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Robbie Devereux

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Robbie Devereux
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-01-31) 31 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Great Cornard, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 Colchester United 2 (0)
1990–1992 Cornard United
1992 Colchester United 6 (0)
1992–1996 Shelbourne
1996–1997 Dundalk
1998–2000 St Patrick's Athletic
2000 Southport 7 (0)
2000–2002 AFC Sudbury 77 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Biography

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Born in Great Cornard, Devereux played for the Ipswich Town youth team, but was released by the club. He signed for Colchester United in 1989,[1] but was released the following year after only two league appearances and dropped into non-League to sign for hometown club Cornard United.[1]

In 1992, he briefly returned to Colchester, making six appearances, before signing for Irish club Shelbourne.[1] In Ireland, he also played for Dundalk and St Patrick's Athletic, before returning to England to play for Southport, making seven appearances in the Football Conference.[2] After a trial at Dagenham & Redbridge, he also played for AFC Sudbury, where he ended his career after making 77 appearances for the club.[3] He currently runs a roofing company in the Sudbury area.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Colchester United Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  2. ^ Robbie Devereux at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b The men of AFC Sudbury AFC Sudbury