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Lizzie Durack: from economics at Harvard to Everton goalkeeper | Suzanne Wrack
Durack turned down a job at Goldman Sachs to play football and an unconventional career path has seen her represent both Australia and England
Intellectual footballers are considered a rarity. As teams scoop primary school-age talent into their glistening academies, the lives of young players become consumed with football and education often becomes secondary at best – despite the low chances of ‘making it’.
Yet in the women’s game it is different. Because professionalism is relatively new, most of those playing football at the top level today have had to have a plan B from the off.
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