{{Short description|Welsh footballer (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Milly Durrant | fullname = Camilla Durrant | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|05|09}} | birth_place = Aberystwyth, Wales | height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthyears2 =2001–2003 | youthclubs1 = Tregaron Ladies | youthclubs2 =Arsenal Ladies | years1 = 2003–2005 | collegeyears1 = 2006 | years3 = 2005–2007 | years4 = 2007–2010 | years5 =2010–2012 | clubs1 = Langford Ladies | college1 = FIU Golden Panthers | clubs3 = Doncaster Rovers Belles | clubs4 = Birmingham City Ladies | clubs5 =Coventry City Ladies | caps1 = | goals1 = | collegecaps1 = 8 | collegegoals1 = 6| caps3 = | goals3 = | caps4 = | goals4 = | caps5 = | goals5 = | nationalyears1= 2003–2012 | nationalteam1= Wales<ref name=faw/> | nationalcaps1= 8 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Camilla "Milly" Durrant''' (born 9 May 1985) is a Welsh former football midfielder. After attending the youth academy of Arsenal Ladies and a scholarship at Florida International University, Durrant played FA Women's Premier League football for Doncaster Rovers Belles, Birmingham City Ladies and Coventry City Ladies.
==Club career== Durrant began playing football aged five with her father Andy, who had played for England U–18s. She played with the boys at Penglais School and the Aberystwyth Centre of Excellence, while also featuring for Tregaron Ladies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2001/09/06/four-welsh-hopefuls-earn-their-places-at-the-top-academy-91466-11284881/ |title=Four Welsh hopefuls earn their places at the top academy |publisher=Wales Online |date=2001-09-06 |author=Esther Eckley |accessdate=2011-05-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014065100/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2001/09/06/four-welsh-hopefuls-earn-their-places-at-the-top-academy-91466-11284881/ |archivedate=14 October 2012 }}</ref>
After a successful trial, Durrant joined the Arsenal Academy as a 16-year-old in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Four+Welsh+hopefuls+earn+their+places+at+the+top+academy%3b+SOCCER%3a...-a077936666|title=Four Welsh hopefuls earn their places at the top academy; SOCCER: Quartet are bound for Arsenal|publisher=Western Mail|date=2001-09-06|author=Esther Eckley|accessdate=2011-04-22}}</ref> She moved on to play for Langford Ladies and spent the summer of 2003 in America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.femalesoccer.net/wB_show_page.php?wB_page=wB_article&wB_id=406|title=Langford 5–0 Enfield Town|publisher=FemaleSoccer.net|accessdate=2011-05-08|date=2003-08-17}}</ref> In 2006, she scored six goals in eight games for Florida International University's varsity soccer team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiusports.com/fls/11700/Stats_Cumulative/W_Soccer/2006/plyr0014.htm |title=#18 Camilla Durrant |publisher=Florida International University |accessdate=2011-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311041115/http://www.fiusports.com/fls/11700/Stats_Cumulative/W_Soccer/2006/plyr0014.htm |archivedate=11 March 2012 }}</ref> Returning to the UK, she joined Doncaster Rovers Belles in 2005, from where she joined Birmingham City Ladies in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bclfc.com/teams/seniorsmb/profilesmb/millydurrantmb-2/|title=Milly Durrant|publisher=Birmingham City L.F.C.|accessdate=2009-08-13}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
In August 2008, Durrant, along with Birmingham teammate Cristina Torkildsen and Chelsea Ladies player Emma Delves, played in the 'Go Sisters World Series' charity match in aid of the charity 'Friend of EduSport'.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.prlog.org/10100652-top-female-footballers-help-kick-aids-out.html|title=Top Female Footballers Help Kick Aids Out|publisher=PRLog|date=7 August 2008|accessdate=2009-08-13}}</ref> Torkildsen and Durrant joined Coventry City on loan the following season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coventryobserver.co.uk/2009/12/09/news87835.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724052828/http://www.coventryobserver.co.uk/2009/12/09/news87835.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-24 |title=FOOTBALL – Coventry Ladies gear up for FA Cup tie |publisher=Coventry Observer |date=2009-12-09 |author=Luke Hamer |accessdate=2011-05-08 }}</ref> In 2010–11 Durrant helped The Sky Blues to a second successive promotion, into the FA Women's Premier League National Division.
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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/city_ladies_player_announces_her_retirement_750797/index.shtml|title=City Ladies Player Announces Her Retirement|work=Coventry MAD |publisher=Covsupport News Service|date=30 July 2012|accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref>
==International career== Durrant made her debut for the Wales senior team, aged 17, in March 2003.<ref name=faw>{{cite web|url=http://www.faw.org.uk/teams/player/172 |title=International Teams – Milly Durrant |publisher=The Football Association of Wales |accessdate=2009-08-13 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321055124/http://www.faw.org.uk/teams/player/172 |archivedate=21 March 2009 }}</ref> She replaced Cheryl Foster after 76 minutes of a 1–1 Algarve Cup draw against Portugal in Lagoa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faw.org.uk/fixtures-events/results/match/104 |title=Match Report – Portugal 1 – 1 Wales |publisher=The Football Association of Wales |accessdate=2011-05-08 |date=2003-03-14 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128235344/http://www.faw.org.uk/fixtures-events/results/match/104 |archivedate=28 January 2016 }}</ref> Six days later Durrant scored her first international goal, giving Wales the lead six minutes into a 2–2 draw with the Republic of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dragonsoccer.co.uk/news-women.htm|title=Women's News|publisher=Dragon Soccer|accessdate=2011-05-08|date=2003-03-20}}</ref>
Durrant made her first appearance for the National Team on Welsh soil<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+Ludlow+to+lead+Wales%3B+WALES+WOMEN+v+SWITZ+TOMORROW,+2.30PM.-a0170312313|title=Football: Ludlow to lead Wales; WALES WOMEN v SWITZ TOMORROW, 2.30PM|work=Daily Post|accessdate=2011-05-08|date=2007-10-27}}</ref> in a 2–0 Euro 2009 qualifying defeat to Switzerland in October 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faw.org.uk/fixtures-events/results/match/300 |title=Match Report – Wales 0 – 2 Switzerland |publisher=The Football Association of Wales |accessdate=2011-05-08 |date=2007-10-28 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121085940/http://www.faw.org.uk/fixtures-events/results/match/300 |archivedate=21 November 2008 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Durrant is a graduate of Loughborough University.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fgmag.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=2529 |title=Loughborough Top of the Class |date=4 May 2006 |accessdate=2009-08-13 |publisher=Fair Game }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She was employed as a marketing manager in the sports industry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sportsandplay.com/fspateam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515131610/http://www.sportsandplay.com/fspateam |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-05-15 |title=The FSPA Team |accessdate=2011-05-08 |publisher=FSPA }}</ref>
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