Réginald Ray

Not to be confused with the American Buddhist academic Reginald Ray.
Réginald Ray
Personal information
Full name Réginald Ray
Date of birth (1968-10-31) 31 October 1968
Place of birth Cucq, France
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1992 Montceau
1992–1994 Istres 73 (23)
1994–1995 Stade Briochin 42 (17)
1995–1996 Guingamp 22 (3)
1996–1997 Gueugnon 31 (5)
1997–1999 Le Mans 62 (29)
1999–2000 Châteauroux 39 (11)
2000–2001 Beauvais 31 (12)
2001–2002 Nîmes 18 (0)
Total 318 (100)
Teams managed
2008–2010 Boulogne (Under-21 manager)
2010–2015 Bastia (assistant)
2015–2016 Aston Villa (assistant)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Réginald Ray (born 31 October 1968) is a French former footballer and former assistant manager of Aston Villa in the Premier League.

Playing career

Ray spent the majority of his 15-year career in the French lower divisions. In 1991, while playing in the Championnat National (French third division) with Montceau, he was the league's top scorer. In 1998, Ray was top scorer again, this time in Ligue 2 while playing for Le Mans.

Coaching career

In 2008, Ray became the under-21 manager for Boulogne. As well as coaching the U21s, Ray also helped coach the team's strikers. In 2010, after two years at Boulogne, Ray left the club in order to become assistant manager to Frédéric Hantz at Bastia.

On 1 November 2015, it was reported that former Lyon manager Rémi Garde was on the verge of becoming the new manager of Aston Villa, and after unsuccessful attempts to bring his former coaching staff with him, would be appointing Ray as his assistant manager.[1] On 1 April 2016, a club statement stated Reginald had left Aston Villa.

References

  1. "Remi Garde looks set to be new Aston Villa boss". BT Sport. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
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