Christian Clemens

1. FC Köln

Clemens started his career with SC Weiler-Volkhoven, joined 1. FC Köln at the age of ten and progressed through the club's youth system. In July 2009, he was promoted to the 1. FC Köln II. After previously been called up the first team as an unused substitute in the last game of the season against Nürnberg in the 2009–10 season, Clemens made his first-team debut in a 1–0 win against FC St. Pauli. Following the match, Goal.com praised Clemens' debut, having "switched off from the midfield several times on the offensive, unsettled the Pauli four-chain." Clemens quickly got involved in the first team in number of matches as the season goes by. On 11 December 2010, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Clemens then scored his second goal for the club on 5 February 2011, in a 3–2 win over Bayern Munich. Clemens' performance in his first season at the club earned him a contract extension on 30 March 2011. Despite suffering from an injury, relating to the stress response of the bone that kept him out for the rest of the season, Clemens finished the 2010–11 season, making thirty appearances and scoring two times in all competitions. In the 2011–12 season, Clemens returned to the first team when he made his first appearance since returning from injury, in a 5–1 loss against Schalke 04 on 13 August 2011. Weeks later, Clemens scored his first goal of the season on 27 August 2011, in a 4–3 win over Hamburger SV. He started the…

Clemens previously played for several Germany national youth football teams. He started out on 16 February 2007 when made his Germany U16 debut, coming on as a second-half substitute, in a 2–2 draw against Czech Republic U16. Clemens went on to make seven appearances for the Germany U16 side. After represented the Germany U17 side, Clemens made his Germany U18 debut on 18 November 2008 against Austria U18, where Germany U18 won 4–0. He didn't score his first goal for the U18 side until on 26 March 2009, in a 3–2 win over France U18. He went on to make ten appearances and scoring three times for the U17 side. Clemens made his Germany U19 debut on 7 October 2009, where he scored the national side third goal, in a 3–0 win over Luxembourg U19. He went on to make five appearances and scoring twice for the U19 side. On 6 September 2010, Clemens was called up by Germany U20 for the first time and on 6 September 2010 Clemens made his debut for the Germany U-20 national football team in a 3–2 victory over Switzerland in which Clemens also scored his first goal for the Germany U-20 national football team. It was not until August 2011 when he returned to the U20 squad and scored his first goal in almost twelve months for the side, in a 4–2 win over Poland U20 on 31 August 2011. On 6 February 2011, Clemens received his first call-up to the Germany U-21 national football team for a match against the Greece U-21 national football team. On 9 February 2011, Clemens debuted for the Germany…

Clemens was mainly deployed as a winger and utilized on the left or right flanks on the football pitch; but Clemens could also be deployed as a second striker. Clemens himself sees his strengths on the flanks of the football pitch. Clemens possessed accurate heading and shooting of the ball, great agility and endurance, physical strength, rapid acceleration and speed. Clemens was a dummy specialist and a silky dribbler which Clemens utilized to bamboozle opposition defenders in one-on-one situations with ease.

Clemens has a younger brother, Michael Clemens, who plays for 1. FC Köln II. He was romantically involved with Lynn Mester from Bayer 04 Leverkusen.