Christopher Ethan Regis (born 11 November 1996) is an English

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who plays as a

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for club

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. A former England under-17 international, he spent his youth career with

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and

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

, before he joined

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 tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

in 2015. He left Colchester in January 2017 without making first-team appearance for the club, though he did have a

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spell at Maldon & Tiptree. He enjoyed brief stays at

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and

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, before he signed a six-month

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with

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in November 2017. He returned to

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with

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

in July 2018, before moving on to Truro City via

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in the 2018–19 season. He later played for Coggeshall Town, Cambridge City, Barton Rovers,

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and Braintree Town.

Club career

Early career

Born in Camden, London, Regis was on the books at

until his release in 2012. He completed his two-year scholarship with

in 2015, before being released. He signed a development

with

after a successful trial spell in August 2015. He joined

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

Division One North side Maldon & Tiptree on a month-long

deal on 23 February 2016. He made his debut that same day, and scored within just three minutes of a 2–2 draw with Dereham Town. He went on to make a total of five appearances for Steve Ball's "Jammers". Regis signed a one-year contract extension with Colchester in May 2016, but left the

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by mutual consent in January 2017 without making a first-team appearance. Regis joined Isthmian League Division One South side

in March 2017. He started 2017–18 season with

, making his debut in the opening day 1–0 victory at St Neots Town on 14 August. He played a total of five Southern League Premier Division matches and one

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game for the "Yellows", before he departed

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in September. He had a trial at

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

the following month.

Port Vale

On 7 November 2017, Regis signed for

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side

until the end of the 2017–18 season, having impressed on a trial basis. He scored on his debut the same day in the club's

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game, just four minutes into a 4–2 victory over

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. He had been

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ed by the club's football advisor

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, who had spotted him during his unsuccessful trial spell at Bolton Wanderers. However

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soon criticized the player's attitude, saying that Regis failed to warrant even a place on the bench "because his attitude and everything outside of the football has not been good enough". Aspin allowed Regis to leave and find a new club in April 2018.

Non-League

On 31 July 2018, Regis joined newly-

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side

. However he left the club for National League South rivals

on 6 November after "Gulls" manager

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told him he was not in his first-team plans at

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. However he featured just once for the "Stones". He signed with Truro City on 22 March 2019. The "White Tigers" were relegated at the end of the 2018–19 season. Regis joined Coggeshall Town in the Isthmian League North Division, scoring two goals in eight games at the start of the 2019–20 season. He signed with divisional rivals Cambridge City on 2 November 2019. He scored one goal in eight games. He joined Southern League Division One Central club Barton Rovers two months later. He later had a spell with

and then joined National League South side

ahead of the

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campaign. He featured 39 times that season, including in the play-off quarter-final defeat at

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International career

Regis was selected to play for the England under-17 team in a friendly tournament in

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in August 2012. He played four matches, and scored one goal against

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Style of play

Regis was a tough-

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box-to-box

Career statistics

References

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