Carlos Clerc Martínez (born 21 February 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Real Valladolid.
Club career Born in Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Clerc finished his youth career with RCD Espanyol. He made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2010–11 season, in the Tercera División.Clerc, el primer canterano que debuta con Aguirre llega para quedarse (Clerc, the first youth player to make debut with Aguirre is here to stay); Sport, 29 September 2013 (in Spanish)Carlos Clerc: "Lluis Planagumà convirtió mi año más deprimente en un año muy bueno" (Carlos Clerc: "Lluis Planagumà turned my most depressing year into a very good year"); Be Soccer, 2021 (in Spanish)
Clerc made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 26 September 2013, starting and playing 68 minutes in a 2–1 away loss against Villarreal CF.Villarreal stretch unbeaten run ; ESPN FC, 26 September 2013 On 31 January of the following year, he was loaned to Segunda División club CE Sabadell FC until June.Clerc, cedido al Sabadell (Clerc, loaned to Sabadell); Marca, 31 January 2014 (in Spanish)
On 28 January 2015, Clerc returned to Sabadell also in a temporary deal, having failed to feature in any league matches for Espanyol in the first half of the campaign.El CE Sabadell arriba a un acord amb Carlos Clerc (CE Sabadell reach agreement with Carlos Clerc) ; CE Sabadell, 28 January 2015 (in Catalan) On 15 July, he moved to Girona FC of the same league in a season-long loan.Clerc, cedit al Girona (Clerc, loaned to Girona); RCD Espanyol, 15 July 2015 (in Catalan)
On 19 August 2016, Clerc signed a two-year contract with CA Osasuna, newly promoted to the top tier.Clerc ya es rojillo (Clerc is already red) ; CA Osasuna, 19 August 2016 (in Spanish) He scored his only goal in the competition on 9 January 2017, in a 3–3 home draw with Valencia CF.Osasuna se negó a perder ante el Valencia (Osasuna would just not lose against Valencia); La Voz de Galicia, 9 January 2017 (in Spanish)
On 27 June 2019, the free agent Clerc agreed to a three-year contract with Levante UD.Clerc firma para las tres próximas temporadas (Clerc signs for the next three seasons); Mundo Deportivo, 27 June 2019 (in Spanish) In July 2022, after being relegated, he remained in the top division on a two-year deal at Elche CF.Carlos Clerc, el primero en llegar al Elche (Carlos Clerc, first one to arrive at Elche); Sport, 21 July 2022 (in Spanish)
Clerc left the Estadio Martínez Valero in January 2025, not having been able to overcome a pubis injury.Carlos Clerc deja de ser jugador del Elche (Carlos Clerc ceases to be an Elche player); Marca, 31 January 2025 (in Spanish) On 30 January 2026, he signed a six-month contract with Real Valladolid,El Real Valladolid anuncia el fichaje de Carlos Clerc y ultima la llegada de Clément Michelin (Real Valladolid announce signing of Carlos Clerc and prepare for arrival of Clément Michelin); El Norte de Castilla, 30 January 2026 (in Spanish) and agreed to a one-year extension on 7 July.
Honours Osasuna Segunda División: 2018–19Los goles del Osasuna campeón (The goals of champions Osasuna); Marca, 18 June 2019 (in Spanish)
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