Tyrone Gabriel Loran (born 29 June 1981) is a former professional

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who played as a defender. He won five caps for

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in 2008. He started his career with

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in 2000; two years later, he moved to England to play for

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. The next year, he

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red to

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

following a successful

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spell. In 2005, he played for

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on loan before returning to his homeland to sign for RBC. He moved on to

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...

two years later. After four years with Breda, he joined

De Graafschap Vereniging Betaald Voetbal De Graafschap, simply known as De Graafschap () is a professional association football club based in Doetinchem, Netherlands. The team competes in the , the second level of the Dutch football league system. Founded o ...

in 2011.

Club career

Loran started his career at the Dutch second-tier club

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in 2000. In April 2002, he had a trial at English

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side

, and was signed permanently in August for £60,000. He never made a competitive first-team appearance during his season with the club. In December 2002, he left for

, and signed a permanent deal with Rovers in May 2003 as the club paid City an undisclosed fee. Described as a "destroyer" by

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, he missed three months from late December 2003 to March 2004, due to a knee injury that required surgery. In the 2003–04 season, after he played just two games from the start of season, he left for

on loan in December 2004. Vale attempted to sign him permanently, but instead he returned to Holland to sign for RBC of the

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in January 2005. At the end of 2004–05, his club were in the

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play-offs, but managed to stay in the top-fight after winning the play-offs. However, a last place finish in 2005–06 ensured their relegation to the

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. The next season he made 34 appearances and helped Roosendaal back to the top flight as Eerste Divisie champions. In the summer of 2007, he joined

on a free transfer. He made 14 appearances in 2007–08, as Breda finished third to qualify for the

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. He made 26 appearances in 2008–09, helping the club again qualify for Europe. He played nine games in 2009–10, as Breda finished mid-table. Following ten appearances in

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, he joined league rivals

in January 2011, making a further seven appearances for his new club before the end of the campaign.

International career

An international for the now defunct

side, he helped the nation qualify through the

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by scoring a goal against group opponents

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. In the

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the Antilles lost out to

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. His international career was ended by the

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Career statistics

Club statistics

International statistics

Honours

RBC Roosendaal *

: 2006–07

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loran, Tyrone 1981 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Curaçao men's footballers Dutch men's footballers Dutch Antillean men's footballers Netherlands Antilles men's international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Volendam players Dutch Antillean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England FC Abcoude players Manchester City F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players RBC Roosendaal players NAC Breda players De Graafschap players Eerste Divisie players English Football League players Eredivisie players 21st-century Dutch sportsmen