 Clement atReal Madrid in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Clement[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1972-01-08)8 January 1972 (age 53)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Wandsworth, England | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brazil (assistant) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1991 | Banstead Athletic | ||
| 1991–1994 | Corinthian Casuals | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Derby County | ||
| 2017 | Swansea City | ||
| 2018 | Reading | ||
| 2020–2021 | Cercle Brugge | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Paul Clement (born 8 January 1972) is an English professionalfootballmanager and former player, who is the assistant coach toCarlo Ancelotti of theBrazil national team.He has previously been assistant manager to Ancelotti several times – atChelsea,Paris Saint-Germain,Real Madrid, andBayern Munich. Clement has managedDerby County,Swansea City,Reading, andCercle Brugge and has previously held coaching roles atFulham,Blackburn Rovers,Everton, and theEngland under-21 andRepublic of Ireland under-21 teams.
In his first season as assistant manager, he won thePremier League title with Ancelotti at Chelsea.[3] They also won theUEFA Champions League title andCopa del Rey in their first season at Real Madrid.[4] Clement obtained hisUEFA Pro Licence in 2009, and made his managerial debut with Derby County in 2015.[5]
Clement was born inWandsworth, London.[6] He is the elder son of formerQueens Park Rangers andEngland playerDave Clement and brother of formerWest Bromwich Albion playerNeil Clement.[7] Paul Clement, however, did not progress as a player beyond non-league football withBanstead Athletic andCorinthian Casuals.[7][8] He concentrated on coaching from the age of 23, as he worked in theChelsea Centre of Excellence while holding down a job as aPE teacher atGlenthorne High School.[6][7] Clement obtained hisUEFA 'A' coaching licence in 1999 and became a full-time football coach in 2000, whenFulham appointed him to a role in their academy having been their Head of Education and Welfare.[9][7] Clement also helped coach theRepublic of Ireland national under-21 football team, working withDon Givens.[7]
Clement returned to Chelsea in 2007, initially working with their under-16 team.[7] He progressed through the coaching ranks there, working under managersJosé Mourinho,Avram Grant, andLuiz Felipe Scolari.[10] He took charge of the Chelseareserve team, replacingBrendan Rodgers, before working with the Chelsea first team whenGuus Hiddink was appointed manager in 2009.[7][11] Clement then became assistant manager toCarlo Ancelotti during his two seasons at Chelsea.[7] They went on to win thePremier League title andFA Cup in theirfirst season in charge.[3][12] Ancelotti was sacked in his second season and Clement left the club soon after.[13]
After Chelsea, Clement briefly worked as a coach atBlackburn Rovers for four months, assistingSteve Kean in the 2011–12 season.[7][14]
Clement was then hired byParis Saint-Germain after Ancelotti had been appointed their head coach mid-season in December 2011.[15] The pair won theLigue 1 title in theironly full season at the club; it was PSG's first league title since 1994.[16] Whilst at the club, Clement coached such players asDavid Beckham andZlatan Ibrahimović.[17]
Clement was appointed assistant manager atReal Madrid after Ancelotti became their head coach in June 2013.[18] During his time at the club, Clement worked alongsideZinedine Zidane and coached players includingSergio Ramos,Xabi Alonso andCristiano Ronaldo.[17] He helped them win theCopa del Rey and tenthUEFA Champions League title, along with theUEFA Super Cup, at the end of his first season at theBernabéu.[4][19] They also went on to win the club's firstFIFA Club World Cup in 2014.[20]
After the team failed to winLa Liga in their second season, Ancelotti was sacked on 25 May 2015 and Clement walked out four days later.[21]
Soon after, on 1 June, he was appointedmanager ofChampionship clubDerby County, who had sackedSteve McClaren after finishing eighththe previous season.[5] Despite only losing once in 19 games from September to December, Clement was sacked on 8 February 2016 after one win in seven.[22][23] His final match was a 1–1 draw againstFulham.[24] They were in fifth place at the time he was sacked.[22] He finished with a record of 14 wins, 12 draws, and seven losses.[25]
In a statement, club chairmanMel Morris said that a lack of progress had been made under Clement, despite the club being only five points behind leadersHull City.[26][27] Clement's style of football was also cited as a contributing factor.[27][28]
After Derby, Clement briefly helped coach theEngland under-21 team, working under managerGareth Southgate.[29]
Clement was hired byBayern Munich in June 2016 as their assistant manager, again working alongside Ancelotti.[30] He helped Bayern to win the2016 DFL-Supercup, beatingBorussia Dortmund 2–0.[31] Whilst at the club, Clement and Ancelotti changed their usual coaching method ofman marking to resemble thezonal marking employed by former Bayern managerPep Guardiola.[32] As of December 2016, Clement and Ancelotti only lost one match during their time in theBundesliga.[33]
Clement was appointed as the new head coach of Premier League clubSwansea City on 3 January 2017, with the club in therelegation zone having sacked their second manager of the season,Bob Bradley.[34]Claude Makélélé joined him as his assistant; Clement and Makélélé had previously coached at Paris Saint-Germain.[35]
Clement recorded his first victory as Swansea boss with a 3–2 win overJürgen Klopp'sLiverpool.[36][note 1] Clement was namedPremier League Manager of the Month for January after a successful first month in charge, earning nine points in four games for Swansea.[38] Under his guidance, Swansea won 26 points from 18 games, ultimately securing the club's Premier League status.[39] Clement was nominated forManager of the Season in recognition of this achievement.[40]
After a poor start to the 2017–18 season, Clement was criticised for playing "boring" and "negative" football, with some Swansea fans questioning his tactical decisions.[41][42][43] Others, notablyThe Guardian journalist Stuart James, criticised chairmanHuw Jenkins and the club's American owners for a poor transfer window, in which the club sold key performersFernando Llorente andGylfi Sigurðsson from the previous season.[44] Clement was sacked on 20 December 2017, leaving the club bottom of the league table and four points adrift of safety.[45]
Jaap Stam leftChampionship clubReading by mutual consent on 21 March 2018; Clement was announced as his successor two days later on a three-year contract.[46] He was sacked on 6 December 2018 after poor results left the club outside of the relegation zone only ongoal difference.[47]
Clement was appointed as the new head coach of Cercle Brugge on 3 July 2020 on a three-year contract.[citation needed] He was sacked on 1 February 2021.
On 31 January 2022, Clement was appointed as a first team coach atEverton as part ofFrank Lampard's new backroom staff.[48] He left the club almost one year later on 23 January 2023, following Lampard's sacking as manager.[49]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Derby County | 1 June 2015 | 8 February 2016 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 042.4 | [25] |
| Swansea City | 3 January 2017 | 20 December 2017 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 034.1 | [25][34] |
| Reading | 23 March 2018 | 6 December 2018 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 023.3 | [25] |
| Cercle Brugge | 3 July 2020 | 1 February 2021 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 028.0 | |
| Total | 129 | 42 | 26 | 61 | 032.6 | — | ||
Individual
Chelsea[12]
Paris Saint-Germain[16]
Real Madrid
Bayern Munich[31]
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