Enrique Clemente

Spanish footballer

Enrique Clemente
Personal information
Full name	Enrique Clemente Maza
Date of birth	(1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Zaragoza, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Racing Ferrol (on loan from Las Palmas)
Number	5
Youth career
	Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Zaragoza B	8	(0)
2019–2022	Zaragoza	22	(0)
2020–2021	Logroñés (loan)	21	(0)
2022	→ Real Sociedad B (loan)	16	(0)
2022–	Las Palmas	14	(0)
2023–	→ Racing Ferrol (loan)	12	(0)
International career
2017	Spain U18	2	(0)
2019–2020	Spain U21	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023

Enrique Clemente Maza (born 4 March 1999) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Racing de Ferrol, UD Las Palmas. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a left back.

Club career

Born in Zaragoza, Clemente was a Real Zaragoza youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 14 January 2018, starting in a 1–2 Segunda División B home loss against Lleida Esportiu.

Clemente was definitely promoted to the B-side in July 2018, after their relegation to Tercera División.^[1] In September, he suffered a serious knee injury,^[2] being sidelined for the remainder of the season; on 1 October, he extended his contract until 2022, being definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the 2019–20 campaign.^[3]

Clemente made his professional debut on 30 August 2019, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Elche CF in the Segunda División championship.^[4] On 1 October of the following year, he moved to fellow second division side UD Logroñés, on loan for one year.^[5]

Clemente scored his first goal as a senior on 1 December 2021, in a Copa del Rey match against CD Mensajero.^[6] The following 8 January, he was loaned to fellow second division side Real Sociedad B for the remainder of the season.^[7]

On 27 August 2022, Clemente signed a contract with fellow second level team UD Las Palmas.^[8] On 1 August of the following year, after achieving promotion to La Liga, he renewed his contract until 2026 and was immediately loaned to Racing de Ferrol, newly-promoted to the second division.^[9]

References

^ "Un Deportivo Aragón de la casa" [A home-made Deportivo Aragón] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
^ "Enrique Clemente sufre rotura del ligamento cruzado de la rodilla derecha" [Enrique Clemente suffers a tear of the cruciate ligament of the right knee] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
^ "Enrique Clemente amplía su contrato por esta campaña y tres más" [Enrique Clemente extends his contract for this campaign and three more] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
^ "El Zaragoza aprovecha el VAR para dormir líder" [Zaragoza takes advantage of VAR to sleep as leaders] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
^ "Acuerdo para la cesión de Enrique Clemente al Logroñés" [Agreement for the loan of Enrique Clemente to Logroñés] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ "Enrique Clemente anota en La Palma su primer gol como futbolista profesional" [Enrique Clemente scores in La Palma his first goal as a professional footballer] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
^ "Acuerdo con la Real Sociedad para la cesión de Enrique Clemente" [Agreement with Real Sociedad for the loan of Enrique Clemente] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
^ "Enrique Clemente, nuevo jugador de la UD Las Palmas" [Enrique Clemente, new player of UD Las Palmas] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
^ "Enrique Clemente, cedido al Racing Club de Ferrol" [Enrique Clemente, loaned to Racing Club de Ferrol] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.