Kenny Clements

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Kenny Clements
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Henry Clements
Date of birth (1955-04-09) 9 April 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Middleton, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Manchester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1979 Manchester City 119 (0)
1979–1985 Oldham Athletic 206 (2)
1985–1988 Manchester City 106 (1)
1988–1990 Bury 81 (1)
1990 Limerick 8 (0)
1990–1991 Shrewsbury Town 20 (0)
Total540(4)
Managerial career
1990 Limerick (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Henry Clements [2] (born 9 April 1955 in Middleton, Lancashire) is an English former footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Manchester City, in two spells, between 1971 and 1979 and between 1985 and 1988, Oldham Athletic, Bury and Shrewsbury Town, [3] and was briefly player-manager of League of Ireland club Limerick. [4] He made 282 appearances for Manchester City in all competitions, scoring twice. [2] He was an unused substitute when Manchester City won the 1976 Football League Cup Final.

After retiring from football, Clements opened a driving school in the Oldham area, and resumed his interest in painting. [5] He now works as a chauffeur for Manchester property tycoon Aneel Mussarat at MCR Property Ltd in Rusholme, Manchester, UK.[ citation needed ]

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