Paul Clement (football manager)

Paul Clement
Clement at Real Madrid in 2013
Personal information
Full name Paul Clement[1]
Date of birth (1972-01-08) 8 January 1972 (age 52)[2]
Place of birth Wandsworth, England
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 Banstead Athletic
1991–1994 Corinthian Casuals
Managerial career
2003–2004 Fulham (Academy) (Assistant)
2004–2006 Fulham (Under-18)
2005–2008 Republic of Ireland Under-21 (Assistant)
2006–2007 Chelsea (Under-16)
2007–2008 Chelsea (Under-18)
2009 Chelsea (Reserves)
2009–2011 Chelsea (Assistant)
2011–2012 Blackburn Rovers (Assistant)
2012–2013 Paris Saint-Germain (Assistant)
2013–2015 Real Madrid (Assistant)
2015–2016 Derby County
2016–2017 Bayern Munich (Assistant)
2017 Swansea City
2018 Reading
2020–2021 Cercle Brugge
2022–2023 Everton (Assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Clement (born 8 January 1972) is an English professional football manager and coach. He has been assistant manager to Carlo Ancelotti several times – at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich. Clement has managed Derby County, Swansea City and Reading and has previously held coaching roles at Fulham, Blackburn Rovers, and the England under-21 and Republic of Ireland under-21 teams.

In his first season as assistant manager, he won the Premier League title with Ancelotti at Chelsea.[3] They also won the UEFA Champions League title and Copa del Rey in their first season at Real Madrid.[4] Clement obtained his UEFA Pro Licence in 2009, and made his managerial debut with Derby County in 2015.[5]

  1. ^ "Clement: Paul Clement: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference PremProfile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Premier League champions: 2009/10". Chelsea F.C.
  4. ^ "Real Madrid 4–1 Atletico Madrid". BBC Sport. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Derby County appoint Paul Clement as head coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.