Pelle Clement

Pelle Clement
	Clement with RKC Waalwijk in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	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	6
Youth career
0000–2006	Koninklijke HFC
2006–2015	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2017	Jong Ajax
2016–2017	Ajax
2017–2019	Reading
2019–2022	PEC Zwolle
2022–2023	RKC Waalwijk
2023–	Sparta Rotterdam
International career‡
2013	Netherlands U18
2015–2016	Netherlands U20
2018	Netherlands U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018

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

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 23 May 2024 ^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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
Career total			223	14	10	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	240	17