15 Facts About Dave Clements

David Clements was born on 15 September 1945 and is a former football player and manager from Northern Ireland.

Dave Clements started his career as an outside left but played as a defensive midfielder and left-back.

Dave Clements played 48 times for the Northern Ireland national team between 1965 and 1976 scoring two goals.

Dave Clements then managed the national team for two years in 1975 and 1976 before moving to the NASL in the United States.

Dave Clements' spell as an apprentice at Wolverhampton Wanderers lasted for just over a year, however in that time he failed to break into the first team.

Dave Clements made a fine start to his City career, scoring on his debut on 23 January 1965 against Northampton Town and netting eight times in his first ten matches.

Dave Clements played as an outside left for much of his time at Coventry for whom he made 228 league appearances and scored 30 goals in total over a period of seven seasons.

Dave Clements played as a left-back for Wednesday and was a popular and successful player in his time there even though the club was not thriving in Division Two and would eventually drop into Division Three in 1975.

In total, Dave Clements made 85 league appearances in his time with Everton scoring six goals and became one of the most respected midfielders in the top flight.

Dave Clements took over as manager at the age of only 29 and his first game as manager was on 16 March 1975 and was a Euro 76 qualifier against Yugoslavia in Belfast.

Dave Clements continued as manager into 1976, however results were disappointing culminating in Northern Ireland losing all three matches in the British Home Championship in May of that year.

Dave Clements played his last game for Everton in February 1976 and moved to the United States, having received a lucrative offer to play in the NASL for New York Cosmos where he played alongside Pele.

Dave Clements moved to coach the Colorado Caribous of the North American Soccer League in 1978, the only year of their existence, and then coached three teams in the Major Indoor Soccer League, the Denver Avalanche, St Louis Steamers and Kansas City Comets.

Dave Clements was named US Coach of the year in 1982 and 1987.

Dave Clements was the coach of the University of Denver men's soccer team.