Ian Durrant

Ian Durrant

Ian Durrant in 1994
Personal information
Full name	Ian Durrant
Date of birth	(1966-10-29) 29 October 1966
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Rangers (U20s coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984-1998	Rangers	249	(26)
1994	→ Everton (loan)	5	(0)
1998-2002	Kilmarnock	101	(8)
International career
1986-2000	Scotland	20	(0)
Managerial career
2007	Rangers (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Durrant (born 29 October 1966) is a retired Scottish professional footballer who played for the Scottish clubs Rangers and Kilmarnock, as well as the Scotland national team.

Playing career

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. 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.

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.

Scotland

Durrant made his international debut on 9 September 1987 against Hungary, eventually winning 20 caps for Scotland. His final match was against Republic of Ireland on 30 May 2000.

Coaching career

In 2005 he returned to Rangers as coach of the under-19s and, later, the reserve team. 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. Durrant worked as a coach of the Rangers first team under Walter Smith and Ally McCoist. He was demoted in December 2014 to a position with the Rangers under-20 team, after McCoist left the club.

External links

• Ian Durrant career statistics at Soccerbase
• Ian Durrant at scottishfa.co.uk
• Career stats
• Sporting-heroes.net