Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christian Clemens | ||
Date of birth | 4 August 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Cologne, Germany | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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1. FC Köln | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2001 | SC Köln Weiler-Volkhoven | ||
2001–2009 | 1. FC Köln | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2010 | 1. FC Köln II | 11 | (0) |
2010–2013 | 1. FC Köln | 89 | (13) |
2013–2016 | Schalke 04 | 19 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → 1. FSV Mainz 05 (loan) | 37 | (6) |
2016 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 3 | (0) |
2017– | 1. FC Köln | 11 | (1) |
National team | |||
2007 | Germany U16 | 7 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Germany U17 | 7 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Germany U18 | 10 | (3) |
2009–2010 | Germany U19 | 5 | (2) |
2010–2011 | Germany U20 | 3 | (2) |
2011–2013 | Germany U21 | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:40, 18 April 2017 (UTC). |
Christian Clemens (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪs.tɪ.an ˈklɛ.məns]; born 4 August 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga.
Clemens started his career with SC Weiler-Volkhoven, joined 1. FC Köln at the age of ten and progressed through the club's youth system.
After previously been called up the first team as an unused substitute in the last game of the season against Nürnberg in the 2009–10 season, Clemens made his first-team debut in a 1–0 win against FC St. Pauli. Following the match, Goal.com praised Clemens' debut, having "switched off from the midfield several times on the offensive, unsettled the Pauli four-chain." On 11 December 2010, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Clemens then scored his second goal for the club on 5 February 2011, in a 3–2 win over Bayern Munich. Clemens' performance in his first season at the club earned him a contract extension on 30 March 2011. Despite suffering from an injury, relating to the stress response of the bone that kept him out for the rest of the season, Clemens finished the 2010–11 season, making thirty appearance and scoring two times in all competitions.
In the 2011–12 season, Clemens returned to the first team when he made his first appearance since returning from injury, in a 5–1 loss against Schalke 04 on 13 August 2011. Weeks later, Clemens scored his first goal of the season on 27 August 2011, in a 4–3 win over Hamburg. Clemens then scored, as well as, setting up one of the goals, in a 3–2 loss against Werder Bremen on 5 November 2011; then scoring twice on 10 December 2011, in a 4–0 win over Freiburg. It wasn't until 10 March 2012 when he scored his fifth goal of the season, in a 1–0 win over Hertha BSC. However, Clemens was unable to help the club avoid relegation to 2. Bundesliga next season. Despite this, Clemens finished the 2011–12 season, making thirty-three appearance and scoring two times in all competitions.