Robbie Devereux (born 31 January 1971) is an English former professional footballer.

Biography

Born in Great Cornard, Devereux played for the

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The club currently competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Ipswich Town were founded in 1878 but did not turn ...

youth team, but was released by the club. He signed for

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its ea ...

in 1989,Colchester United
Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database but was released the following year after only two league appearances and dropped into non-League to sign for hometown club Cornard United. In 1992, he briefly returned to Colchester, making six appearances, before signing for Irish club Shelbourne. In Ireland, he also played for

Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ) is the county town of County Louth, Ireland. The town is situated on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the north-east coast of Ireland, and is halfway between Dublin and Belfast, close to and south of the bor ...

and St Patrick's Athletic, before returning to England to play for

Southport Southport is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately north of ...

, making seven appearances in the

Football Conference The National League of English Football Clubs is a professional Association football, football league in England that consists of 72 teams, divided equally between the National League (division), National League North and National League South ...

. After a trial at

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club (), often known simply as Dagenham and abbreviated when written to Dag & Red, is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England that play in the , the sixth level of the En ...

, he also played for

AFC Sudbury Amalgamated Football Club Sudbury is a association football, football club based in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. The club was formed in 1999 by the merger of Sudbury Town F.C., Sudbury Town and Sudbury Wanderers F.C., Sudbury Wanderers, the proc ...

, where he ended his career after making 77 appearances for the club. He currently runs a roofing company in the Sudbury area. AFC Sudbury

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Devereux, Robbie 1971 births People from Babergh District English men's footballers Colchester United F.C. players Cornard United F.C. players Shelbourne F.C. players Dundalk F.C. players St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players Southport F.C. players A.F.C. Sudbury players Living people Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Suffolk English Football League players