title: Gordon Durie
text: Gordon Scott Durie (born 6 December 1965 in Paisley) is the Scottish former professional footballer, a utility player who usually played as a striker. He played for East Fife, Hibernian, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Rangers and Hearts. He was also capped 43 times by Scotland. After retiring as a player in 2001, in 2010, he became a coach and manager, working for East Fife and Rangers as an assistant.
  
  Playing career 
  Durie started his senior career with East Fife, and he then moved to Hibernian in 1984; while still in his teens, he played on the losing side in the 1985 Scottish League Cup Final with Hibs, who sold him to Chelsea for £400,000 in 1986.
  
  His spell with Chelsea from 1986 to 1991, yielded 63 goals in total from 153 appearances, and they won the Football League Second Division in 1989. in 1991, Durie moved to Tottenham Hotspur for a £2.2 million fee. Durie scored on his debut in a 3–2 away win at The Dell versus Southampton. He was also their first goalscorer in the Premier League, in a 2–2 home draw with Crystal Palace on 22 August 1992.
  
  The forward them joined boyhood favourites Rangers in November 1993 
  and Durie played a major role in winning the last four of their 'nine in a row' of Scottish league championships and playing a handful of matches in two later title wins. Durie scored a hat-trick in the 1996 Scottish Cup Final to help Rangers beat Hearts 5–1 and collected runners-up medals in the competition in 1994 and 1998; he was a Scottish League Cup winner in 1998.
  
  Durie left Rangers at the end of the 1999–2000 season after 179 appearances and 52 goals. After turning down an offer from Australia, Durie signed for Hearts in September 2000. He stayed there for the rest of the 2000–01 season, after which he retired from playing.
  
  International career
  Durie made his international debut for Scotland on 11 November 1987, in a 1–0 against Bulgaria. He was capped 43 times in all, scoring seven goals. He was one of Scotland's bright spots in their team at Euro '96. And Durie scored the second goal in a 2–0 win against Latvia that clinched qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The last time he played for the Scottish team was during that World Cup, in a 3–0 defeat against Morocco.
  
  Coaching career 
  Durie was appointed assistant manager of East Fife in November 2010. On 1 March 2012, he was made caretaker manager at Bayview following the departure of John Robertson. Durie took the job on a longer-term basis, but then suffered from ill health. He resigned in November 2012, due to this illness.
  
  Durie joined the Rangers coaching staff in July 2013, to work with the reserve and under-20 teams. He was promoted to a first team coaching role in December 2014, following the departure of manager Ally McCoist. Durie left Rangers in July 2015, as new manager Mark Warburton made changes to the coaching staff.
  
  Personal life 
  His son, Scott, was a youth player at Rangers and signed for East Fife in 2010.
  
  Durie was declared bankrupt in 2016.
  
  Career statistics
  
  International goals 
  Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.
  
  Honours
  Individual
  PFA Team of the Year: 1988–89 Second Division
  
  References
  
  External links 
  
  International Appearances at londonhearts.com Scotland section
  
  1965 births
  Living people
  1990 FIFA World Cup players
  1998 FIFA World Cup players
  Chelsea F.C. players
  East Fife F.C. players
  Men's association football forwards
  Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
  Hibernian F.C. players
  Footballers from Paisley, Renfrewshire
  Premier League players
  Rangers F.C. players
  Scotland men's B international footballers
  Scotland men's international footballers
  Scottish men's footballers
  Scottish Football League players
  Scottish Premier League players
  English Football League players
  Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
  UEFA Euro 1992 players
  UEFA Euro 1996 players
  People educated at Inverkeithing High School
  Scotland men's under-21 international footballers
  Scottish football managers
  East Fife F.C. managers
  Scottish Football League managers
  Rangers F.C. non-playing staff