Pelle Clement

Pelle Clement (born 19 May 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.^[1][2]

Pelle Clement

Clement with RKC Waalwijk in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sparta Rotterdam
Number	8
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)
2022–2023	RKC Waalwijk	33	(2)
2023–	Sparta Rotterdam	41	(4)
International career‡
	Netherlands U18	3	(0)
2015–2016	Netherlands U20	7	(1)
2018	Netherlands U21	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018

Club career

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]

On 6 May 2023, it was announced that he would be joining Sparta Rotterdam on a two-year deal on 1 July 2023 following the conclusion of his contract with Waalwijk.^[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 November 2024 ^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016–17	Eredivisie	1	0	2	3	—		1[a]	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	Eerste Divisie	30	1	—		—		—		—		30	1
	2016–17	Eerste Divisie	23	5	—		—		—		—		23	5
	Total		54	6	—		—		1	0	—		55	6
Reading	2017–18[11]	Championship	23	0	2	0	3	0	—		—		28	0
	2018–19[12]	Championship	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		23	0	2	0	4	0	—		—		29	0
Reading U-23s	2017–18[11]	—			—		—		—		1[b]	0	1	0
PEC Zwolle	2018–19	Eredivisie	17	0	0	0	—		—		—		17	0
	2019–20	Eredivisie	24	2	2	0	—		—		—		26	2
	2020–21	Eredivisie	23	2	1	0	—		—		—		24	2
	2021–22	Eredivisie	19	0	1	0	—		—		—		20	0
	Total		83	4	4	0	—		—		—		87	4
RKC Waalwijk	2022–23	Eredivisie	33	2	1	0	—		—		—		34	2
Sparta Rotterdam	2023–24	Eredivisie	29	2	1	0	—		—		1[c]	0	31	2
	2024–25	Eredivisie	12	2	1	0	—		—		0	0	13	2
	Total		41	4	2	0	—		—		1	0	44	4
Career total			235	16	11	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	253	19

1. Appearance in the Europa League
2. Appearance in the EFL Trophy
3. Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs

References

1. Pelle Clement at Soccerway
2. Pelle Clement at WorldFootball.net
3. "HFC'er Pelle Clement tekent contract". Koninklijke HFC (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
4. "Jong Ajax vs. Oss - 8 May 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
5. Ajax en Dolberg oppermachtig tegen NEC - Parool (in Dutch)
6. "Royals sign Pelle Clement from Ajax". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
7. "Pelle Clement eerste aanwinst PEC Zwolle". peczwolle.nl/ (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
8. "PEC Zwolle vs. Feyenoord - 19 January 2019 - Soccerway".
9. "Pelle Clement tot medio 2023 RKC'er". RKC Waalwijk (in Dutch). 5 August 2022. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
10. "PELLE CLEMENT MAAKT NA DIT SEIZOEN OVERSTAP NAAR SPARTA" (in Dutch). Sparta Rotterdam. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
11. "Games played by Pelle Clement in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
12. "Games played by Pelle Clement in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2019.