Pelle Clement

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Pelle Clement
Clement with RKC Waalwijk in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sparta Rotterdam
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2006 Koninklijke HFC
2006–2015 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Jong Ajax 54 (6)
2016–2017 Ajax 1 (0)
2017–2019 Reading 23 (0)
2019–2022 PEC Zwolle 83 (4)
2022–2023 RKC Waalwijk 33 (2)
2023– Sparta Rotterdam 25 (2)
International career‡
2013 Netherlands U18 3 (0)
2015–2016 Netherlands U20 7 (1)
2018 Netherlands U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018

Pelle Clement (born 19 May 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.[1][2]

Club career[edit]

Clement is a youth exponent from Ajax, whom he joined in 2006 from his youth club Koninklijke HFC.[3] He made his professional debut at Jong Ajax on 8 May 2015 in an Eerste Divisie game against VVV Venlo. He played the full game.[4] His first Eredivisie match was a November 2016 match against NEC.[5]

On 28 June 2017, Clement moved to Reading from Ajax for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year contract with the EFL Championship club.[6]

On 3 January 2019, Jaap Stam signed Clement for the second time for PEC Zwolle after only featuring for Reading once in the 2018–19 season.[7] In his first game he started and registered an assist as Zwolle beat Feyenoord 3–1.[8]

Clement joined RKC Waalwijk on 5 August 2022, signing a one-year contract.[9]

On 6 May 2023, it was announced that he would be joining Sparta Rotterdam on a two-year deal on 1 July 2023 following the conclusion of his contract with Waalwijk.[10]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 13 April 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ajax 2014–15 Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Eredivisie 1 0 2 3 — 1[a] 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 2 3 — 1 0 0 0 4 3
Jong Ajax 2014–15 Eerste Divisie 1 0 — — — — 2 0
2015–16 Eerste Divisie 30 1 — — — — 30 1
2016–17 Eerste Divisie 23 5 — — — — 23 5
Total 54 6 — — 1 0 — 55 6
Reading 2017–18[11] Championship 23 0 2 0 3 0 — — 28 0
2018–19[12] Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 23 0 2 0 4 0 — — 29 0
Reading U-23s 2017–18[11] — — — — 1[b] 0 1 0
PEC Zwolle 2018–19 Eredivisie 17 0 0 0 — — — 17 0
2019–20 Eredivisie 24 2 2 0 — — — 26 2
2020–21 Eredivisie 23 2 1 0 — — — 24 2
2021–22 Eredivisie 19 0 1 0 — — — 20 0
Total 83 4 4 0 — — — 87 4
RKC Waalwijk 2022–23 Eredivisie 33 2 1 0 — — — 34 2
Sparta Rotterdam 2023–24 Eredivisie 25 2 1 0 — — — 26 2
Career total 219 14 10 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 235 17
  1. ^ Appearance in the Europa League
  2. ^ Appearance in the EFL Trophy

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Pelle Clement at Soccerway
  2. ^ Pelle Clement at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "HFC'er Pelle Clement tekent contract". Koninklijke HFC (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Jong Ajax vs. Oss - 8 May 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  5. ^ Ajax en Dolberg oppermachtig tegen NEC - Parool (in Dutch)
  6. ^ "Royals sign Pelle Clement from Ajax". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Pelle Clement eerste aanwinst PEC Zwolle". peczwolle.nl/ (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  8. ^ "PEC Zwolle vs. Feyenoord - 19 January 2019 - Soccerway".
  9. ^ "Pelle Clement tot medio 2023 RKC'er". RKC Waalwijk (in Dutch). 5 August 2022. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  10. ^ "PELLE CLEMENT MAAKT NA DIT SEIZOEN OVERSTAP NAAR SPARTA" (in Dutch). Sparta Rotterdam. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Games played by Pelle Clement in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Games played by Pelle Clement in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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