Werner Heinz Erich Lorant (born 21 November 1948) is a German former football player who played as a defender or as a defensive midfielder.
Lorant stayed with the struggling club around their star Willi Lippens and players like Manfred Burgsmüller and Horst Hrubesch until relegation in 1977.
He took the club to the first division within two years and in 1997 qualified for the UEFA Cup, where 1860 was ousted in the first round by Austrian team Rapid Wien.
During the season, a sweltering conflict with club president Karl-Heinz Wildmoser came to a head after the team lost the derby against Bayern Munich 5–1, and Lorant was let go.
Notable players during his tenure with 1860 were the German internationals Thomas Häßler and Martin Max, who played there from 1999 in the twilight of their careers.
Foreign internationals were, amongst others, Abédi Pelé from Ghana, Harald Cerny from Austria, Miroslav Stevic from Serbia, as well as Australians Paul Agostino and Ned Zelic.
In the ensuing years, Lorant coached SpVgg Unterhaching and LR Ahlen in Germany, Fenerbahçe, Sivasspor, Kayseri Erciyesspor and Kasımpaşa in Turkey, APOEL in Cyprus, Saipa Teheran in Iran, Incheon United in South Korea, Liaoning Hongyun in China, and DAC Dunajská Streda in Slovakia.