Graham Dorrans
Dorrans (West Brom) in 2009
Personal information
Full name Graham Dorrans[1]
Date of birth (1987-05-05) 5 May 1987 (age 36)
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– Johnstone Burgh 10 (1)
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 17:00, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2015

Graham Dorrans (born 5 May 1987) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Johnstone Burgh.

He began his football career at Scottish club Livingston, before joining English club West Bromwich Albion in 2008. In the 2009–10 season, he helped West Bromwich Albion gain promotion to the Premier League and was named in the Championship Team of the Year in the process. He signed for Norwich City in 2015, and then moved to Rangers in 2017. After a couple of years there mired by injury issues, he regained his fitness with Dundee before moving to Western Sydney Wanderers in 2020. Dorrans would return to Scotland the following year, signing with Dunfermline Athletic.

Dorrans has represented Scotland at under-20, under-21, and senior levels. He was a member of the Scotland squad at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He made his full international debut for Scotland in October 2009, and has made 12 international appearances in total.

Club career

Livingston

Dorrans came from the Barlanark area of Glasgow[5] and spent a period of his youth training with Scottish Premier League club Rangers. He began his career at Livingston,[4] emerging through the ranks alongside future international teammate Robert Snodgrass. He spent the first half of the 2005–06 season on loan at Partick 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]

West Bromwich Albion

After some good performances for Livingston during the 2007–08 season, Dorrans was approached by West Bromwich Albion manager Tony 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 the Scottish 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 English Premier League for West Bromwich Albion on 21 December 2008, coming on as a second-half substitute against Manchester 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 broken metatarsal bone.

He scored his first goal for West Brom in a League Cup tie at Bury 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 at the Baggies.[11] He scored a 30-yard free kick against Preston 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.

In The 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 from West 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 first Premier League goal in a 3-3 draw against West Ham. He went on to make just 21 league appearances in the season. Dorrans featured more prominently in the 2011-12 season under Roy 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 over Queens 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 coach Pepe Mel, leading to Dorrans signing a three-year contract with West Brom in July 2014.[17]

Norwich City

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]

Rangers

On 6 July 2017, Dorrans moved from Norwich City to Rangers 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 over Motherwell. Dorrans injured an ankle in a match against Kilmarnock 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]

Dundee

Dorrans signed a one-year deal with Dundee on 20 September 2019.[23] He made his first appearance the next day as a substitute against Morton, despite not yet having trained with his new teammates. He scored his first goal for Dundee on 27 December in the Dundee derby against Dundee 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]

Western Sydney Wanderers

On the 9th of November 2020 Dorrans signed a two year contract with the Wanderers who play in the Australian A-League. He scored his first goal for the club with a 40 meter lob on Adam 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 against Melbourne Victory.

In July 2021, Dorrans left Western Sydney Wanderers following one season in Australia.[27][28]

Dunfermline Athletic

Following his release from Western Sydney Wanderers, Dorrans returned to Scotland in July 2021 to sign with Scottish Championship side Dunfermline Athletic on a two-year deal.[29] Dorrans would grab his first goal for the Pars in an away win against Queen of the South in January 2022.[30] On 2 September, Dorrans left the club by mutual consent.[31]

Johnstone Burgh

After nearly a full season away from playing, Dorrans would sign for West of Scotland Football League First Division club Johnstone Burgh on 2 May 2023.[32]

International career

Dorrans represented Scotland at under-20 level and was selected for the 2007 U-20 World Cup in Canada.[33] As of May 2009, he had been selected five times for the Scotland national under-21 football team.[10] Dorrans was also selected for the Scotland B national football 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 the Netherlands in a World Cup qualifier. On 10 October 2009, he made his full Scotland debut in a friendly against Japan.

Dorrans made his home debut for Scotland on 3 March 2010 in a 1–0 victory over the Czech Republic, earning the sponsor's Man of the Match award.

Dorrans was often not selected for Scotland squads under the management of Gordon 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 contracted meningitis.[34] Dorrans was recalled to the squad in October 2015, when other midfielders were unavailable.[35]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 January 2024[36]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 10 1 – – – 7[e] 1 17 2
Career total 410 63 24 6 24 4 1 0 14 1 471 74
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the Championship play-offs
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in the Scottish Championship play-offs
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in Scottish Junior Cup and SFA South Challenge Cup

International

As of 12:17, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[56]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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

Honours

Norwich City

Individual

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