Ramón Clemente

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Ramón Clemente

| image =

| caption = Clemente (right) playing for Indios de Mayagüez

| position = Power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 225

| league = BSN

| team = Cangrejeros de Santurce

| number = 1

| nationality = Puerto Rican

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|12|11}}

| birth_place = Queens, New York

| highschool = John Bowne (Flushing, New York)

| college =

Paris JC (2005–2007)
Wichita State (2007–2009)

| draft_year = 2009

| career_start = 2009

| career_end =

| years1 = 2009

| team1 = Indios de Mayagüez

| years2 = 2009–2010

| team2 = Maccabi Ashdod

| years3 = 2010–2011

| team3 = Hapoel Yokneam Megido

| years4 = 2011

| team4 = Indios de Mayagüez

| years5 = 2011

| team5 = Halcones Rojos Veracruz

| years6 = 2011–2012

| team6 = Hapoel Kiryat Tiv'on

| years7 = 2012

| team7 = Indios de Mayagüez

| years8 = 2012–2013

| team8 = Ironi Nahariya

| years9 = 2013

| team9 = Indios de Mayagüez

| years10 = 2013–2014

| team10 = Obras Sanitarias

| years11 = 2015–2017

| team11 = Ferro Carril Oeste

| years12 = 2016

| team12 = Indios de Mayagüez

| years13 = 2017

| team13 = Indios de Mayagüez

| years14 = 2017–2018

| team14 = Ciclista Olímpico

| years15 = 2018–2021

| team15 = Vaqueros de Bayamón

| years16 = 2018–2019

| team16 = Leñadores de Durango

| years17 = 2019–2020

| team17 = San Lorenzo

| years18 = 2020–2021

| team18 = Piratas de Quebradillas

| years19 = 2022–present

| team19 = Cangrejeros de Santurce

| highlights =

2× LNB All-Star (2015, 2016)

| medaltemplates =

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}}

Ramón Clemente (born December 11, 1985) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN).

College career

Clemente started his college career at Paris Junior College in Paris, Texas playing for two years and winning back to back Conference Championships. In addition, he made the All American Team.

After junior college, Clemente continued to play college basketball at Wichita State University in Kansas and graduated with a degree in Criminal Justice in 2009.[http://www.goshockers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7500&ATCLID=1283724 Ramon clemente profile at goshockers.com], retrieved 5 April 2010.

Professional career

Immediately after graduating college in 2009, Clemente played professionally in Puerto Rico with Mayaguez and continues to do so. In the 2009–10 season he joined Maccabi Ashdod B.C. from Israeli Liga Leumit.

Played for Hapoel Yokneam Megido from Israel 2010–2011.

Played for Maccabi Be'er Yaakov from Israel 2011–2012.

Played for Irony Nahariya from Israel 2012–2013.

Played in Italy from 2013–2014 and won a Championship.

Currently playing for Obras Sanitarias from Argentina.

National team career

Clemente has been a member of the Puerto Rico men's national basketball team, most notably playing in the 2014 and 2019 FIBA World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Ramon-Clemente/Summary/7570|title=Ramon Clemente|publisher=RealGM|access-date=March 1, 2024}}