It’s a decision he’s been thinking about for the past few weeks. That of permanently storing your crampons in the closet. The period of confinement offered him long periods of reflection and ultimately, it helped him take the plunge: Jérémy Clément (35) decided to end his playing career. After a rich professional experience, he had chosen at the start of the 2019 – 2020 season to join FC Bourgoin-Jallieu (National 3).
“It’s time for me to stop the pitch,” said the defensive midfielder. I want to stay in football but devote myself to something else. With the cessation of competitions, logical, due to the coronavirus, it is true that I have a taste for unfinished business. I didn’t feel like I played my last game. I will have to make a jubilee! “
Continue the adventure in Bourgoin
Originally from Rives, it was also in the city of Isère that Jérémy Clément kicked his first balls before being spotted by the recruiters of Olympique Lyonnais during a tournament. He therefore joined the OL training center, the club with which he played his first Ligue 1 match (against Rennes, 3-0, in April 2004).
In 2006, he joined Paul Le Guen, his coach in Lyon, on the side of the Glasgow Rangers. Before heading for Paris Saint-Germain in 2007.
Just before Qatar’s arrival at PSG, he signed for Saint-Etienne in 2011 where he remained for six seasons. In 2017, he signed up with Nancy (Ligue 2) for a last professional adventure.
Wishing to get closer to the region and pass his coaching diplomas, he joined FC Bourgoin-Jallieu in the summer of 2019.
“I would have signed for such a career,” said Jérémy Clément. Now I think I’m more useful off the field. For the rest, I want to train, to stay at the FCBJ, getting closer to the senior group, while continuing to pass my diplomas. And a consultant activity also tempts me. “
Another life will begin for the former Lyonnais and Stéphanois.