Raymond Alexander Deans (born 24 January 1966) is a Scottish retired
footballer
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A former pupil of
Stonelaw High School
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in
Rutherglen
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, Deans started his career as an apprentice with
Chelsea
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before moving back to Scotland in 1983. He made his Clyde debut aged 17 under manager
Craig Brown, and went on to score 14 league goals for the club in two years, before transferring to
Doncaster Rovers
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for a fee of £40,000. He only spent a season there, as injury forced him to retire in 1986, aged only 20.
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Living people
1966 births
Scottish footballers
Clyde F.C. players
Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players
Scotland youth international footballers
Association football forwards
Sportspeople from Lanark
People educated at Stonelaw High School
Footballers from South Lanarkshire
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