Graham Dorrans

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

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.

He was a member of the Scotland squad at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Dorrans won the Scottish First Division Player's Player of the Year award at the end of the 2007–08 season.

After some good performances for Livingston during the 2007–08 season, Dorrans was approached by West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Mowbray.

At the end of the 2007–08 season, Dorrans won the Scottish First Division Players' Player of the Year award.

In July his move to Albion was completed, but for an initial £100,000, which could possibly rise to £150,000 depending on appearances.

He began his football career at Scottish club Livingston, before joining English club West Bromwich Albion in 2008.

In January 2008, Dorrans agreed to join West Brom at the end of the season for £200,000.

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.

He was involved in Albion's first goal and won praise from Tony Mowbray after the game.

Towards the end of the 2008–09 season, Dorrans signed an extended contract with West Brom.

On 15 May, West Brom confirmed that Dorrans would be out for the rest of the season with a broken metatarsal bone.

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 made his full international debut for Scotland in October 2009, and has made 12 international appearances in total.

Dorrans came from the Barlanark area of Glasgow and spent a period of his youth training with Scottish Premier League club Rangers.

He began his career at Livingston, emerging through the ranks alongside future international teammate Robert Snodgrass.

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.

He scored a 30-yard free kick against Preston North End on 21 March.

Dorrans was then named PFA fans' Championship player of the month for March 2010, following his impressive performances.

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."

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.

On 19 July 2010, Dorrans signed a new four-year deal with West Brom.

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.

He had a "difficult start" to the 2013–14 season, during which he made 16 appearances.

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.

He signed for Norwich City in 2015, and then moved to Rangers in 2017.

In February 2015, Dorrans joined Norwich City on loan for a month, which was later extended until the end of the 2014–15 season.

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.

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.

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.