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Javier Clemente
Personal information
Full name	Javier Clemente Lázaro
Date of birth	March 12, 1950 (age 57)
Place of birth	Barakaldo, Vizcaya, Spain
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1968-1971	Atlético Bilbao	47 (6)
Teams managed
1975-76 1976-78 1980-81 1981-86 1986-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-04 2005-06 2006-	Arenas Club de Getxo CD Baskonia Bilbao Athletic Athletic Bilbao RCD Espanól Atlético Madrid Athletic Bilbao RCD Espanól Spain Real Betis Real Sociedad Olympique Marseille CD Tenerife RCD Espanyol Athletic Bilbao Serbia
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Javier Clemente Lázaro (born March 12, 1950 Barakaldo, Vizcaya, Spain) is a Spanish football manager who is currently manager of Serbia. He became the first manager of the newly created international team on July 21, 2006 when he signed a two year contract worth €720,000. The veteran La Liga manager has spent most of his career at two clubs, Athletic Bilbao and RCD Espanyol. Between 1992 and 1998 he managed Spain and went 31 games unbeaten.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Athletic Bilbao 1.1.1 La Liga Champions 1.1.2 Return to Athletic 1.2 RCD Espanyol 1.3 Other Clubs 2 International career 2.1 Spain 2.2 Serbia 3 Honours 4 External links

As a player, Clemente made 47 La Liga appearances for Atlético Bilbao and scored six goals between 1968 and 1971. He was also a member of the Atlético team that won the Copa del Generalísimo in 1969, but his playing career was cut short because of injury. Clemente served his apprenticeship as a coach with Arenas Club de Getxo, CD Baskonia and then Bilbao Athletic before becoming manager of Athletic Bilbao for the first time in 1981.

Clemente soon set about putting together one of the most successful Athletic Bilbao teams in the clubs history. Veterans Dani and Andoni Goikoetxea were joined by young players from the cantera such as Urkiaga, De Andres, Urtubi, Argote and Andoni Zubizarreta. In 1983 the club won La Liga and in 1984 they won a La Liga/Copa del Rey double. His first spell in charge of Athletic is also remembered for a bitter rivalry that developed between Athletic and FC Barcelona. It began when César Luis Menotti, then manager at FC Barcelona criticised the Clemente style as authoritarian and his team as defensive and destructive. Clemente in turn dismissed Menotti as an ageing hippy and womaniser. The row intensified after a La Liga match at the Camp Nou on September 24 1983 when Andoni Goikoetxea tackled Diego Maradona from behind, leaving Maradona with severely injured. Goikoetxea, whose hardman image came to personify Clemente’s Athletic team, subsequently became known as the Butcher of Bilbao. On July 5 1984 the two clubs met again in the Copa del Rey final and the game ended in a mass brawl between the two sets of players.

Clemente’s first spell as manager of Athletic Bilbao came to an end in 1986. However he returned to manage the club on two further occasions in the 1990/91 and 2005/06 seasons. On both occasions he failed to reproduce the success of his first spell and despite helping Athletic avoid relegation in 2006, he was sacked after criticizing the club’s transfer policy. In January 2006 he briefly became involved in controversy and was accused of racism after criticizing Samuel Eto'o for spitting in the closing minutes of game between FC Barcelona and Athletic.

After leaving Athletic Bilbao in 1986, Clemente was appointed manger of RCD Espanól. In first season in charge he guided the club to third in La Liga and qualification for the UEFA Cup. During the 1987/88 season he guided Espanyol to the UEFA Cup final beating both AC Milan and Inter Milan on the way. In the final against Bayer Leverkusen, they won the home leg at the Sarriá 3-0. However the return game saw Bayer also win 3-0 and the game went to penalties with Espanól losing 3-2. Clemente ended his first spell in charge of Espanól in 1989. After coaching Atlético Madrid to second place in La Liga during the 1989/90 season he returned to Espanól for the 1990/91 season. He returned to the club, now known as Espanyol, for a third time in 2002 and remained until 2004.

Clemente has also managed several other La Liga clubs and during the 2000/01 season he also had a spell in charge of Olympique Marseille. During the 1998/99 season he managed Real Betis and became embroiled in more controversy when he spat at a fan and implied Andalucia was another country. He has also managed Real Sociedad and CD Tenerife.

In 1992 Clemente was appointed manager of Spain. His first game in charge was a 1-0 victory over England on September 9 1992. He was manager of Spain during both the 1994 and 1998 World Cups and during Euro 1996. Despite leading the team to a 31 game unbeaten run, he was criticised for choosing too many Basque players and for dropping Josep Guardiola. After 62 games in charge, he was sacked after a 3-2 defeat to Cyprus on September 5 1998.

Clemente became the manager of the Serbia national team on July 21, 2006. He made his debut as Serbia manager August 16, 2006, with a 3-1 away victory against Czech Republic. According to Serbian press, Clemente earns €30,000 per month, which makes €720,000 for two years contract. Also, he is eligible for a €400,000 bonus if Serbia passes through the EURO 2008 qualifications, and an additional €150,000 bonus for every round passed at the final tournament. In an interview he gave to the Serbian daily newspaper Politika, Clemente said that €30,000 a month is the smallest sallary he has earned in the last 20 years.[1]

Player

Athletic Bilbao

• Copa del Generalísimo : 1
  • 1969

Manager

Athletic Bilbao

• Spanish Champions: 2
  • 1982-83, 1983-84
• Copa del Rey: 1
  • 1984
• Supercopa de España: 1
  • 1984

• La Liga manager stats
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• UEFA Profile

	Spain squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Zubizarreta | 2 Ferrer | 3 Otero | 4 Camarasa | 5 Abelardo | 6 Hierro | 7 Goikoetxea | 8 Guerrero | 9 Guardiola | 10 Bakero | 11 Beguiristáin | 12 Sergi | 13 Cañizares | 14 Juanele | 15 Caminero | 16 Miñambres | 17 Voro | 18 Alkorta | 19 Salinas | 20 Nadal | 21 Luis Enrique | 22 Lopetegui | Coach: Clemente

	Spain squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Zubizarreta | 2 Ferrer | 3 Aranzábal | 4 Alkorta | 5 Abelardo | 6 Hierro | 7 Morientes | 8 Guerrero | 9 Pizzi | 10 Raúl | 11 Alfonso | 12 Sergi | 13 Cañizares | 14 Campo | 15 Aguilera | 16 Celades | 17 Etxeberria | 18 Amor | 19 Kiko | 20 Nadal | 21 Luis Enrique | 22 Molina | Coach: Clemente