Ian Durrant
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ian Durrant | ||
| Date of birth | 29 October 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Rangers (First-team coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1984-1998 | Rangers | 249 | (26) |
| 1994 | → Everton (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1998-2002 | Kilmarnock | 101 | (8) |
| National team | |||
| 1986-2000 | Scotland | 20 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ian Durrant (born 29 October 1966 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish professional footballer who played for Rangers, Kilmarnock and the Scotland national team. Durrant is a coach of the Rangers first team, helping with training and also scouts on European and SPL opponents as well as taking an active role with the reserve-team.[1]
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Rangers
Durrant started his career at Rangers and made his debut against Greenock Morton in April 1985. The following season, he was a regular fixture in the Rangers team and scored in his Old Firm debut that season. Durrant was fined £1500 by Rangers in 1987 after his involvement in an incident in a kebab shop after Rangers had won the league championship.[2] In October 1988 Durrant suffered a career-threatening knee injury in a match with Aberdeen at Pittodrie. A challenge by Aberdeen's Neil Simpson left him out of competitive football for almost three years. He made his return in April 1991 in a reserve fixture against Hibernian and was welcomed back by 47,453 Rangers fans. Durrant went on to play a part in both Rangers 1992/93 Champions League and Rangers' run of finally equalling Celtic's nine successive league championships, the last of which was clinched in 1997.
[edit] Kilmarnock
In 1998, along with fellow Rangers teammate Ally McCoist, Durrant transferred to Kilmarnock. He spent four years at Rugby Park before retiring and becoming coach of the youth team.[3]
[edit] Scotland
Durrant made his international debut on 9 September 1987 against Hungary,[4] eventually winning 20 caps for Scotland. His final match was against Republic of Ireland on 30 May 2000.[5]
[edit] Coaching career
In 2005 he returned to Rangers as coach of the under-19s and, later, the reserve team.[6] Following the resignation of Paul Le Guen as Rangers manager on 4 January 2007, Durrant was temporarily elevated to the manager position at Rangers until Walter Smith was re-appointed. He lost his only game in charge of the first team, which was a Scottish Cup tie, 3-2 at the hands of Dunfermline Athletic.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Ian Durrant backs Rangers' class of 2008 Telegraph.co.uk (23 April 2008)
- ^ Souness broke off our big title party to fine me pounds 1500; SAYS IAN DURRANT Daily Record, 8 April 1998
- ^ "Durrant quits over knee injury" BBC Sport website (26 April 2002)
- ^ "Scotland 2-0 Hungary" ScottishFA.co.uk
- ^ "Republic of Ireland 1-2 Scotland" ScottishFA.co.uk
- ^ "Durrant leaves Killie for Rangers" BBC Sport (17 February 2005)
- ^ "Dunfermline 3-2 Rangers" BBC Sport (7 January 2007)
[edit] External links
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Glasgow
- Scottish footballers
- Rangers F.C. players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Scotland international footballers
- Scottish Premier League players
- Scottish Football League players
- Everton F.C. players
- Premier League players
- Association football midfielders
- Rangers F.C. non-playing staff
- People educated at Bellahouston Academy
