Philippe Clement

Philippe Clement

Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-03-22) 22 March 1974 (age 47)
Place of birth	Antwerp, Belgium
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Club Brugge (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1995	Beerschot	48	(1)
1995–1998	Genk	86	(3)
1998–1999	Coventry City	12	(0)
1999–2009	Club Brugge	256	(38)
2009–2011	Germinal Beerschot	54	(2)
Total		456	(44)
National team
1998–2007	Belgium	38	(1)
Teams managed
2011	Club Brugge (scout)
2011	Club Brugge (caretaker)
2011–2012	Club Brugge (assistant)
2012	Club Brugge (caretaker)
2012–2017	Club Brugge (assistant)
2017	Waasland-Beveren
2017–2019	Genk
2019–	Club Brugge
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Philippe Clement (born 22 March 1974) is a Belgian professional football coach and former player who is currently managing Club Brugge in the Belgian First Division A. Born in Antwerp, he also played a defensive midfielder. His former clubs include Beerschot, Genk, Coventry City in England and Club Brugge. Clement played 38 times with Belgium national team and was in the team for the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.

As a manager, he has won three consecutive Belgian Pro League titles, with Genk in 2018–19 and with Club Brugge in 2019–20 and 2020–21.

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
KRC Genk	1995–96	Belgian First Division	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	1
	1996–97		23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
	1997–98		30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	2
	Total		86	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	86	3
Coventry City	1998–99	Premier League	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	16	0
Club Brugge	1999–2000	Belgian First Division	31	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	33	4
	2000–01		16	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	4
	2001–02		32	6	1	0	8	1	0	0	41	7
	2002–03		29	5	1	0	10	0	0	0	40	5
	2003–04		31	4	2	0	12	0	0	0	45	4
	2004–05		24	4	8	1	9	1	0	0	41	6
	2005–06		22	4	0	0	7	0	0	0	29	4
	2006–07		29	2	1	0	6	1	0	0	36	3
	2007–08		13	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	16	3
	2008–09		22	3	1	1	5	1	0	0	28	5
	Total		256	38	15	2	62	5	0	0	333	45
Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen	2009–10	Belgian First Division	26	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	30	2
	2010–11		28	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
	Total		54	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	62	2
Career total			408	43	25	2	62	5	2	0	497	50

Philippe Clement: International Goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 June 2003	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia	Bulgaria	1–2	2–2	Euro 2004 Qualification

Managerial statistics[]

As of match played 23 December 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Waasland-Beveren	1 July 2017	18 December 2017	22	9	5	8	040.9
Genk	18 December 2017	30 June 2019	82	47	21	14	057.3
Club Brugge	30 June 2019	Present	128	71	33	24	055.5
Total			232	127	59	46	054.7

Honours[]

Player[]

Genk

• Belgian Cup: 1997–98

Club Brugge

• Belgian First Division: 2002–03, 2004–05
• Belgian Cup: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07
• Belgian Super Cup: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Manager[]

Genk

• Belgian Pro League: 2018–19

Club Brugge^[1]

• Belgian Pro League: 2019–20, 2020–21
• Belgian Super Cup: 2021

Individual

• Belgian Manager of the Year: 2018–19
• Belgian Best Coach of the Year: 2019, 2020^[2]
• Raymond Goethals Award: 2018, 2019^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Philippe Clement at National-Football-Teams.com
• Guardian Football at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-09-29)
• Philippe Clement at FootballDatabase.eu