Pelle Clement

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Pelle Clement
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Clement with RKC Waalwijk in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sparta Rotterdam
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2006 Koninklijke HFC
2006–2015 Ajax
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 41 (4)
International career
Netherlands U18 3 (0)
2015–2016 Netherlands U20 7 (1)
2018 Netherlands U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 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]

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Club career

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

As of match played 9 November 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajax 2014–15 Eredivisie 0000000000
2015–16 Eredivisie0000000000
2016–17 Eredivisie10231 [a] 00000
Total1023100043
Jong Ajax 2014–15 Eerste Divisie 1020
2015–16 Eerste Divisie301301
2016–17 Eerste Divisie235235
Total54610556
Reading 2017–18 [11] Championship 2302030280
2018–19 [12] Championship00001010
Total2302040290
Reading U-23s 2017–18 [11] 1 [b] 010
PEC Zwolle 2018–19 Eredivisie17000170
2019–20 Eredivisie24220262
2020–21 Eredivisie23210242
2021–22 Eredivisie19010200
Total83440874
RKC Waalwijk 2022–23 Eredivisie33210342
Sparta Rotterdam 2023–24 Eredivisie292101 [c] 0312
2024–25 Eredivisie1221000132
Total4142010444
Career total2351611340102025319
  1. Appearance in the Europa League
  2. Appearance in the EFL Trophy
  3. Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs

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The 2016–17 KNVB Cup was the 99th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 63 teams contested, beginning on 6 September 2016 with the first of six rounds, and ended on 30 April 2017 with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017–18 KNVB Cup</span> Football tournament season

The 2017–18 KNVB Cup was the 100th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 64 teams contested, beginning on 19 September 2017 with the first of six rounds and ending on 22 April 2018 at the final at De Kuip in Rotterdam.

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The 2019–20 season was RKC Waalwijk's 80th season in existence and the club's first season in the top flight of Dutch football. In addition to the domestic league, RKC Waalwijk participated in this season's edition of the KNVB Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021–22 KNVB Cup</span> Association football competition

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022–23 KNVB Cup</span> Football tournament season

The 2022–23 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Beker, was the 105th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 46 teams contested, beginning in August with the first of two preliminary rounds, and concluded in April 2023 with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam.

The 2023–24 season was Sparta Rotterdam's 136th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Eredivisie. They also competed in the KNVB Cup.

The 2023–24 season was RKC Waalwijk's 84th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Dutch top division Eredivisie. They are also competing in the KNVB Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024–25 KNVB Cup</span> Dutch football tournament season

The 2024–25 KNVB Cup, for sponsoring reasons officially called the TOTO KNVB Beker, is the 107th edition of the Dutch national football annual knockout tournament for the KNVB Cup. 110 teams will contest, beginning in September with the first of two preliminary rounds, and ending in April 2024 with the final played at De Kuip in Rotterdam. The winners will qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League league stage. Feyenoord are the defending champions, having defeated NEC Nijmegen 1–0 in the previous season's final.

References

  1. 1 2 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 8 November 2015.
  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. 1 2 "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.