Ciarán Toner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Northern Irish footballer
Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1981
Place of Birth: Craigavon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Ciarán Toner
- Ciarán Toner (born 30 June 1981 in Craigavon) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer and Lead Professional Development Phase coach at Rotherham United.
- As a player, he played as a Midfielder from 2000 to 2015. He came through the youth academy at Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur and was promoted to the club's first team during the 2000–01 season, but after loans to both Peterborough United and Bristol Rovers he was eventually released in 2002 without playing a first team game for the club.
- He then spent two years with Leyton Orient before joining Lincoln City for the 2004–05 season.
- He was loaned out to Cambridge United later that season but ended up suffering relegation to the Conference National with Cambridge while his parent club lost out on promotion in the League Two Play-off final.
- Following a trial he signed for Grimsby Town the following season and remained with The Mariners for three seasons and suffered a play-off final defeat in his first year whilst finishing joint top scorer in his second season.
- In the summer of 2008 he joined Rochdale and was part of the side that earned promotion to League One during the 2009–10 campaign.
- He left the club shortly afterwards to pursue other interests and moved into Non-league football for the first time in his career by signing for Conference North sides Harrogate Town, and a year later Guiseley.
- He remained clubless for the entire 2012–13 season to pursue a career in coaching and later joined the coaching staff at Rotherham United before returning to playing at the age of 32 when he signed with Gainsborough Trinity in September 2013 combining, both, playing and coaching.
- He, quickly moved up the ranks at Rotherham United from Under 15 to Under 18 coach in the space of 5 years and is, currently, the Lead Professional Development Phase Coach. He has also earned two caps in 2003 for Northern Ireland, before that he earned 17 caps, scoring once for the Northern Ireland U21 side.
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