Paris Saint-Germain has an option to buy Serge for their club after a year. He has also represented Ivory Coast in international competition since 2013 and appeared in 11 matches. He was part of the Ivory Coast team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and had two assists in their first group match against Japan. Serge’s younger brother Christopher plays for his former team Lens. In September 2014 Aurier was hospitalized after suffering from a head injury that left him convulsing during Ivory Coast’s game against Cameroon in the African Nations Cup.