Réginald Ray

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Réginald Ray

| image = RC Lens - Valenciennes FC (12-04-2019) 40.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Ray during a press conference as Valenciennes manager in 2019

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cucq, France

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1987–1992

| clubs1 = Montceau

| caps1 = 53

| goals1 = 23

| years2 = 1992–1994

| clubs2 = Istres

| caps2 = 106

| goals2 = 31

| years3 = 1994–1995

| clubs3 = Stade Briochin

| caps3 = 38

| goals3 = 16

| years4 = 1995–1996

| clubs4 = Guingamp

| caps4 = 16

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1996–1997

| clubs5 = Gueugnon

| caps5 = 30

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 1997–1999

| clubs6 = Le Mans

| caps6 = 58

| goals6 = 27

| years7 = 1999–2000

| clubs7 = Châteauroux

| caps7 = 35

| goals7 = 10

| years8 = 2000–2001

| clubs8 = Beauvais

| caps8 = 31

| goals8 = 12

| years9 = 2001–2002

| clubs9 = Nîmes

| caps9 = 14

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2004–2005

| clubs10 = Rumilly Albanais

| caps10 =

| goals10 =

| totalcaps = 381

| totalgoals = 125

| manageryears1 = 2006–2008[http://rumillyfootball.footeo.com/page/periode-de-2005-a-2015.html Période de 2005 à 2015]‚ Rumilly Football

| managerclubs1 = Rumilly Albanais

| manageryears2 = 2008–2010

| managerclubs2 = Boulogne (under-21s)

| manageryears3 = 2010–2015

| managerclubs3 = Bastia (assistant)

| manageryears4 = 2015–2016

| managerclubs4 = Aston Villa (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 2016–2017[https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Reginald-ray-veut-quitter-le-paris-fc-national/807709 Réginald Ray veut quitter le Paris FC (National)]‚ lequipe.fr, 18 June 2017

| managerclubs5 = Paris FC

| manageryears6 = 2017

| managerclubs6 = Bastia

| manageryears7 = 2017–2019

| managerclubs7 = Valenciennes

| manageryears8 = 2020

| managerclubs8 = Le Mans

| manageryears9 = 2022–2024

| managerclubs9 = Le Mans

| manageryears10 = 2024

| managerclubs10 = Strasbourg (assistant)

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Réginald Ray (born 31 October 1968) is a French football manager and former player.

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|date=November 2015}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://sport.bt.com/sport-football/news/villa-must-find-top-four-form-or-face-drop-macdonald-S11364014123915?|title=Remi Garde looks set to be new Aston Villa boss|publisher=BT Sport|date=1 November 2015|access-date=1 November 2015}} On 1 April 2016, a club statement stated Ray had left Aston Villa.

Ray returned to manage Bastia in June 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.footmercato.net/flash-mercato/officiel-reginald-ray-est-le-nouvel-entraineur-de-bastia_204871|title = Officiel : Reginald Ray est le nouvel entraîneur de Bastia}}

In October 2017, Ray became new manager of Valenciennes.{{cite news |title=Valenciennes : Réginald Ray présenté aux joueurs |url=http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-2/fil-info/valenciennes-reginald-ray-presente-aux-joueurs-880278 | work= Le Figaro| date=14 October 2017|access-date=19 October 2017}} He left after two seasons at the end of his contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-valenciennes-olivier-guegan-nouveau-coach-off-118845.html|title=Valenciennes : Olivier Guegan nouveau coach (off)|publisher=foot-national.com|language=fr|date=6 June 2019}}

In March 2020, he was appointed manager of Le Mans.{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-le-mans-ray-enclencher-une-nouvelle-dynamique-130739.html|title=Le Mans - Ray : "Enclencher une nouvelle dynamique"|publisher=foot-national.com|language=fr|date=2 March 2020}} He was released from duties when the club were relegated at the end of the 2019–20 Ligue 2 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-la-ligue-2-avec-22-clubs-refusee-par-la-fff-134082.html|title=La Ligue 2 avec 22 clubs refusée par la FFF|publisher=foot-national.com|language=fr|date=27 May 2020}}

On 25 June 2024, Ray was hired by Strasbourg as an assistant to Patrick Vieira.{{cite web|publisher=Strasbourg|url=https://www.rcstrasbourgalsace.fr/en/reginald-ray-joins-the-staff-of-racing/|title=Réginald Ray joins the staff of Racing|date=25 June 2024|access-date=25 August 2024}} However, Vieira left Strasbourg less than a month later.{{Cite web |date=18 July 2024 |title=Communiqué officiel : le Racing et Patrick Vieira mettent fin à leur collaboration d'un commun accord |trans-title=The club and Patrick Viera have mutually agreed to end their collaboration |url=https://www.rcstrasbourgalsace.fr/communique-officiel-le-racing-et-patrick-vieira-mettent-fin-a-leur-collaboration-dun-commun-accord/ |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=RC Strasbourg Alsace |language=fr }} Ray left as well.