Réginald Ray
 Ray during a press conference as Valenciennes manager in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Réginald Ray | ||
| Date of birth | 31 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Cucq, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1992 | Montceau | 53 | (23) |
| 1992–1994 | Istres | 106 | (31) |
| 1994–1995 | Stade Briochin | 38 | (16) |
| 1995–1996 | Guingamp | 16 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Gueugnon | 30 | (5) |
| 1997–1999 | Le Mans | 58 | (27) |
| 1999–2000 | Châteauroux | 35 | (10) |
| 2000–2001 | Beauvais | 31 | (12) |
| 2001–2002 | Nîmes | 14 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Rumilly Albanais | ||
| Total | 381 | (125) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2008[1] | Rumilly Albanais | ||
| 2008–2010 | Boulogne (under-21s) | ||
| 2010–2015 | Bastia (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Aston Villa (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017[2] | Paris FC | ||
| 2017 | Bastia | ||
| 2017–2019 | Valenciennes | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Réginald Ray (born 31 October 1968) is a French football manager and former player, who was most recently in charge of Ligue 2 side Valenciennes. He was also an assistant manager of both Aston Villa in the Premier League and Bastia.
Club career
Ray spent the majority of his 15-year career in the French lower divisions. In 1991, while playing in the Championnat National with Montceau, he was the league's top scorer.[citation needed] Ray was top scorer again in 1998, this time in Ligue 2 while playing for Le Mans.
Managerial career
In 2008, Ray became the under-21 manager for Boulogne. As well as managing the under-21s, Ray also helped coach the team's strikers. In 2010, after two years at Boulogne, he 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.[3] On 1 April 2016, a club statement stated Ray had left Aston Villa.
Ray returned to manage Bastia in June 2017.[4]
In October 2017, Ray became new manager of Valenciennes.[5] He left after two seasons at the end of his contract.[6]
Honours
Istres
- Coupe de Provence: 1993
Guingamp
Individual
- Division 3 top scorer: 1990–91
- Division 2 top scorer: 1997–98
References
- ^ Période de 2005 à 2015‚ Rumilly Football
- ^ Réginald Ray veut quitter le Paris FC (National)‚ lequipe.fr, 18 June 2017
- ^ "Remi Garde looks set to be new Aston Villa boss". BT Sport. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ http://www.footmercato.net/flash-mercato/officiel-reginald-ray-est-le-nouvel-entraineur-de-bastia_204871
- ^ "Valenciennes : Réginald Ray présenté aux joueurs". Le Figaro. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ "Valenciennes : Olivier Guegan nouveau coach (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 6 June 2019.
External links
- 1968 births
- Living people
- French footballers
- FC Montceau Bourgogne players
- FC Istres players
- Stade Briochin players
- FC Gueugnon players
- Le Mans FC players
- LB Châteauroux players
- AS Beauvais Oise players
- Nîmes Olympique players
- En Avant de Guingamp players
- SC Bastia non-playing staff
- Aston Villa F.C. non-playing staff
- Paris FC managers
- SC Bastia managers
- Valenciennes FC managers
- Ligue 2 managers
- Association football forwards