Ken Nlata Sema (born 30 September 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Championship club Watford as a midfielder.
In January 2016, Sema signed for Ostersunds FK in the Allsvenskan, where he would have his major breakthrough. Sema won the 2016–17 Svenska Cupen with Ostersund, assisting three of their four goals in the final, 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, Ostersund were eliminated from the Europa League after losing 2–4 on aggregate.
On 4 July 2018, Ostersunds FK chairman Daniel Kindberg revealed that Sema was close to signing for Premier League club Watford on a five-year contract. The next day, Watford confirmed the signing.
On 22 August 2019, Udinese Calcio signed Sema on a season-long loan from Watford. He made his Serie A debut for Udinese on 25 August 2019 in a 1–0 win against A.C. Milan.
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.
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.
Sema made his competitive international debut in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying game against the Faroe Islands national football team which Sweden won 3–0. |
