Paul Raynor

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Paul Raynor
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Raynor in 2014
Personal information
Full name Paul James Raynor
Date of birth (1966-04-29) 29 April 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1985 Nottingham Forest 3 (1)
1984 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 8 (0)
1985–1987 Huddersfield Town 50 (9)
1987–1992 Swansea City 191 (27)
1988 → Wrexham (loan) 6 (0)
1992–1993 Cambridge United 49 (2)
1993–1995 Preston North End 80 (9)
1995–1997 Cambridge United 79 (7)
1997 Guangdong Hongyuan 10 (1)
1998 Leyton Orient 15 (0)
1998–1999 Kettering Town
1999–2000 Ilkeston Town
2000–2001 Boston United
2001 King's Lynn 5 (0)
2001 Hednesford Town 11 (0)
2001 Gainsborough Trinity
2002 Ossett Albion
2002–2004 King's Lynn 68 (1)
2007–2009 Crawley Town 4 (1)
Managerial career
2001 Hednesford Town
2004–2006 Boston United (assistant manager)
2006–2007 Boston United
2007–2012 Crawley Town (assistant manager)
2012–2015 Rotherham United (assistant manager)
2015–2016 Leeds United (assistant head coach)
2016–2018 Mansfield Town (assistant head coach)
2018–2019 Peterborough United (assistant manager)
2019–2022 Gillingham (assistant manager)
2022–2024 Stevenage (assistant manager)
2024– Rotherham United (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul James Raynor (born 29 April 1966) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He has worked as assistant manager under Steve Evans at Rotherham United, Leeds United, Mansfield Town, Peterborough United, Gillingham and Stevenage. He is currently at Rotherham United.

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Career

He played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest, Bristol Rovers, [2] Huddersfield Town, [3] Swansea City, Wrexham, [4] Cambridge United, [5] Preston North End [6] (where he briefly played alongside a young David Beckham), and Leyton Orient. [7] He also spent a year in the Chinese Jia-A League with Guangdong Hongyuan. [8]

After leaving Leyton Orient, Raynor moved into non-League football with clubs including Kettering Town, Ilkeston Town, Boston United, [9] King's Lynn, Hednesford Town, where he spent a few months as player-manager, [10] [11] Gainsborough Trinity, [12] Ossett Albion, and then King's Lynn again, to be released at the end of the 2002–03 season, only to rejoin for the next. [13] [14]

Coaching career

Raynor has coached at clubs Sheffield United and Boston United, where he was assistant manager for a time to Steve Evans. [15] In May 2007 Evans and Raynor left Boston to take over as manager and assistant at Crawley Town, [16] where he occasionally appeared as a player in the Conference. [9] The pair subsequently moved to Rotherham United. On 28 September 2015, Raynor left Rotherham. [9] On 19 October 2015, Raynor joined fellow Championship side Leeds United, once again as assistant to Evans. [17] [18] On 31 May 2016, Evans and Raynor were both sacked by Leeds owner Massimo Cellino, with Evans becoming the sixth manager sacked by Cellino in two years. [19]

In June 2019 Raynor linked up with Evans once again at Gillingham. [20] Both departed the club on 9 January 2022. [21]

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