Philipp Klement (born 9 September 1992) is a German professional
footballer
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who plays as a
central midfielder
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.
Club career
On 4 August 2014, it was announced that Klement had joined
1. FSV Mainz 05 II on a one-year deal. Both sides can also extend the contract by an agreed clause. In September 2015, he was promoted to the Mainz first team and made his
Bundesliga
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debut as substitute in an away versus
Schalke 04
Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...
. He participated in the first team's training and continued to play for the second team as well.
In the summer of 2019, Klement moved to
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...
.
In January 2022 he joined former club SC Paderborn on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season.
On 25 August 2022, Klement returned to
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...
.
Career statistics
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1992 births
Living people
German men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Germany men's youth international footballers
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
1. FC Kaiserslautern II players
1. FC Nürnberg II players
1. FC Nürnberg players
FC Hansa Rostock players
1. FSV Mainz 05 II players
1. FSV Mainz 05 players
SC Paderborn 07 players
VfB Stuttgart players
VfB Stuttgart II players
1. FC Kaiserslautern players
Footballers from Ludwigshafen
21st-century German sportsmen
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