Doug Loft
Loft playing for Port Vale in April 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Douglas James Loft | ||
| Date of birth | 25 December 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Maidstone, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position |
Left-back Midfielder |
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| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Colchester United | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2006 | Hastings United | ||
| 2006–2009 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 39 | (2) |
| 2009 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2009–2014 | Port Vale | 174 | (18) |
| 2014–2016 | Gillingham | 62 | (5) |
| 2016– | Colchester United | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:20, 7 May 2017 (UTC). |
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Douglas James Loft (born 25 December 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for League Two club Colchester United.
A non-League player at Hastings United, Loft moved to Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion in January 2006. He remained on the fringes of the first-team throughout his stay and was loaned out to Dagenham & Redbridge in February 2009. He signed with Port Vale in June 2009, where he found regular first-team football. Voted as the club's Player of the Year in 2012, Loft helped the club secure promotion to League One the following season. He signed for Gillingham in June 2014, before moving to Colchester United in July 2016.
Born in Maidstone, former England Schoolboy international Loft was signed by Brighton & Hove Albion from non-League side Hastings United in January 2006. He made his professional debut for Mark McGhee's side as a 90th-minute substitute in Brighton's 0–0 draw with Preston North End on 11 March 2006. In only his third game, Loft scored his first goal, a consolation in Brighton's 5–1 home defeat by Stoke City on 30 April 2006.
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