John Patrick Devereux (born May 20, 1963) is a retired American soccer midfielder/defender who played professionally for the Charleston Battery and overseas. Devereux was born to a French mother and English father, Frederick Devereux, who was in the United States Air Force. He attended Charleston Southern University. After college, he played in Limoges, France before returning to the United States where he signed with the Charleston Battery for the 1993 USISL season.