Clemente Fernández Explained

Clemente
Fullname:Clemente Fernández López
Birth Date:23 November 1919
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
Position:Right back
Years1:1939–1940
Years2:1940–1942
Years3:1942–1952
Caps3:109
Goals3:0
Years4:1943–1944
Clubs4:Hércules (loan)
Caps4:25
Goals4:0
Years5:1952–1953
Caps5:10
Goals5:0
Nationalyears1:1948–1949
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0

Clemente Fernández López (23 November 1919 – 17 July 1996), known simply as Clemente, was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a right back.

Club career

Having begun his career as a midfielder, Clemente joined hometown club Real Madrid in 1942 from local amateurs CD Deportivo Castilla, playing in only four La Liga games in his first season. After one year on loan at Hércules CF he returned to the Merengues, but appeared in just seven league matches during the campaign.

Of the following seven seasons, Clemente managed to be regularly played in four of them, winning three major titles including two Copa del Rey trophies. In 1952, after 144 official games with Real Madrid, he signed for fellow league side Deportivo de La Coruña, retiring at the end of the campaign at the age of 33.

International career

Clemente earned three caps for Spain, in slightly less than one year. His debut came on 21 March 1948 in a 2–0 friendly win with Portugal, in Madrid.

Honours

Real Madrid

1946, 1947

1946