Pelle Clement (born 19 May 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | RKC Waalwijk | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| 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– | RKC Waalwijk | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Netherlands U20 | 7 | (1) |
| 2018 | Netherlands U21 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018 | |||
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]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ajax | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Jong Ajax | 2014–15 | Eerste Divisie | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 30 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 1 | ||||||
| 2016–17 | 23 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 54 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 55 | 6 | |||||
| Reading | 2017–18[10] | Championship | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[11] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Reading U-23s | 2017–18[10] | Premier League 2, Div 2 | — | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| PEC Zwolle | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 83 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 87 | 4 | |||||
| RKC Waalwijk | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 161 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 175 | 13 | ||
RKC Waalwijk – current squad | |
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