Paul Clement

Background

Clement is the son of former Queen"s Park Rangers and England player Dave Clement and the brother of former West Bromwich Albion player Neil Clement.

Career

He assisted Carlo Ancelotti as manager at Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid. Clement has also previously held coaching roles at Fulham, Blackburn Rovers and the Ireland under-21 team Clement, however, did not progress beyond non-league football as a player with Banstead Athletic and Corinthian Casuals.

He concentrated on coaching from the age of 23, as he worked in the Chelsea centre of excellence while holding down a job as a PE teacher.

Clement obtained a Union of European Football Associations "A" coaching licence in 1999 and became a full-time football coach in 2000, when Fulham appointed Clement to a role in their academy. Clement also did some coaching for the Republic of Ireland under-21 national football team, working with Don Givens.

Clement returned to Chelsea in 2007, initially working with their under-16 team He progressed through the coaching ranks there and began working with the Chelsea first team when Guus Hiddink was appointed manager in 2009.

Clement was retained as a first team coach by Carlo Ancelotti during his two seasons in charge of Chelsea.

He then briefly worked as a coach at Blackburn Rovers, assisting Steve Kean. He was then hired by Paris Saint-Germain, after Ancelotti had been appointed their head coach. Clement was appointed assistant coach at Real Madrid after Ancelotti became their head coach in June 2013.

Soon after, on 1 June, he was appointed manager of Football League Championship club Derby County, who had sacked Steve McClaren after finishing eighth the previous season.

He was sacked on 8 February 2016. As of match played 8 February 2016.

Achievements

• The pair won the Ligue 1 title in their second season at the club He helped them win the Copa del Rey and tenth Union of European Football Associations Champions League title at the end of his first season with the club After the team won no trophies in their second season, Ancelotti was sacked on 25 May 2015 and Clement walked out four days later.