Javier Clemente
Clemente in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Clemente Lázaro | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Barakaldo, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1968 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 1969–1970 | Spain U23 | 2 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 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 | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Javier Clemente Lázaro (born 12 March 1950) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current manager.
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, Clemente coached the Spanish national side in two World Cups and Euro 1996.
Born in Barakaldo, Biscay, Clemente joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system at the age of 16, from local Barakaldo CF. 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.
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