Pelle Clement
Clement with RKC Waalwijk in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-05-19) 19 May 1996
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sparta Rotterdam
Number 7
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 12 (0)
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 January 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

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 13 January 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajax 2014–15 Eredivisie 0000—000000
2015–16 Eredivisie 0000—000000
2016–17 Eredivisie 1023—1[lower-alpha 1]00000
Total 1023—100043
Jong Ajax 2014–15 Eerste Divisie 10————20
2015–16 Eerste Divisie 301————301
2016–17 Eerste Divisie 235————235
Total 546——10—556
Reading 2017–18[11] Championship 2302030——280
2018–19[12] Championship 000010——10
Total 2302040——290
Reading U-23s 2017–18[11] ————1[lower-alpha 2]010
PEC Zwolle 2018–19 Eredivisie 17000———170
2019–20 Eredivisie 24220———262
2020–21 Eredivisie 23210———242
2021–22 Eredivisie 19010———200
Total 83440———874
RKC Waalwijk 2022–23 Eredivisie 33210———342
Sparta Rotterdam 2023–24 Eredivisie 12010———130
Career total 2061210340101022215
  1. ↑ Appearance in the Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearance in the EFL Trophy

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 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. 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.
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