Enrique Clemente

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.

Enrique Clemente
Personal information
Full name Enrique Clemente Maza
Date of birth (1999-03-04) 4 March 1999
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)
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) 0 (0)
International career
2017 Spain U18 2 (0)
2019–2020 Spain U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Clemente and the second or maternal family name is Maza.

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
  1. "Un Deportivo Aragón de la casa" [A home-made Deportivo Aragón] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
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