Javier Clemente
Javier Clemente was born in Barakaldo, Basque Country, Spain on March 12th, 1950 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 74, Javier Clemente biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Javier Clemente Lázaro (Spanish pronunciation: [xaje klemen laao]; born 12 March 1950) is a Spanish football manager and former player who competed as a midfielder.
With his first managerial job coming in 1975, he began working in his early 20s due to injuries. He was in charge of several clubs and national teams, including Athletic Bilbao, where he also played as a player, as well as Espany and Spain, over the next four decades. With the former, he dominated La Liga in 1983 and 1984.
Clemente, nicknamed El rubio de Barakaldo (The blond from Barakaldo), praised for his hair color and town of origin, helped the Spain national team win two World Cups and Euro 1996.
Playing career
Born in Barakaldo, Biscay, Clemente, Clemente, joined Athletic Bilbao's youth service at the age of 16, from local Barakaldo CF. By Agustn Ga'nza, he was denied admission to the first team at only 18 years old, winning the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup for the season's first time (3–1 home win, 3–3 aggregate victory); along with fellow teenage newcomer José Mara Igartua, he was selected for the 1969 Copa del Generalsimo Final against Elche CF, a 1–0 triumph in Madrid.
With his first and only team, Clemente's best La Liga performance came in the 1969-1970s. He sustained a serious leg injury (fibula and tibia) during a league match against CE Sabadell FC on November 23, 1969, when he never fully recovered; after four failed operations, he retired aged just 24.
Coaching career
After retiring, Clemente began teaching right away. His first stops were with Arenas Club de Getxo, CD Basconia, and Athletic's reserves.
Clemente, 31, was appointed at Athletic Bilbao in the summer 1981. He led the team to back-to-back national championships in his second and third years, but the Argentine referred to his authoritarian and his teams as aggressive and ineffective, and the Spaniard dismissed Menotti as an ageing hippy and feminist king, as well as a huge brawl between the two groups of players.
After a run-in with star player Manuel Sarabia, Clemente left the Lions midway through the 1985–86 season. He was later promoted to RCD Espanyol, leading them to a best-ever third position in 1987 and the final of the UEFA Cup the following year, but he was forced to relegate his squad's request in March 1989.
Clemente had unsuccessful top flight spells with Atlético Madrid, a return to Athletic Bilbao and Espanyol in the ensuing years.
Since Spain failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 1992, Clemente Miera was appointed as the country's manager. He was in charge of his country's first game as manager, winning 1–0 friendly over England on September 9th, 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, and Euro 1996, where the country was withdrawn from the group stage of the second tournament and having a total of 31 matches without loss.
The last game in charge of Clemente was on September 5, 1998, a 3–2 loss in Cyprus for the Euro 2000 qualifiers.
Clemente's national team was reinstated from service for the second time, with Real Betis, Real Sociedad, CD Tenerife, Espanyol, Espanyol, Espanyol, Espanyol, Espanyol, and Athletic Bilbao, as a result of his one-season stint in Ligue 1 with Olympique de Marseille, as well as back to Athletic Bilbao. He helped the latter avoid relegation in the 2005-2006 season, but he was fired shortly before the new campaign started, shortly after a spat with chairman Fernando Lamikiz.
Clemente was boss of 289 official matches, breaking a club record during his three spells in charge at San Mamés. Ernesto Valverde, who also won 211 league matches in a row, failed to win on 288, but the latter fell one win behind, winning 141 games, 102 in the league.
On July 21, 2006, Clemente took over the Serbian national team, being brought on by Serbian Football Association President Zvezdan Terzia. According to local media, his salary was €30,000 per month on a two-year contract worth €720,000 in total, as well as a €400,000 bonus for every round of the tournament; in an interview with Serbian daily Politika, he said that his current salary was the lowest wage he had earned in the previous 20 years.
Clemente made his debut on August 16, 2006, beating the Czech Republic 3–1 away in a 3–1 friendly win. Danko Lazovi, Marko Panteli, Vladimir Stojkovi, Aleksandar Triovia, and Aleksandar Trioviovi were among the new players to be included in the squad, although Predrag orevi, Dragoslav Jevri, Mateja Keman, Savo Miloevi, and Albert Na were among the squad's veterans, although others, such as Predrag evi With a 1–2 loss in Kazakhstan in March 2007, the country got off to a promising start in Group A, with three home victories over Azerbaijan, Belgium, and Armenia, as well as a draw in Poland from the first four matches; however, the country's mental approach in the process has been questioned by the country's manager.
Following the inability to qualify, Clemente was suspended from his employment on December 6, 2007.
Following spells in his region with Real Murcia (top level and Segunda División) and Real Valladolid (eight games in charge, top flight relegation), Clemente was appointed as the new coach of Cameroon on August 17, 2010, following Paul Le Guen's retirement after three losses in as many games in the 2010 World Cup. In the first match of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, he made his debut with the Lions Indomptables on September 4th in a 3–1 away victory over Mauritius. However, the nation came in second second behind Senegal and, in the end, failed to progress to the finals in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, and he was disqualified on October 25.
Clemente was appointed as the new boss of Sporting de Gijón on February 13, 2012, with a deal that will run until the end of the season. Following their relegation, he rejoined the Asturians in May, taking them to their 500th game in the Spanish first division, a 1–2 loss to Granada CF.
Clemente was appointed manager of Libya on September 20th, replacing Abdul-Hafeedh Arbeesh, who was fired after a 0–1 loss to Cameroon during the 2014 World Cup qualifying race. With a penalty shootout victory over Ghana in the final in Cape Town, he helped the country win its first silverware, the 2014 African Nations Championship, for the first time. Due to civil war, the team was unable to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations later this year.
Clemente was only the second foreigner to direct the Mediterranean Knights after the Brazilian Marcos Paquetá, who was suspended in October 2016 after winning only three out of 14 matches.
Clemente was named as head of the Basque Country's unofficial national team on March 6, 2019. He spoke at his address about efforts to welcome Basque players to play for the team, in accordance with the grandfather rule used by FIFA national teams.
In May 2021, Clemente was recalled as Libya's head coach. His one-year deal was due to end, with compatriot Ramón Catalá seeing out the final weeks after failing to qualify for the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup and the 2022 World Cup.