Derek Foran

Derek Foran
Personal information
Full name	Derek Foran
Date of birth	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
2008	St Patrick's Athletic
2008	→ Bray Wanderers (loan)
2009	Bray Wanderers
2010–2011	Sligo Rovers
2012	Dundalk
2013	Shamrock Rovers
2014	St Patrick's Athletic
2015–2016	Sacramento Republic
2017	Bray Wanderers
	*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]