Paul Clement (football coach)

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Paul Clement
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-01-08) 8 January 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Wandsworth, England
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 Banstead Athletic
1991–1994 Corinthian Casuals
Managerial career
1996–1999 Chelsea (academy coach)
1999–2000 Fulham (academy coach)
2000 Republic Of Ireland U21 (coach)
2007–2011 Chelsea (Assistant Manager)
2011–2012 Blackburn Rovers (Coach)
2012–2013 Paris Saint-Germain (Assistant Manager)
2013–2015 Real Madrid (Assistant Manager)
2015–2016 Derby County
2016 - England U21 (Coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Clement (born 8 January 1972) is an English professional football manager. He assisted Carlo Ancelotti as manager at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid. Clement has also previously held coaching roles at Fulham, Blackburn Rovers and the Ireland under-21 team.

Coaching career

Clement is the son of former Queen's Park Rangers and England player Dave Clement and the brother of former West Bromwich Albion player Neil Clement.[1] Clement, however, did not progress beyond non-league football as a player with Banstead Athletic and Corinthian Casuals.[1][2] He concentrated on coaching from the age of 23, as he worked in the Chelsea centre of excellence while holding down a job as a PE teacher.[1] Clement obtained a UEFA 'A' coaching licence in 1999 and became a full-time football coach in 2000, when Fulham appointed Clement to a role in their academy.[1] Clement also did some coaching for the Republic of Ireland under-21 national football team, working with Don Givens.[1]

Clement returned to Chelsea in 2007, initially working with their under-16 team.[1] He progressed through the coaching ranks there and began working with the Chelsea first team when Guus Hiddink was appointed manager in 2009.[1] Clement was retained as a first team coach by Carlo Ancelotti during his two seasons in charge of Chelsea.[1] He then briefly worked as a coach at Blackburn Rovers, assisting Steve Kean.[1] He was then hired by Paris Saint-Germain, after Ancelotti had been appointed their head coach. The pair won the Ligue 1 title in their second season at the club.[3]

Clement was appointed assistant coach at Real Madrid after Ancelotti became their head coach in June 2013.[4] He helped them win the Copa del Rey and tenth UEFA Champions League title at the end of his first season with the club.[5] After the team won no trophies in their second season, Ancelotti was sacked on 25 May 2015 and Clement walked out four days later.[6] Soon after, on 1 June, he was appointed manager of Football League Championship club Derby County, who had sacked Steve McClaren after finishing eighth the previous season.[7] He was sacked on 8 February 2016.[8][9]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 8 February 2016.[10]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Derby County 1 June 2015 8 February 2016 33 14 12 7 42.4
Total 33 14 12 7 42.4

References

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