 Dorrans (West Brom) in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graham Dorrans[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-05-05)5 May 1987 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Johnstone Burgh | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rangers SABC[3] | |||
| 2000–2005 | Livingston[4] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Livingston | 77 | (16) |
| 2005 | →Partick Thistle (loan) | 15 | (5) |
| 2008–2015 | West Bromwich Albion | 166 | (21) |
| 2015 | →Norwich City (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2015–2017 | Norwich City | 44 | (6) |
| 2017–2019 | Rangers | 17 | (5) |
| 2019–2020 | Dundee | 25 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 23 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Dunfermline Athletic | 19 | (1) |
| 2023–2025 | Johnstone Burgh | 36 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Scotland U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2008 | Scotland U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2009–2015 | Scotland | 12 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:14, 22 Feb 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2015 | |||
Graham Dorrans (born 5 May 1987) is a Scottish professionalfootballer who plays as amidfielder forJohnstone Burgh.
He began his football career at Scottish clubLivingston, before joining English clubWest Bromwich Albion in 2008. In the2009–10 season, he helped West Bromwich Albion gain promotion to the Premier League and was named in theChampionshipTeam of the Year in the process. He signed forNorwich City in 2015, and then moved toRangers in 2017. After a couple of years there mired by injury issues, he regained his fitness withDundee before moving toWestern Sydney Wanderers in 2020. Dorrans returned to Scotland the following year, signing withDunfermline Athletic.
Dorrans has represented Scotland atunder-20,under-21, and senior levels. He was a member of the Scotland squad at the2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He made his full international debut forScotland in October 2009, and has made 12 international appearances in total.
Dorrans came from theBarlanark area ofGlasgow[5] and spent a period of his youth training withScottish Premier League clubRangers. He began his career atLivingston,[4] emerging through the ranks alongside future international teammateRobert Snodgrass. He spent the first half of the2005–06 season on loan atPartick Thistle. He made 15 league appearances, scoring five goals for the Glasgow side. Dorrans won the Scottish First Division Player's Player of the Year award at the end of the 2007–08 season.[6]
After some good performances forLivingston during the2007–08 season, Dorrans was approached byWest Bromwich Albion managerTony Mowbray. In January 2008, Dorrans agreed to join West Brom at the end of the season for £200,000.[4] At the end of the 2007–08 season, Dorrans won theScottish First Division Players' Player of the Year award.[7] In July his move to Albion was completed, but for an initial £100,000, which could possibly rise to £150,000 depending on appearances.[8]
He made his debut in the EnglishPremier League forWest Bromwich Albion on 21 December 2008, coming on as a second-half substitute againstManchester City.[9] He was involved in Albion's first goal and won praise from Tony Mowbray after the game.[9] Towards the end of the 2008–09 season, Dorrans signed an extended contract with West Brom.[10] On 15 May, West Brom confirmed that Dorrans would be out for the rest of the season with a brokenmetatarsal bone.
He scored his first goal for West Brom in aLeague Cup tie atBury on 11 August 2009. The 2009–10 season saw Dorrans break into the West Brom team and his performances led to reported interest from several Premier League clubs. On 4 January 2010, Dorrans signed a new three-and-a-half-year deal atthe Baggies.[11] He scored a 30-yard free kick againstPreston North End on 21 March.[12] Dorrans was then named PFA fans' Championship player of the month for March 2010, following his impressive performances.[13] Dorrans finished the season as the club's top goal scorer, scoring a career best 13 goals in 45 league appearances, helping West Brom re-gain promotion to the Premier League.
InThe Guardian on 20 March 2010, he was described as, "Composed, creative, combative, and consistent, Dorrans is easily the best all-round midfielder seen at West Brom since Bryan Robson."[6] In April 2010 West Brom rejected an offer of £4 million fromWest Ham United for Dorrans, and a further £5 million bid on 8 July 2010.[14] On 19 July 2010, Dorrans signed a new four-year deal with West Brom.[15]
The 2010-11 saw Dorrans score his firstPremier League goal in a 3–3 draw againstWest Ham. He went on to make just 21 league appearances in the season. Dorrans featured more prominently in the 2011–12 season underRoy Hodgson in his first full season in charge of West Brom, making 31 league appearances and scoring 3 goals, including a long-range free kick in a 1–0 win overQueens Park Rangers in April 2012.
Dorrans was made available for transfer by West Brom in January 2013, after he was left out of a matchday squad.[16] He had a "difficult start" to the 2013–14 season, during which he made 16 appearances.[17] Despite this, he played more under new head coachPepe Mel, leading to Dorrans signing a three-year contract with West Brom in July 2014.[17]
In February 2015, Dorrans joined Norwich City on loan for a month,[18] which was later extended until the end of the 2014–15 season.[19] The move was made permanent on 27 May 2015, just a few days after Dorrans helped the side win promotion to the Premier League, via the Playoff Final.[20]
On 6 July 2017, Dorrans moved fromNorwich City toRangers on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around £1.3 million. He made his league debut for Rangers on 6 August 2017 and scored both goals in a 2–1 win overMotherwell. Dorrans injured an ankle in a match againstKilmarnock on 25 October, and the injury subsequently required surgery.[21] On 2 September 2019, Dorrans was released from Rangers after an injury-plagued stint with the club.[22]
Dorrans signed a one-year deal withDundee on 20 September 2019.[23] He made his first appearance the next day as a substitute againstMorton, despite not yet having trained with his new teammates. He scored his first goal for Dundee on 27 December in theDundee derby againstDundee United.[24] Dorrans signed a new 18-month contract with the Dee on 22 January 2020, keeping him at the club until 2021.[25] In November 2020, Dorrans enacted a clause in his new contract, allowing him to leave by mutual consent to join another team overseas.[26]
On 9 November 2020 Dorrans signed a two-year contract with the Wanderers who play in the AustralianA-League. He scored his first goal for the club with a 40-meter lob onAdam Federici who was playing high up the pitch as a sweeper keeper following a Macarthur FC corner. Dorrans scored his second goal in the next match with a penalty againstMelbourne Victory.
In July 2021, Dorrans leftWestern Sydney Wanderers following one season inAustralia.[27][28]
Following his release fromWestern Sydney Wanderers, Dorrans returned to Scotland in July 2021 to sign withScottish Championship sideDunfermline Athletic on a two-year deal.[29] Dorrans scored his first goal for thePars in an away win againstQueen of the South in January 2022.[30] On 2 September, Dorrans left the club by mutual consent.[31]
After nearly a full season away from playing, Dorrans signed forWest of Scotland Football League First Division clubJohnstone Burgh on 2 May 2023.[32]
Dorrans represented Scotland atunder-20 level and was selected for the2007 U-20 World Cup in Canada.[33] As of May 2009, he had been selected five times for theScotland national under-21 football team.[10] Dorrans was also selected for theScotland national football B team in 2009, but withdrew due to injury.[10]
On 7 September 2009, Dorrans was called up for the first time for the senior squad to play theNetherlands in a World Cup qualifier. On 10 October 2009, he made his full Scotland debut in a friendly againstJapan.
Dorrans made his home debut for Scotland on 3 March 2010 in a 1–0 victory over theCzech Republic, earning the sponsor's Man of the Match award.
Dorrans was often not selected for Scotland squads under the management ofGordon Strachan because they agreed he would not be selected if he was unlikely to play.[citation needed] They reached this arrangement due to Dorrans suffering from personal problems, as his daughter, Logan died at birth and another of his daughters contractedmeningitis.[34] Dorrans was recalled to the squad in October 2015, when other midfielders were unavailable.[35]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Livingston | 2004–05[37] | Scottish Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06[38] | Scottish Premier League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07[39] | Scottish First Division | 34 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1[a] | 0 | 39 | 8 | ||
| 2007–08[40] | Scottish First Division | 34 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 1[a] | 0 | 41 | 12 | ||
| Total | 77 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 20 | ||
| Partick Thistle (loan) | 2005–06[38] | Scottish Second Division | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2008–09[41] | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10[42] | Championship | 45 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 52 | 18 | |||
| 2010–11[43] | Premier League | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12[44] | Premier League | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 3 | |||
| 2012–13[45] | Premier League | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2013–14[46] | Premier League | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15[47] | Premier League | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 1 | |||
| Total | 166 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 26 | ||
| Norwich City (loan) | 2014–15[47] | Championship | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3[b] | 0 | 18 | 3 | |
| Norwich City | 2015–16[48] | Premier League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17[49] | Championship | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 6 | |||
| Total | 44 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6 | ||
| Rangers | 2017–18[50] | Scottish Premiership | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 5 | |
| 2018–19[51] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[52] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | ||
| Dundee | 2019–20[52] | Scottish Championship | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 2020–21[53] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Western Sydney Wanderers | 2020–21[54] | A-League | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 23 | 4 | |||
| Dunfermline Athletic | 2021–22[55] | Scottish Championship | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2[d] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| Johnstone Burgh | 2023–24 | West of Scotland First Division | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | 9[e] | 1 | 20 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 411 | 63 | 24 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 474 | 74 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | |
Norwich City
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