Jérémy Clément

French footballer
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Jérémy Clément (born 26 August 1984) is a French professional football manager and former player. Playing as a midfielder, he spent most of his career with two clubs, Paris Saint Germain and Saint Étienne.

Though born in Béziers, Clément was raised in Rives, Isère, and started his career at Rives SF. Clément, who was formed by Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais, joined Rangers on 7 July 2006 on a three year contract after a £1.1 million deal was agreed between the two clubs. In joining Rangers, Clément linked up with his former Lyon manager Paul Le Guen and former assistant manager Yves Colleu,however, the latter duo both departed the club on 4 January 2007. Le Guen was not out of work for long and in his role as manager of Paris Saint Germain, he entered the race to sign Clément. The midfielders previous club, Lyon, were also interested. On 25 January 2007, the Rangers confirmed Clément had re joined Le Guen at PSG, turning down Lyon in the process with the fee reported to be around £1.8 million. In July 2011, Clément signed for AS Saint Étienne. In June 2019, after two seasons with AS Nancy, he agreed a move to fifth tier side Bourgoin Jallieu. In April 2020, after his club's season had been ended prematurely due to the COVID 19 pandemic, Clement announced his retirement from playing.

Ahead of the 2020–21 season, Clément was appointed as joint manager of Bourgoin Jallieu alongside Laurent Rugelj. He became the club's sole head coach after the departure of Rugelj in December 2020. After two years at the club, the parties decided by mutual agreement, not to extend the contract. Clément left the position at the end of the 2021 22 season.

Clément was tested for Swine flu H1N1 virus in October 2009 along with two PSG teammates, Ludovic Giuly and Mamadou Sakho.