Paulo Clemente

Paulo Clemente Ventura Raimundo (born 14 October 1983), known as Clemente, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.

Paulo Clemente
Personal information
Full name Paulo Clemente Ventura Raimundo
Date of birth (1983-10-14) 14 October 1983
Place of birth Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1995–2001 Operário
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Operário 84 (19)
2005–2007 Louletano 43 (14)
2007–2008 Gondomar 14 (2)
2008–2010 Chaves 79 (25)
2010–2012 Oliveirense 54 (6)
2012–2013 Arouca 35 (3)
2013–2014 Chaves 16 (1)
2014 Farense 18 (2)
2014–2019 Santa Clara 161 (44)
Total 504 (116)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Over ten seasons, he amassed Segunda Liga totals of 323 games and 62 goals, representing a total of six clubs. He appeared in the Primeira Liga with Santa Clara (three matches).

Club career

Born in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Clemente began his career with boyhood club CD Operário, spending three seasons in the third division and one in the fourth. In 2005, he left for another side in the latter tier, Louletano DC.

Clemente first reached the professionals in the 2007–08 campaign, competing with Gondomar S.C. in the second level. In January 2008, however, he returned to division three, signing for G.D. Chaves and scoring 13 goals in his first full season to help the northerners promote as champions.[1]

Chaves was immediately relegated back in 2009–10, but the team managed to reach the final of the Portuguese Cup, with Clemente contributing with five games and one goal, which came precisely in the decisive match against FC Porto, who won it 2–1.[2][3]

Clemente continued playing in the second tier in the following seasons, with U.D. Oliveirense and F.C. Arouca.[4] In June 2013, following the latter's promotion to the Primeira Liga,[5] he was released; on the 24th, he returned to former club Chaves also in the second division.[6]

In early January 2014, Clemente parted ways with the Flavienses,[7] moving to fellow league team S.C. Farense shortly after.[8] He joined C.D. Santa Clara in the ensuing off-season,[9] scoring seven goals in the 2017–18 season to help them return to the top flight after a 15-year absence, as runners-up.[10]

Clemente's maiden appearance in the Portuguese top division took place on 22 September 2018 at the age of 34 years and 11 months, when he came on as a second-half substitute in the 1–3 home loss to Rio Ave FC.[11] As the campaign was drawing to an end, both he and teammate Danildo Accioly announced they would retire and become part of Santa Clara's coaching staff.[12]

References
  1. Leonardo Jardim apresentado em Braga (Leonardo Jardim presented in Braga); Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, 7 June 2011 (in Portuguese)
  2. Desp. Chaves 1–2 FC Porto; Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, 16 May 2010 (in Portuguese)
  3. FC Porto–Chaves, 2–1 (Guarín 13', Falcão 23'; Clemente 85'); Record, 16 May 2010 (in Portuguese)
  4. Arouca: Açoriano Clemente assume compromisso (Arouca: Azores' own Clemente commits); Correio dos Açores, 14 June 2012 (in Portuguese)
  5. Clemente sobe com o Arouca à I Liga (Clemente promotes to I League with Arouca); RTP Açores, 13 May 2013 (in Portuguese)
  6. Flavienses apresentam dez reforços (Flavienses present ten additions) Archived 16 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Record, 24 June 2013 (in Portuguese)
  7. Clemente Ventura rescinde (Clemente Ventura cuts ties); Record, 8 January 2014 (in Portuguese)
  8. Clemente reforça Farense (Clemente strengthens Farense); O Jogo, 8 January 2014 (in Portuguese)
  9. Clemente e Márcio Ramos reforçam Santa Clara (Clemente and Márcio Ramos bolster Santa Clara); RTP Açores, 7 June 2014 (in Portuguese)
  10. Santa Clara quer renovar com Accioly e Clemente (Santa Clara want to renew with Accioly and Clemente); RTP Açores, 16 May 2018 (in Portuguese)
  11. Santa Clara-Rio Ave, 1–3 (crónica) (Santa Clara-Rio Ave, 1–3 (match report)); Mais Futebol, 22 September 2018 (in Portuguese)
  12. Clemente e Accioly deixam o Santa Clara no final da época e retiram-se do futebol (Clemente and Accioly leave Santa Clara at the end of the season and retire from football); Rádio Renascença, 7 May 2019 (in Portuguese)
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