Paulo Clemente Ventura Raimundo (born 14 October 1983), known as Clemente, is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a forward. Over ten seasons, he amassed Segunda Liga totals of 323 games and 62 goals, representing a total of six clubs. He appeared in the

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with Santa Clara (three matches).

Club career

Born in

Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada (; ) is the largest municipality ('' concelho'') and economic capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. As of 2021, it has 67, ...

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, Clemente began his career with boyhood club

CD Operário Clube Operário Desportivo ''(known as CD Operário, Operário dos Açores or just Operário),'' is a Portuguese football club based in Lagoa in the island of São Miguel in the Azores. Background CD Operário currently plays in the Segunda ...

, spending three seasons in the third division and one in the fourth. In 2005, he left for another side in the latter tier,

Louletano DC Louletano Desportos Clube is a Portuguese club from Loulé, founded on 6 June 1923. The association football team currently play in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Portuguese fourth level), H series. The club plays at the Estádio Algarve, ...

. Clemente first reached the professionals in the 2007–08 campaign, competing with Gondomar S.C. in the Segunda Liga. In January 2008 he returned to division three, signing for

G.D. Chaves Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves (), is a Portuguese football club from Chaves currently playing in the Primeira Liga. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Estádio Municipal de Chaves. Their home kit is red-and-bl ...

and scoring 13 goals in his first full season to help the northerners promote as champions. Chaves was immediately relegated in 2009–10, but the team managed to reach the final of the

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, with Clemente contributing five games and one goal, which came precisely in the decisive match against

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, who won it 2–1. Clemente continued playing in the second tier the following seasons, with

U.D. Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football team currently plays at the Es ...

and F.C. Arouca. In June 2013, following the latter's

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to the

, he was released; on the 24th, he returned to former club Chaves also in the second division. In early January 2014, Clemente parted ways with the ''Flavienses'', moving to fellow league team

S.C. Farense Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Faro in the district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club will play the 2021–22 season in the Liga Portugal ...

shortly after. He joined

C.D. Santa Clara Clube Desportivo Santa Clara is a Portuguese football club from Ponta Delgada, Azores. They play in the 13,277-seat Estádio de São Miguel. They are the most successful football team from the Azores Islands as the only team from the archipelag ...

in the ensuing off-season, scoring seven goals in the 2017–18 season to help them return to the top flight after a 15-year absence, as runners-up. Clemente's maiden appearance in the Portuguese top division took place on 22 September 2018 at the age of 34 years and 11 months, when he came on as a second-half substitute in the 1–3 home loss to

Rio Ave FC Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlant ...

. As the campaign was drawing to an end, both he and teammate

Danildo Accioly Danildo José São Pedro Accioly Filho (born 30 March 1981), known as Accioly, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a central defender, currently assistant manager of Portuguese club Santa Clara. He spent the better part of his profes ...

announced they would retire and become part of Santa Clara's coaching staff.Clemente e Accioly deixam o Santa Clara no final da época e retiram-se do futebol (Clemente and Accioly leave Santa Clara at the end of the season and retire from football)

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, 7 May 2019 (in Portuguese)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clemente, Paulo 1983 births Living people People from Ponta Delgada Portuguese footballers Association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players CD Operário players Louletano D.C. players Gondomar S.C. players G.D. Chaves players U.D. Oliveirense players F.C. Arouca players S.C. Farense players C.D. Santa Clara players