Réginald Ray

Réginald Ray (born 31 October 1968) is a French football manager and former player, who was most recently manager of Le Mans in Ligue 2. He has also served as assistant manager of both Aston Villa in the Premier League and Bastia.

Not to be confused with the American Buddhist academic Reginald Ray.
Réginald Ray
Ray during a press conference as Valenciennes manager in 2019
Personal information
Full name Réginald Ray
Date of birth (1968-10-31) 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)
Teams managed
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
2020 Le Mans
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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. 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]

In March 2020, he was appointed manager of Le Mans.[7] He was released from duties when the club were relegated at the end of the 2019–20 Ligue 2 season.[8]

Honours

Istres

  • Coupe de Provence: 1993

Guingamp

Individual

References
  1. Période de 2005 à 2015‚ Rumilly Football
  2. Réginald Ray veut quitter le Paris FC (National)‚ lequipe.fr, 18 June 2017
  3. "Remi Garde looks set to be new Aston Villa boss". BT Sport. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. http://www.footmercato.net/flash-mercato/officiel-reginald-ray-est-le-nouvel-entraineur-de-bastia_204871
  5. "Valenciennes : Réginald Ray présenté aux joueurs". Le Figaro. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  6. "Valenciennes : Olivier Guegan nouveau coach (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 6 June 2019.
  7. "Le Mans - Ray : "Enclencher une nouvelle dynamique"" (in French). foot-national.com. 2 March 2020.
  8. "La Ligue 2 avec 22 clubs refusée par la FFF" (in French). foot-national.com. 27 May 2020.
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