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{{Short description|English footballer (1958–2018)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cyrille Regis<br><small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
| image = The Three Degrees statue - New Square, West Bromwich (48488490306).jpg
| caption = Statue of the Three Degrees showing Regis (right) alongside [[Brendan Batson|Batson]] (centre) and [[Laurie Cunningham|Cunningham]] (left)
| fullname = 
| height = 6 ft 0 in<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=138 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|2|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Maripasoula]], [[French Guiana]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|1|14|1958|2|9|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Birmingham]], England<ref>{{Hugman|16500|accessdate=9 January 2024}}</ref>
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| years1 = 1975–1976
| clubs1 = [[Molesey F.C.|Molesey]]
| years2 = 1976–1977
| clubs2 = [[Hayes F.C.|Hayes]]
| years3 = 1977–1984
| clubs3 = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
| caps3 = 237
| goals3 = 82
| years4 = 1984–1991
| clubs4 = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
| caps4 = 238
| goals4 = 46
| years5 = 1991–1993
| clubs5 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
| caps5 = 52
| goals5 = 12
| years6 = 1993–1994
| clubs6 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
| caps6 = 19
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 1994–1995
| clubs7 = [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]
| caps7 = 35
| goals7 = 9
| years8 = 1995–1996
| clubs8 = [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]]
| caps8 = 29
| goals8 = 7
| totalcaps = 610
| totalgoals = 158
| nationalyears1 = 1978–1982
| nationalteam1 = [[England national under-21 football team|England U21]]<ref name="engonline21">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102001144/http://englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg1.html |archive-date=2 November 2019 |title=England's Matches the under-21's 1976−1990 |work=EnglandFootballOnline.com |publisher=England Football Online |first1=Chris |last1=Goodwin |first2=Glen |last2=Isherwood |access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 1978–1980
| nationalteam2 = [[England national football B team|England B]]<ref name="engonlineB">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmB.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102001146/http://englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmB.html |archive-date=2 November 2019 |title=England's Matches the B team |work=EnglandFootballOnline.com |publisher=England Football Online |first1=Chris |last1=Goodwin |first2=Glen |last2=Isherwood |access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref>
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1982–1987
| nationalteam3 = [[England national football team|England]]
| nationalcaps3 = 5
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1999
| managerclubs1 = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] (caretaker)
| manageryears2 = 2000
| managerclubs2 = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] (caretaker)
}}

'''Cyrille Regis''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (9 February 1958 – 14 January 2018) was a professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]]. His professional playing career spanned 19 years, where he made 614 league appearances and scored 158 league goals, most prolifically at [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] and [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]. Born in French Guiana, Regis also won five [[cap (sport)|caps]] with the [[England national football team|England national team]].

==Early life==
Regis was born on 9 February 1958 in [[Maripasoula]], [[French Guiana]], the son of Robert Regis, a labourer from [[Saint Lucia]] and Mathilde Regis, a seamstress.{{sfnm|1a1=Cashmore|1y=2013|1p=151}}<ref name="E">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/regis-cyrille|title=Regis, Cyrille|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com}}</ref> His father moved to England in 1962, with the rest of the family, including Cyrille, following a year later.<ref>Matthews (2002), p. 13.</ref> Cyrille grew up in [[Harlesden]], located in the Borough of [[London Borough of Brent|Brent]], and attended [[Newman Catholic College|Cardinal Hinsley High School]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} At primary school, Regis said that he was a much better cricketer than footballer. "I was an outdoor child. So I just wanted to play cricket outside, and I played much more cricket back then because football was just another sport I did without any real passion."<ref>{{Cite book|last=BABB, COLIN.|title=1973 AND ME : the england v west indies test series and a memorable childhood year.|date=2020|publisher=HANSIB|isbn=978-1-912662-12-8|location=[S.l.]|oclc=1126669992}}</ref>

After leaving school, Regis trained as an [[electrician]], earning a [[City and Guilds of London Institute|City and Guilds]] diploma; he continued to practise the trade until his move into professional football.<ref>Matthews (2002), pp. 13, 19.</ref>

==Club career==
===Non-league career===
The 1975–76 season saw Regis move to [[Athenian League]] club [[Molesey F.C.|Molesey]], for whom he scored around 25 goals during his one campaign for the club. He was then approached by [[Boreham Wood F.C.|Boreham Wood]], but did not join them. Instead, he went on to join semi-professional [[Hayes F.C.|Hayes]] of the [[Isthmian League]], signing on 7 July 1976.<ref>Matthews (2002), p. 15.</ref>

Regis was spotted by [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]'s chief scout [[Ronnie Allen]], who recommended that the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] club should sign him.<ref name="GUAR">{{cite news|title=Cyrille Regis obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/15/cyrille-regis-obituary|access-date=15 January 2018|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> With the Albion directors unsure of paying a four-figure fee for such a young, unproven player, Allen offered to fund any initial payment from his own pocket, so sure was he that Regis would make it in the top tier of English football. The [[Transfer (football)|transfer]] took place in May 1977, for an up-front fee of £5,000, plus another £5,000 after 20 appearances.<ref>Matthews (2002), pp. 17–21.</ref>

===West Bromwich Albion===
Shortly after bringing Regis to Albion, Allen took over as team manager, following the resignation of his predecessor [[Johnny Giles]]. Regis made his first team debut in a [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] match against [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]] on 31 August 1977, scoring twice in a 4–0 win.<ref name="Matthews (2002) p25">Matthews (2002), p. 25.</ref> Three days later, Regis made his league debut in a 2–1 victory over [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]].<ref>Matthews (2007), p. 332.</ref> Again he found the net, taking the ball from the halfway line to the penalty area before scoring with a right-foot drive. Middlesbrough's [[David Mills (footballer)|David Mills]], who later became a teammate of Regis at Albion, described it as "a goal of sheer brilliance".<ref name="Matthews (2002) p25"/>

Regis also scored in his first [[FA Cup]] match in January 1978, helping Albion to beat [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] 4–1.<ref name="Matthews (2002) p25"/> A few days later, Albion appointed a new manager, [[Ron Atkinson]]. Ronnie Allen had departed in late December to manage the [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia national team]] and [[John Wile]], the club's [[Captain (association football)|captain]], had acted as [[caretaker manager]] in the interim.<ref>{{cite news |title=West Bromwich Albion nostalgia: Bill Howell takes a look back at the start and end of Ron Atkinson's Hawthorns career |date=18 March 2015 |last=Howell |first=Bill |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/west-bromwich-albion-nostalgia-bill-8868042 |access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>

Whilst a West Bromwich Albion player, he played in a [[Len Cantello Testimonial Match|benefit match]] for [[Len Cantello]], that saw a team of white players play against a team of black players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37924448|title=The match that pitted white players against black players|date=17 November 2016|access-date=18 November 2016|first=Adrian |last=Chiles|authorlink=Adrian Chiles|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

===Coventry City===
In 1984, Regis joined [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] for a fee of £250,000.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42687285|title=Cyrille Regis: Ex-West Brom and England forward dies aged 59|date=2018|work=BBC Sport|access-date=16 January 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> With Coventry, Regis won the only major trophy in his career, the [[1987 FA Cup final|1987 FA Cup]].<ref name=":0" /> [[Johan Cruyff]] wanted to sign Regis for [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] as a replacement for [[AC Milan]]-bound [[Marco van Basten]], but he accused his own club's directors of delaying the deal until Regis' FA Cup exploits took him out of the Dutch club's price range.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cruyff |first1=Johan |title=My Turn: The Autobiography |publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-1509813902|date=2016 |page=122}}</ref> Regis later became the first Coventry player to score a winning goal at [[Anfield]], in their first ever league victory there, a 1–0 win over [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in November 1989.<ref name="ECHO">{{cite news|title=Why Cyrille Regis will always have a place in history at Anfield|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cyrille-regis-always-place-history-14159698|access-date=15 January 2018|newspaper=Liverpool Echo}}</ref> This came a season after he had also scored in City's first ever top flight victory, a 2–1 win over [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] at [[Highfield Road]].<ref>Jim Brown (2000), ''Coventry City: An Illustrated History''. {{ISBN| 978-1-874287-36-0}}</ref>

Regis won the Coventry City London Supporters' Club Player of the Year for the 1986–87 season, and regularly comes in high in any legend polls for the club.

=== Aston Villa ===
Before the 1991–92 season, Regis joined [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] on a free transfer, reuniting him with his former manager at West Brom, Ron Atkinson.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2018/01/15/rip-cyrille-regis|title=RIP Cyrille Regis|website=Avfc.co.uk|language=en|access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref> He was one of six Villa players who made their debut for the club on the opening day of the season, scoring in a 3–2 win away to [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]].<ref name=":1" /> Regis made over 40 appearances in his first season for Villa, and finished as the club's leading league goalscorer, joint with [[Dwight Yorke]].<ref name=":1" />

=== Later career ===
Following the end of 1992–93, Regis moved to West Midlands rivals, [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]].<ref name=":1" /> His stay with Wolves only lasted for one season, during which time he made 22 appearances, scoring twice.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/club/20180115-cyrille-regis-1958-2018/|title=Cyrille Regis {{!}} 1958–2018|website=Wolves.co.uk|access-date=16 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>

Regis joined [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]] in August 1994.<ref name=":2" /> Forming a striking partnership with [[Simon Garner]], he scored ten goals in his only season at the Buckinghamshire club.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wwfc.com/news/2018/january/r.i.p.-cyrille-regis/|title=R.I.P. Cyrille Regis|website=Wycombewanderers.co.uk|access-date=16 January 2018|language=en-gb|archive-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724154125/https://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/news/2018/january/r.i.p.-cyrille-regis/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Regis ended his professional career by playing in the Third Division with [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]]. He scored seven times in 29 league appearances, helping Chester finish 8th, before retiring due to injury in October 1996.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wheelock |first=Paul |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-chester-city-striker-cyrille-14155575 |title=Chester fans pay tribute to the late Cyrille Regis |publisher=[[Chester Chronicle]] |date=15 January 2018 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

==International career==
[[File:Cyrille Regis' international caps - 3302528111 b770e0c94b o.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Three of Regis' international caps]]

Regis' [[Multiple citizenship|dual French and British nationality]] made him eligible to play for either the [[England national football team|English]] or [[France national football team|French]] national sides, but it was England that he chose to represent.<ref>Matthews (2002), p. 29.</ref> He made his [[England national under-21 football team|England under-21]] debut on 19 September 1978, in a 2–1 victory over the [[Denmark national under-21 football team|Denmark under-21s]] in [[Hvidovre]].<ref name="engonline21"/><ref name="England U21 results">{{cite web |last=Courtney |first=Barrie |date=10 January 2004 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-u21-intres76.html |title=England – U-21 International Results 1976–1985 – Details |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=22 June 2008}}</ref> His first [[England national football B team|England B]] game was a 1–0 win against Czechoslovakia B in [[Prague]] on 28 November 1978.<ref name="engonlineB"/> He played in two further matches for the B team in 1980.<ref name="engonlineB"/><ref name="England B results">{{cite web |last=Courtney |first=Barrie |date=21 March 2004 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-b-intres-det.html |title=England – International Results B-Team – Details |access-date=22 June 2008 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032317/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eng-b-intres-det.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> He scored his first goal for the England under-21s on 5 June 1979, in a 3–1 away win against [[Bulgaria national under-21 football team|Bulgaria]].<ref name="engonline21"/> The result helped England reach the latter stages of the [[1980 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship|1980 European Championship]], although it was the only one out of six qualifying matches in which Regis participated. He played in the away [[Two-legged match|legs]] of both the quarter-final and semi-final, where England lost to [[East Germany national under-21 football team|East Germany]].<ref name="engonline21"/> In all he played six times for the under-21s, scoring three goals.<ref name="engonline21"/><ref name="England U21 results"/>

Despite winning five [[cap (sport)|caps]] for the full England side, Regis never played the full 90 minutes for his country at senior level; he played as a substitute three times and was himself substituted twice.<ref>{{England Football Online|ref=y|access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> He made his international debut on 23 February 1982 in a 4–0 win over [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] in the [[British Home Championship|Home International Championship]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]]. Regis came on as a substitute for [[Trevor Francis]] in the 65th minute.<ref name="Englandstats NIreland">{{cite web |url=http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=559 |title=England 4 – Northern Ireland 0 |website=Englandstats.com |date=23 February 1982 |access-date=22 June 2008}}</ref> His final international appearance for England was in 1987 against Turkey at Wembley, which ended in an 8–0 win for the home side, where he came on for the last 20 minutes.<ref name="GUAR" />

He was the third black player to be capped by England at the highest level after [[Viv Anderson]] and [[Laurie Cunningham]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamBlack/PlyrsBlackMtch1980-82.html |title=Black Players by Match |access-date=1 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108123232/http://englandfootballonline.com/TeamBlack/PlyrsBlackMtch1980-82.html |archive-date=8 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Legacy==
In 2004, Regis was voted as [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]'s all time Cult Hero in a [[BBC Sport]] poll, gaining 65% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/football_focus/3980071.stm |title = West Brom's cult heroes |access-date = 28 October 2007 |date = 16 November 2004 |work = BBC Sport }}</ref> In the same year, he was named as one of Albion's 16 greatest players, in a poll organised as part of the club's 125th anniversary celebrations.<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2004 |url=http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~547701,00.html |title=The wraps come off 125th anniversary mural |publisher=West Bromwich Albion F.C. |access-date=17 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202125701/http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10366~547701%2C00.html |archive-date=2 February 2008}}</ref> In the 2007–08 season, a [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] Hall of Fame picture gallery was erected at the [[Coventry Building Society Arena|Ricoh Arena]], containing thirty Coventry greats from the club's entire history, whom he was among.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10269~1030484,00.html |title=Hall of Fame |access-date=17 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722023422/http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10269~1030484%2C00.html |archive-date=22 July 2012}}</ref>

Two months after Regis' death, the under-21 match between [[England national under-21 football team|England]] and [[Romania national under-21 football team|Romania]] at [[Molineux Stadium|Molineux]] on 24 March 2018 was designated the Cyrille Regis International in tribute. England won the match, 2–1.<ref>{{cite news|last=Peat|first=Charlie|url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2018/mar/24/england-u21s-romania-report-240318|title=Demarai Gray and Jake Clarke-Salter help England U21 win Cyrille Regis International|website=TheFA.com|date=24 March 2018|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> On 28 July 2018, two of Regis' former clubs (West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City) played in a friendly match dubbed the "Regis Shield"; West Bromwich won 5–2.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wba.co.uk/news/2018/july/join-us-for-inaugural-regis-shield-clash/|title=Join us for inaugural Regis Shield clash|publisher=West Bromwich Albion F.C.|date=26 July 2018|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Maher|first=Matt|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2018/07/28/west-brom-boss-darren-moore-hails-regis-shield-as-fitting-tribute/ |title=West Brom boss Darren Moore hails Regis Shield as 'fitting tribute'|newspaper=[[Express & Star]]|date=28 July 2008|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Maher|first=Matt|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2018/07/28/regis-shield-west-brom-5-coventry-2---report-and-pictures/|title=Regis Shield: West Brom 5 Coventry 2 - Report and pictures|newspaper=Express & Star|date=28 July 2008|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
His younger brother is former player [[Dave Regis]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/02/footballs_lastchance_saloon.html#057694|title=Football's last-chance saloon|author=Paul Fletcher|publisher=BBC}}</ref> and his nephew is [[Jason Roberts (footballer)|Jason Roberts]], for whom he acted as an agent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4464016.stm|title=Jason Roberts column|website=News.bbc.co.uk|date=24 November 2005|access-date=16 January 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> He was also the cousin of [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] [[John Regis (athlete)|John Regis]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mullen|first1=Enda|title=Football world in shock as Sky Blues legend Cyrille Regis dies at 59|url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/cyrille-regis-14155505|access-date=15 January 2018|newspaper=[[Coventry Telegraph]]}}</ref>

Regis became an evangelical Christian after a car crash claimed the life of his friend and former teammate [[Laurie Cunningham]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite news | first = Julia | last = Shea | title = From Brisbane Road to the Bernabeu | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8149282.stm | publisher = [[BBC Sport Online]] | date = 15 July 2009 | access-date = 17 July 2009 }}</ref> He and Cunningham had been involved in a similar crash two years earlier.<ref>{{Cite news | first = Malcolm | last = Boyden | author-link = Malcolm Boyden | title = Death of a Real pioneer | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article857261.ece?token=null&offset=0 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20110907090015/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article857261.ece?token=null&offset=0 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 7 September 2011 | publisher = [[TimesOnline]] | date = 9 August 2003 | access-date = 19 January 2008 | location=London}}</ref> After retiring from playing, Regis worked in a variety of coaching roles before becoming an accredited [[football agent]] with the Stellar Group Ltd.

He was awarded an honorary [[fellow]]ship by the [[University of Wolverhampton]] in 2001. Regis and his wife Julia visited water-related projects in [[Ethiopia]] in 2007, as part of their continued support for [[WaterAid]].<ref>{{cite news |date = 3 October 2007 |url = http://www.kumanihomes.co.uk/Cyrille_Regis_Daily_Diary.html |title = Cyrille Regis Daily Diary |publisher = Kumani Homes |access-date = 9 June 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080225120933/http://www.kumanihomes.co.uk/Cyrille_Regis_Daily_Diary.html |archive-date = 25 February 2008 |df = dmy-all }}</ref>

He was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2008 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58729 |date=14 June 2008 |page=22 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Nice one Cyrille, ex-Baggie Regis gets his big day at the palace | url = http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/06/14/nice-one-cyrille-ex-baggie-regis-gets-his-big-day-at-the-palace-65233-21072336/ | newspaper = [[Birmingham Post]] | date = 14 June 2008 | access-date = 14 June 2008 | archive-date = 21 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110521224306/http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/06/14/nice-one-cyrille-ex-baggie-regis-gets-his-big-day-at-the-palace-65233-21072336/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

== Death ==
Regis died of a heart attack on 14 January 2018. He was 59 years old.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cyrille Regis obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/15/cyrille-regis-obituary |access-date=15 January 2018 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |first=Peter |last=Mason |date=15 January 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42687285 Cyrille Regis: Ex-West Brom and England forward dies aged 59] ''[[BBC Sport]]'', 15 January 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=15 January 2018 |title=Cyrille Regis, former West Brom and England striker, dies aged 59 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/15/cyrille-regis-former-west-bromwich-albion-coventry-city-england-striker-dies-aged-59 |access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{NFT player|18672|name=Cyrille Regis|accessdate= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The English National Football Archive|url=https://www.enfa.co.uk/|access-date=14 March 2021|website=www.enfa.co.uk}}</ref>
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!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[FA Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[EFL Cup|League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA|Europe]]
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
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!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
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|rowspan="9"|[[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
|[[1977–78 Football League#First Division|1977–78]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|34||10||6||6||2||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—|| 42||18
|-
|[[1978–79 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season|1978–79]]
|First Division
|39||13||6||1||3||0||8||3||colspan="2"|—|| 56||17
|-
|[[1979–80 Football League#First Division|1979–80]]
|First Division
|26||8||2||1||2||0|| 0||0||colspan="2"|—||30||9
|-
|[[1980–81 Football League#First Division|1980–81]]
|First Division
|38||14||2||0||7||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||47||17
|-
|[[1981–82 Football League#First Division|1981–82]]
|First Division
|37||17||5||2||9||6||2||0||colspan="2"|—|| 53||25
|-
|[[1982–83 Football League#First Division|1982–83]]
|First Division
|26||9||1||0||2||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||11
|-
|[[1983–84 Football League#First Division|1983–84]]
|First Division
|30||10||3||0||3||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||36||13
|-
|[[1984–85 Football League#First Division|1984–85]]
|First Division
|7||1||colspan="2"|—||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!237!!82!!25!!10!!28!!16!!10!!3!!colspan="2"|—!!300!!111
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
|[[1984–85 Football League#First Division|1984–85]]
|First Division
|31||5||1||0|| colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—|| colspan="2"|—||32||5
|-
|[[1985–86 Football League#First Division|1985–86]]
|First Division
|34||5||1||0||2||5||colspan="2"|—||0||0||37||10
|-
|[[1986–87 Coventry City F.C. season|1986–87]]
|First Division
|40||12||6||2||5||2||colspan="2"|—||0||0||51||16
|-
|[[1987–88 Football League#First Division|1987–88]]
|First Division
|31||10||2||1||2||1||colspan="2"|—||2||0||37||12
|-
|[[1988–89 Football League#First Division|1988–89]]
|First Division
|34||6||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||38||6
|-
|[[1989–90 Football League#First Division|1989–90]]
|First Division
|34||4||1||0||7||1||colspan="2"|—||1||0||43||5
|-
|[[1990–91 Football League#First Division|1990–91]]
|First Division
|34||4||4||0||5||3||colspan="2"|—||1||0||44||7
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!238!!46!!16!!3!!24!!12!!colspan="2"|—!!4!!0!!282!!61
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
|[[1991–92 Aston Villa F.C. season|1991–92]]
|First Division
|39||11||5||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||46||11
|-
|[[1992–93 Aston Villa F.C. season|1992–93]]
|[[Premier League]]
|13||1||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—|| colspan="2"|—||17||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!52!!12!!7!!0!!4!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!0!!0!!63!!12
|-
|[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
|[[1993–94 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season|1993–94]]
|[[Football League First Division|Division One]]
|19||2||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||23||2
|-
|[[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]
|[[1994–95 Football League#Second Division|1994–95]]
|[[Football League Second Division|Division Two]]
|35||9||1||0||2||1||colspan="2"|—||0||0||38||10
|-
|[[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]]
|[[1995–96 Football League#Third Division|1995–96]]
|[[Football League Third Division|Division Three]]
|29||7||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||33||7
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!610!!158!!53!!13!!61!!29!!10!!3!!5!!0!!739!!203
|}

===International===
:Source:<ref>{{NFT player |id=18672 |name=Regis, Cyrille |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref>

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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="2" |[[England national football team|England]]
|1982||4||0
|-
|1987||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||5||0
|}

== Honours ==
'''Hayes'''
* Premier Midweek Floodlight League: 1975–76<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wilson |first=Andrew |date=February 2022 |title=Hayes Maker: The dramatic emergence of a young Cyrille Regis in the Isthmian League |journal=[[The Blizzard (magazine)|The Blizzard]] |issue=44 |pages=62}}</ref>

'''Coventry City'''
* [[FA Cup]]: [[1987 FA Cup Final|1986–87]]

'''Individual'''
* [[PFA Young Player of the Year]]: [[1978–79 in English football|1978–79]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Keogh |first=Frank |date=20 April 2001 |title=Too much too young? |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1287799.stm |access-date=7 July 2017 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=}}</ref>
*[[BBC Goal of the Season]]: [[1981–82 in English football|1981–82]]<ref name=BBCGOTS>{{cite web|title=BBC Goal of the Season from 1981-82 to Present|url=http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Goal_of_the_Season.html|website=My Football Facts|access-date=30 July 2015|archive-date=20 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020191402/http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Goal_of_the_Season.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[English Football Hall of Fame]]: 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/news/regis-joins-legends-in-national-football-museum-hall-of-fame/|title=REGIS JOINS LEGENDS IN NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM HALL OF FAME|website=nationalfootballmuseum.com|date=12 October 2019 |language=en|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref>
* [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coventry City {{!}} Club {{!}} History {{!}} History {{!}} Hall of Fame |url=http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10269~1030484,00.html |date=22 July 2012 |access-date=22 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722023422/http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10269~1030484%2C00.html |archive-date=22 July 2012}}</ref>
* [[PFA Merit Award]]: 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepfa.com/thepfa/pfaawards/pfa-merit-award-winner-cyrille-regis|title=PFA Merit Award winner Cyrille Regis|website=Thepfa.com|language=en|access-date=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509013532/https://www.thepfa.com/thepfa/pfaawards/pfa-merit-award-winner-cyrille-regis|archive-date=9 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of England international footballers born outside England]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| last=Matthews | first=Tony | title=Smokin' Joe: Cyrille Regis – 25 Years in Football | publisher=Britespot | year=2002 | isbn=1-904103-09-X}}
*{{cite book| last=Matthews | first=Tony | title=West Bromwich Albion: The Complete Record | publisher=Breedon Books
| year=2007 | isbn=978-1-85983-565-4}}
*Bowler, D & Bains, J (2000) ''Samba in the Smethwick End: Regis, Cunningham, Batson and the Football Revolution'' {{ISBN|1-84018-188-5}}
*Brown, Jim (2000) ''Coventry City: An Illustrated History'' {{ISBN|978-1-874287-36-0}}
*{{cite book| last=Cashmore | first=E. | title=Black Sportsmen (Routledge Revivals) | publisher=Routledge | year=2013 | isbn=978-0-41581-223-8 | edition=Illustrated, Reprint}}
*Rees, Paul. (2014). "The Three Degrees The Men Who Changed British Football Forever". {{ISBN|978-1-4721-1926-1}}.
*Regis, Cyrille (2010) ''Cyrille Regis: My Story'' {{ISBN|978-0-233-00311-5}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://cyrilleregis.com/}}
* {{Englandstats}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210520/http://www.hayesfc.net/old_players/cyrilleregis.html Cyrille Regis in the Hayes F.C. Hall of Fame]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210512/http://www.hayesfc.net/history_files/reader-rice.html Cyrille Regis in the A-Z of Hayes F.C. 1909–]
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202125701/http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk:80/page/News/0,,10366~547701,00.html |date=2 February 2008 |title=Cyrille Regis in West Bromwich Albion 125th anniversary greatest XVI}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185021/http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/detail.php?recordID=39 Entry at The Black Presence in Britain site]

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