Javier Clemente
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Javier Clemente Lázaro | ||
Date of birth | 12 March 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Barakaldo, Spain | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Barakaldo | |||
1966–1968 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1973 | Athletic Bilbao | 47 | (6) |
1973–1974 | Bilbao Athletic | 7 | (0) |
Total | 54 | (6) | |
International career | |||
1968 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
1969–1970 | Spain U23 | 2 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1975–1976 | Arenas Getxo | ||
1976–1978 | Basconia | ||
1980–1981 | Bilbao Athletic | ||
1981–1986 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
1986–1989 | Español | ||
1989–1990 | Atlético Madrid | ||
1990–1991 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
1991–1992 | Espanyol | ||
1992–1996 | Spain U21 | ||
1992–1998 | Spain | ||
1998–1999 | Betis | ||
1999–2000 | Real Sociedad | ||
2000–2001 | Marseille | ||
2002 | Tenerife | ||
2002–2003 | Espanyol | ||
2005–2006 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
2006–2007 | Serbia | ||
2008 | Murcia | ||
2010 | Valladolid | ||
2010–2011 | Cameroon | ||
2012 | Sporting Gijón | ||
2013–2016 | Libya | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Template:Spanish name Javier Clemente Lázaro (born 12 March 1950) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current manager.[1]
In a manager career which began before his 30th birthday, he was in charge of several club and national teams, including Athletic Bilbao which he also represented as a player, Espanyol and Spain. He won the La Liga championship in 1983 and 1984 with the latter.
Nicknamed El rubio de Barakaldo (The blond from Barakaldo) per his origin,[2] Clemente coached the Spanish national side in two World Cups and Euro 1996.
Playing career
Born in Barakaldo, Biscay, Clemente joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system at the age of 16, from local Barakaldo CF.[3] He was propelled to the first team at only 18 by manager Agustín Gaínza, making his official debut against Liverpool for the season's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (2–1 home win, 3–3 aggregate triumph).
Clemente's best La Liga output with his first and only club consisted of 18 games in the 1969–70 campaign. On 23 November 1969, during a league match against CE Sabadell FC, he suffered a serious leg injury (fibula and tibia) from which he never fully recovered; after four unsuccessful operations, he retired aged just 24.
Manager career
Beginnings / Athletic
Clemente started coaching immediately after retiring. His first stops were with local Arenas Club de Getxo, CD Basconia and Athletic's reserves.[4]
In the 1981 summer, 31-year-old Clemente was appointed at Athletic Bilbao. He led the side to back-to-back national championships in his second[5] and third years[6][7] but, during this timeframe, also began a bitter rivalry with César Luis Menotti and his FC Barcelona – the Argentine criticized his playing style as authoritarian and his teams as defensive and destructive, and the Spaniard in turn dismissed Menotti as an ageing hippy and womanizer; the culmination of this was the 1984 final of the Copa del Rey, which ended in a massive brawl between the two sets of players.[8]
Clemente left the Lions midway through the 1985–86 season, after a run-in with star player Manuel Sarabia.[9] He was subsequently appointed at fellow league team RCD Espanyol, leading them to a best-ever third place in 1987 and the final of the UEFA Cup the following year, but being relieved of his duties in March 1989 after questioning his squad's desire – the campaign eventually ended in relegation for the Catalans.
In the following years, Clemente had incomplete top flight spells with Atlético Madrid,[10] Bilbao and Espanyol.
Spanish national team
In 1992 Clemente was appointed manager of Spain, replacing Vicente Miera after the nation had failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 1992. His first game in charge was a 1–0 friendly win over England on 9 September,[11] and he led the country to the following three major international tournaments, the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups and Euro 1996, being eliminated in the group stage of the second competition[12] and having a run of 31 matches without defeat.
Clemente's last game in charge was on 5 September 1998, a 2–3 defeat in Cyprus for the Euro 2000 qualifiers.[13]
La Liga / France
Clemente returned to club action after his national team dismissal, working in the main division with Real Betis, Real Sociedad, CD Tenerife,[14] Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao. He helped the latter avoid relegation in the 2005–06 season but, shortly before the new campaign started, was fired after a disagreement with chairman Fernando Lamikiz.[15][16] interspersed with this, he had a one-season spell in Ligue 1 with Olympique de Marseille.
Serbia
Clemente became manager of the Serbian national team on 21 July 2006, being brought in on initiative from Serbian Football Association president Zvezdan Terzić. According to local media his salary was €30,000 per month on a two-year contract, worth €720,000 in total – also, he was eligible for a €400,000 bonus if the country qualified for Euro 2008, and an additional €150,000 bonus for every round passed at the tournament; in an interview given to Serbian daily Politika, he claimed his current was the lowest wage he had earned in the last 20 years.[17]
Clemente made his debut on 16 August 2006 in a 3–1 away friendly victory with Czech Republic. New players introduced into the squad included Danko Lazović, Marko Pantelić, Vladimir Stojković and Aleksandar Trišović, while previous mainstays such as Predrag Đorđević, Dragoslav Jevrić, Mateja Kežman, Savo Milošević and Albert Nađ were dropped. The continental qualification campaign started with three home wins, over Azerbaijan, Belgium and Armenia, and a draw in Poland from the first four matches; however, things started to go wrong with a 1–2 defeat in Kazakhstan in March 2007, and the nation eventually trailed Poland and Portugal in Group A, with the manager questioning the side's mental approach in the process.[18]
Following the failure to qualify, Clemente was released from his contract on 6 December 2007.[19]
Cameroon / Back to Spain
On 17 August 2010, following spells in his country with Real Murcia (top level and Segunda División)[20] and Real Valladolid (eight games in charge, top flight relegation),[21] Clemente was named as the new coach of Cameroon, taking over from Paul Le Guen who stepped down after three losses in as many games in the 2010 World Cup.[22] He made his debut with the Lions Indomptables on 4 September in a 3–1 away win against Mauritius in the first match of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. However, the nation finished second behind Senegal and thus failed to reach the finals in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, and he was dismissed on 25 October 2011.[23][24]
On 13 February 2012, Clemente signed as the new manager of Sporting de Gijón, with a contract running until the end of the season.[25] He left the Asturians in May, following their relegation;[26] in the process he celebrated his 500th game in the Spanish first division, a 1–2 away loss to Granada CF.[27]
Libya
On 20 September 2013, Clemente was named manager of Libya, taking over from Abdul-Hafeedh Arbeesh who was fired after a 0–1 defeat to Cameroon for the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.[28]
Managerial statistics
- As of 4 May 2016
Team | Nat | Year | Record | ||||||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
Arenas Getxo | 1975–1976 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 52.63 | |||||
Basconia | 1976–1978 | 76 | 26 | 11 | 39 | 34.21 | |||||
Bilbao Athletic | 1980–1981 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 44.74 | |||||
Athletic Bilbao[29][30][31][32][33] | 1981–1986 | 213 | 117 | 44 | 52 | 54.93 | |||||
Español[34][35][36] | 1986–1989 | 124 | 41 | 27 | 56 | 33.06 | |||||
Atlético Madrid[37] | 1989–1990 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 46.88 | |||||
Athletic Bilbao[38] | 1990–1991 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 35.48 | |||||
Español | 1992 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 45.45 | |||||
Spain U21 | 1992–1996 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 33.33 | |||||
Spain | 1992–1998 | 62 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 58.06 | |||||
Betis | 1998–1999 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 41.67 | |||||
Real Sociedad | 1999–2000 | 37 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 27.03 | |||||
Marseille | 2000–2001 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 29.63 | |||||
Tenerife[39] | 2002 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 33.33 | |||||
Espanyol | 2002–2003 | 35 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 25.71 | |||||
Athletic Bilbao[40] | 2005–2006 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 35.48 | |||||
Serbia | 2006–2007 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 43.75 | |||||
Murcia[41][42] | 2008 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19.35 | |||||
Valladolid[43] | 2010 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 37.50 | |||||
Cameroon | 2010–2011 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50.00 | |||||
Sporting Gijón[44] | 2012 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 31.25 | |||||
Libya | 2013–2016 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 23.08 | |||||
Career Total | 918 | 382 | 221 | 315 | 41.61 |
Honours
Player
- Athletic Bilbao
Manager
- Athletic Bilbao
- La Liga: 1982–83, 1983–84
- Copa del Rey: 1983–84; Runner-up 1984–85
- Supercopa de España: 1984
- Spain U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Runner-up 1996
- Libya
Individual
References
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- ^ "Camerún destituye a Clemente como técnico en su enésimo fracaso en el banquillo" (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
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External links
- Javier Clemente at BDFutbol
- Javier Clemente manager profile at BDFutbol
- Javier Clemente at Athletic Bilbao
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