Camilla "Milly" Durrant (born 9 May 1985) is a former

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former international football midfielder. After attending the youth academy of

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and a scholarship at

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, Durrant played

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football for

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, Birmingham City Ladies and Coventry City Ladies.

Club career

Durrant began playing football aged five with her father Andy, who had played for

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U–18s. She played with the boys at

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and the Aberystwyth Centre of Excellence, while also featuring for Tregaron Ladies. After a successful trial, Durrant joined the

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Academy as a 16-year-old in 2001. She moved on to play for Langford Ladies and spent the summer of 2003 in

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. In 2006, she scored six goals in eight games for

's varsity soccer team. Returning to the UK, she joined

in 2005, from where she joined Birmingham City Ladies in 2007. In August 2008, Durrant, along with Birmingham teammate Cristina Torkildsen and

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player Emma Delves, played in the 'Go Sisters World Series' charity match in aid of the charity 'Friend of EduSport'. Torkildsen and Durrant joined

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on loan the following season. In 2010–11 Durrant helped The Sky Blues to a second successive promotion, into the

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. After helping Coventry consolidate their position at the higher level, Durrant retired from football in July 2012: "I've got really into running/triathlon since my ultra marathon and have taken up golf and back into tennis, and with work commitments and more travel, have decided I just can't commit this year so time to move on."

International career

Durrant made her debut for the

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senior team, aged 17, in March 2003. She replaced

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after 76 minutes of a 1–1

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draw against

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. Six days later Durrant scored her first international goal, giving Wales the lead six minutes into a 2–2 draw with the

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. Durrant made her first appearance for the National Team on Welsh soil in a 2–0 Euro 2009 qualifying defeat to Switzerland in October 2007.

Personal life

Durrant is a graduate of

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. She was employed as a marketing manager in the sports industry.

References

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