the signing.[8]

International career

In 2016, Sema was a part of the Sweden Olympic team that played in Brazil, and scored his first U23 goal in a match against South Korea Olympic. In January 2017, he debuted for the Sweden senior team in a friendly 6–0 win over Slovakia.[9]

Sema was an unused substitute in the two-legged playoff against Italy in November 2017, which Sweden won, and therefore qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Despite featuring in commercials with the rest of the Sweden squad before the World Cup, Sema was eventually left out of the World Cup squad.[10][11]

Career statistics

As of 29 August 2018
Club Season Division League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IF Sylvia (loan) 2013 Division 1 2240000224
Ljungskile SK 2014 Superettan 3076000367
2015 3044300347
Östersunds FK 2016 Allsvenskan 2343000264
2017 24450131425
2018 1100000110
Watford 2018–19 Premier League 30100040
Career totals 1432319313117527

International

As of 27 March 2018
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201710
201840
Total50

Personal life

Sema was born in Sweden to Congolese parents, and his brother Maic Sema is also a footballer.[12]

Honours

Club

Östersund[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ Stråhle, Ulf (3 April 2013). "Nio IFK-spelare i Sylvias trupp".
  2. ↑ "Sema om nobben: "Klart jag var sur"".
  3. ↑ "Sema och Björlund klara".
  4. ↑ "Ken Sema bekräftar övergången till ÖFK: "Jag är klar"".
  5. ↑ "Östersund vann Svenska Cupen".
  6. ↑ "Arsenal 1-2 Oestersunds FK - UEFA Europa League 2017/2018 Live". WhoScored.com.
  7. ↑ Gray, Harry (4 July 2018). "Ostersund confirm Sema's Watford switch". Watford Observer.
  8. ↑ "Official: Sema Signs On". Watford F.C. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Sweden 6 - 0 Slovakia - Football". The Guardian.
  10. ↑ "Sveriges trupp till fotbolls-VM 2018 – här är alla som får åka till Ryssland".
  11. ↑ "Märkliga Ica-bilderna: "Har blivit reaktioner"".
  12. ↑ Sjöö, Patrick (5 February 2016). "ÖFK:s nyförvärv Ken Sema i stor intervju – hyllar föräldrarna: "De flyttade till Sverige för att ge sina barn ett bra liv"".
  13. ↑ Ken Sema at SvFF: Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish)
  14. ↑ Ken Sema at Soccerway
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