Clemente Fernández López
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Clemente Fernández López | ||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 17 July 1996 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1939–1940 | Betis San Isidro | ||
| 1940–1942 | Deportivo Castilla | ||
| 1942–1952 | Real Madrid | 109 | (0) |
| 1943–1944 | → Hércules (loan) | ||
| 1952–1953 | Deportivo La Coruña | 10 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1948–1949 | Spain | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Clemente Fernández López (23 November 1919 – 17 July 1996), simply known as Clemente, was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a right defender.
Club career
Having begun his career as a midfielder, Clemente joined hometown's Real Madrid in 1942 from local amateurs CD Deportivo Castilla, playing in only four La Liga games in his first season. After one year on loan at Hércules CF he returned to the Merengues, but appeared in just seven league matches during the campaign.
Of the following seven seasons, Clemente managed to be regularly played in four of them, winning three major titles including two Copa del Rey trophies. In 1952, after 144 official games with Real Madrid, he signed for fellow top-divisioner Deportivo de La Coruña, retiring at the end of the season at the age of 33.
International career
Clemente gained three caps for Spain in slightly less than one year. His debut came on 21 March 1948 in a 2–0 friendly win with Portugal, in Madrid.
Honours
- Copa del Rey: 1946, 1947
- Copa Eva Duarte: 1946