David Regis (born 3 March 1964) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a

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. He scored 53 goals from 237 appearances in the Football League in the 1990s, notably for

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

and Notts County.

Playing career

Regis was born in Paddington, London. He began his playing career in

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with clubs including

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, Windsor & Eton and Barnet. Barnet sold him for a fee of £25,000 to Notts County, where he began his professional career at the age of 26. He also played professionally for

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(two seasons), Birmingham City, Southend United,

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(where he was a member of the squad promoted to the Premier League, making four appearances that season), Peterborough United, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City and

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, where he finished his professional career in 1998, having made 231 league appearances. He later returned to non-league football with

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in Essex and

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Post-playing career

Regis has been a football consultant and youth coach at Notts County's and Nottingham Forest's academies, education and welfare officer at Charlton Athletic's academy, and a regional manager in the Football League's youth development department.

Personal life

Regis is the younger brother of footballer Cyrille Regis, the cousin of sprinter John Regis, and the uncle of footballer Jason Roberts.

Career statistics

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, Football League play-offs, Football League Trophy and Full Members Cup.

Honours

Notts County * Second Division play-off winners: 1990–91 Stoke City * Second Division champions:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Regis, Dave 1964 births Living people Footballers from Paddington English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Dunstable Town F.C. players Fisher Athletic F.C. players Windsor & Eton F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Stoke City F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Wivenhoe Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Black British sportsmen Hucknall Town F.C. players