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Ian Durrant

Ian Durrant (born October 29, 1966 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish professional footballer who played for Rangers, Kilmarnock and the Scotland national team. He is currently Reserve coach at 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. In October 1988 Durrant suffered a career-threatening knee injury in a clash with Neil Simpson of Aberdeen in a match at Pittodrie, which 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 35,000 Rangers fans. Durrant went on to play a significant part in both Rangers 1992/93 Champions League and Rangers' run of nine successive league championships, which was clinched in 1997.

In 1998, along with fellow Rangers teammate Ally McCoist, Durrant transferred to Kilmarnock. He spent two years at Rugby Park before becoming coach of the youth team. 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 January 4, 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 FA Cup tie, 3-2 at the hands of Dunfermline Athletic.

Durrant made his international debut in 1987 against Hungary, eventually winning 20 caps for Scotland. His final match was against Ireland in 2000.