Réginald Ray (born 31 October 1968) is a French football

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

and former player. He has served as assistant manager of both

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in the

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and

Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-hi ...

. He is currently the manager of French club

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Club career

Ray spent the majority of his 15-year career in the French lower divisions. In 1991, while playing in the

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with Montceau, he was the league's top scorer. Ray was top scorer again in 1998, this time in

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligu ...

while playing for

Managerial career

In 2008, Ray became the under-21 manager for

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the C ...

. 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

. On 1 November 2015, it was reported that former

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

manager

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was on the verge of becoming the new manager of

, and after unsuccessful attempts to bring his former coaching staff with him, would be appointing Ray as his assistant manager. On 1 April 2016, a club statement stated Ray had left Aston Villa. Ray returned to manage

in June 2017. In October 2017, Ray became new manager of

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...

. He left after two seasons at the end of his contract. In March 2020, he was appointed manager of

. He was released from duties when the club were relegated at the end of the

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season.

Honours

Istres *Coupe de Provence: 1993 Guingamp *

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Individual *

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top scorer: 1990–91 * Division 2 top scorer: 1997–98

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ray, Reginald 1968 births Living people French footballers FC Montceau Bourgogne players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players FC Istres players Stade Briochin players FC Gueugnon players Le Mans FC players LB Châteauroux players AS Beauvais Oise players Nîmes Olympique players En Avant Guingamp players SC Bastia non-playing staff Aston Villa F.C. non-playing staff Paris FC managers SC Bastia managers Valenciennes FC managers Le Mans FC managers Ligue 2 managers Association football forwards French football managers Sportspeople from Pas-de-Calais People from Cucq Footballers from Hauts-de-France Association football coaches French expatriate sportspeople in England