Ray Bloomfield

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Raymond George Bloomfield (born 15 October 1944, in Kensington, London) is an English former professional football player. He is the nephew of former Arsenal player Jimmy Bloomfield.

As a young player he represented England at schoolboy and under 18 level, where he played alongside David Pleat, Barry Fry and Ron Harris.

In the 1960s and early 1970s he was on the books of Arsenal (but never played a senior competitive match) and then Aston Villa (where he played three league matches) in England. After that he moved to the United States to play in the NASL; he won two NASL Championships, in 1968 with Atlanta Chiefs and 1971 with Dallas Tornado, ending his playing career at Dallas.

Since retiring as a player he has worked for Bolton Wanderers under Sam Allardyce, and Leicester City and Luton Town with David Pleat.

He has been particularly involved in the development and transfer of footballers from Croatia, including Slaven Bilic, Davor Suker and Igor Stimac. During Bilic's successful spell as a player at West Ham United and Everton FC, Bloomfield was a key consultant to the player.^{[citation needed]}