Ray Deans

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2014}}{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ray Deans

| image =

| fullname = Raymond Alexander Deans{{Hugman|4951|accessdate=14 March 2017}}

| height =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1966|1|24}}

| birth_place = Lanark, Scotland

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Chelsea

| years1 = 1983–1985

| years2 = 1985–1986

| clubs1 = Clyde

| clubs2 = Doncaster Rovers

| caps1 = 53

| caps2 = 19

| goals1 = 14

| goals2 = 5

| totalcaps = 72

| totalgoals = 19

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Raymond Alexander Deans (born 24 January 1966) is a Scottish retired footballer.

A former pupil of Stonelaw High School in Rutherglen,{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/stonelaw-high-waves-farewell-favourite-2562024|title=Stonelaw High waves farewell to favourite teacher|work=Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer|date=5 October 2011|accessdate=13 March 2018}} Deans started his career as an apprentice with Chelsea before moving back to Scotland in 1983. He made his Clyde debut aged 17 under manager Craig Brown,{{cite web|url=https://www.clydefc.co.uk/club/history/hall-of-fame/craig-brown/|title=Hall of Fame - Craig Brown|publisher=Clyde F.C.|accessdate=18 March 2018}} and went on to score 14 league goals for the club in two years, before transferring to Doncaster Rovers for a fee of £40,000. He only spent a season there, as injury forced him to retire in 1986, aged only 20.{{cite web|url=http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/players/DtoF/Deans,Ray.htm|title=Ray Deans|publisher=Doncaster Rovers (unofficial archive site)|accessdate=18 March 2018}}