Ian Duerden

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ian Duerden

| fullname = Ian Christopher Duerden

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|03|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Burnley, England

| height = 5 ft 10 in{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball0000unse_y6y3/ |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1999–2000 |date=1999 |publisher=Headline Publishing |isbn=978-0-7472-2166-1 |editor-last=Rollin |editor-first=Glenda |location=London |pages=461 |editor-last2=Rollin |editor-first2=Jack}}

| position = Striker

| years1 = 1996–1998 | clubs1 = Burnley | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1996 | clubs2 = → Glentoran (loan) | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1996 | clubs3 = → Bamber Bridge (loan) | caps3 = 12 | goals3 = 8

| years4 = 1997 | clubs4 = → Southport (loan) | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1998 | clubs5 = → Telford United (loan) | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 7

| years6 = 1998 | clubs6 = Halifax Town | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1998–2001 | clubs7 = Doncaster Rovers | caps7 = 54 | goals7 = 16

| years8 = 2000 | clubs8 = → Kingstonian (loan) | caps8 = 4 | goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2001 | clubs9 = Kingstonian | caps9 = 12 | goals9 = 3

| years10 = 2001–2002 | clubs10 = Barrow | caps10 = 22 | goals10 = 7

| years11 = 2002 | clubs11 = Hucknall Town | caps11 = 14 | goals11 = 6

}}

Ian Christopher Duerden (born 27 March 1978) is an English former professional association footballer who played as a centre forward.

At Burnley he played under Jimmy Mullen, Adrian Heath, Chris Waddle and Glen Roeder over a 6-year period from being a youth team player and represented England under 18's in two friendly internationals. This stint was also followed very closely by the BBC reporter Peter Stevenson who did a monthly documentary on the lifestyle of a Y.T.S footballer, following Duerden 24 hours a day for two years. After making one appearance for Burnley in the Championship, plus loan spells at Glentoran,{{cite web|url=http://www.itnsource.com/fr/shotlist//UTV/1996/10/22/UTV19961022015/?s=*|title=Getty Images}} Bamber Bridge, Southport and Telford,{{cite web|url=http://www.southportfootballclub.co.uk/home/player.php?id=613&type=11|title=Player Details|date=9 November 2016}} Duerden moved to Halifax Town at the beginning of the 1998 season.

After only a couple of appearances, he fell out of favour{{cite web | title=Town Arrange Four Friendlies To Start With | website=thefootballnetwork.net| date=8 July 2002 | url=https://www.thefootballnetwork.net/main/s75/st7172.htm?print=1 | access-date=14 October 2023}} and was signed by Doncaster Rovers. He spent October and November 2000 on loan to Kingstonian helping them reach the 4th round of the FA Cup.

Unhappy with a lack of first team appearances for Rovers, in January 2001 Duerden was sold to Kingstonian.{{cite web|url=http://kingstonian.net/appearances.jsp?player=51&season=164|title = Kingstonian.net | Appearances}} He then moved to Barrow and later to Hucknall Town where he scored on his debut.{{cite web |url=http://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/sport/town_in_the_hunt_for_huckerby_1_668138 |title=Town in the hunt for Huckerby - Sport - Hucknall Dispatch |website=www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524201553/http://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/sport/town_in_the_hunt_for_huckerby_1_668138 |archive-date=2012-05-24}}[http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/heaven_sent_town_1_672146 Heaven sent Town] halifaxcourier.co.uk {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} Here his professional career ended prematurely due to a series of injuries throughout the years.

Despite rumours that he had signed for Altrincham, Duerden went on to work in the fire service who he also played football for, representing them at the England level.