Derek Foran

Derek Foran
Personal information
Full name Derek Foran
Date of birth (1989-10-09) 9 October 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Lourdes Celtic
St Patrick's Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 St Patrick's Athletic 0 (0)
2008 → Bray Wanderers (loan) 23 (1)
2009 Bray Wanderers 25 (0)
2010–2011 Sligo Rovers 20 (0)
2012 Dundalk 25 (0)
2013 Shamrock Rovers 26 (1)
2014 St Patrick's Athletic 11 (0)
2015–2016 Sacramento Republic 37 (0)
2017 Bray Wanderers 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Derek Foran (born 9 October 1989) is an Irish footballer who most recently played for Bray Wanderers in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

Career

Foran began playing football with Lourdes Celtic where he would play alongside future teammate Ian Bermingham.[1] His form earned him a move to the club where he spent the majority of his youth football with, St Patrick's Athletic playing all the way up until he signed professional forms aged 16. He spent the 2008 League of Ireland season on loan at Bray Wanderers before making the move permanent for the following season. Two seasons at Sligo Rovers were followed by a season long stint at Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers and back at his first club St Patrick's Athletic followed for Foran, winning a total of 3 FAI Cups, 3 League Cups, 1 Setanta Sports Cup. across those years. In 2015, he signed a two-year contract with Sacramento Republic in America.[2] Foran returned home and signed for another spell at Bray Wanderers in January 2017 ahead of the 2017 League of Ireland Premier Division.[3]

Honours

Sligo Rovers
St Patrick's Athletic

References

  1. ^ "Ian Bermingham".
  2. ^ Republic FC Adds Four New Faces Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine USL Soccer, 10 March 2015
  3. ^ "Foran joins the Seagulls".