Javier Clemente

Javier Clemente

Clemente in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Javier Clemente Lázaro[1]
Date of birth	(1950-03-12) 12 March 1950 (age 74)[1]
Place of birth	Barakaldo, Spain[1]
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Barakaldo
1966–1968	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1973	Athletic Bilbao	47	(6)
1973–1974	Bilbao Athletic	7	(0)
Total		54	(6)
International career
1968	Spain U18	2	(0)
1969–1970	Spain U23	2	(1)
Managerial career
1975–1976	Arenas Getxo
1976–1978	Basconia
1979–1981	Bilbao Athletic
1981–1986	Athletic Bilbao
1986–1989	Español
1989–1990	Atlético Madrid
1990–1991	Athletic Bilbao
1991–1992	Espanyol
1992–1996	Spain U21
1992–1998	Spain
1998–1999	Betis
1999–2000	Real Sociedad
2000–2001	Marseille
2002	Tenerife
2002–2003	Espanyol
2005–2006	Athletic Bilbao
2006–2007	Serbia
2008	Murcia
2010	Valladolid
2010–2011	Cameroon
2012	Sporting Gijón
2013–2016	Libya
2019–2021	Basque Country
2021–2022	Libya
Medal record Men's football Representing  Spain (as manager) UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 1996 Representing  Libya (as manager) African Nations Championship Winner 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Javier Clemente Lázaro (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjeɾ kleˈmente ˈlaθaɾo]; born 12 March 1950) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.^[2]

Forced to retire from playing in his early 20s through injury, he embarked on a coaching career with his first managerial appointment coming in 1975. Over the next four decades, he took charge of several club and national teams, including Athletic Bilbao which he also represented as a player, as well as Espanyol and Spain. He won the La Liga championship in 1983 and 1984 with the former.

Nicknamed El rubio de Barakaldo (The blond from Barakaldo) per his hair colour and town of origin,^[3] Clemente coached the Spain national team in two World Cups and Euro 1996.