Liam Miller

Not to be confused with the Canadian soccer player Liam Millar.
For the publishing company founded by an unrelated Liam Miller, see Dolmen Press.

Liam Miller
Miller with Sunderland in 2007
Personal information
Full name Liam William Peter Miller[1]
Date of birth (1981-02-13)13 February 1981[2]
Place of birth Cork, Ireland
Date of death 9 February 2018(2018-02-09) (aged 36)
Place of death Cork, Ireland[3]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[4]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1997–2000 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Celtic 26 (2)
2001 → AGF (loan) 18 (0)
2004–2006 Manchester United 9 (0)
2005–2006 → Leeds United (loan) 28 (1)
2006–2009 Sunderland 57 (3)
2009 Queens Park Rangers 13 (0)
2009–2011 Hibernian 66 (7)
2011–2013 Perth Glory 44 (2)
2013–2014 Brisbane Roar 21 (3)
2014 Melbourne City 2 (0)
2015 Cork City 29 (0)
2016 Wilmington Hammerheads 25 (1)
Total 347 (19)
International career
1998 Republic of Ireland U16 9 (0)
1998–1999 Republic of Ireland U18 7 (0)
2002 Republic of Ireland U20 4 (0)
2001–2003 Republic of Ireland U21 11 (1)
2004–2009 Republic of Ireland 21 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Republic of Ireland
UEFA Euro U-16
Winner 1998 Scotland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Liam William Peter Miller (13 February 1981 – 9 February 2018) was an Irish professional footballer. Miller began his career with Celtic and was later loaned to Aarhus in 2001. He returned to Celtic Park and broke into the first-team squad during the 2003–04 season. Rejecting the offer of a new contract from Celtic, he joined Manchester United in 2004 on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling.[5] Loaned to Leeds United during the 2005–06 season, Miller made 22 first-team appearances for Manchester United.[6]

From 2006 until 2009, he played for Sunderland, followed by a short stay at Queens Park Rangers from January until May 2009, when he was released. Miller joined Hibernian in September of that year on a free transfer. He moved to Australia's A-League in 2011 after his contract with Hibernian expired, and represented Perth Glory, Brisbane Roar and Melbourne City there. In 2015, he joined his hometown team Cork City, and a year later Wilmington Hammerheads.

Miller represented the Republic of Ireland team internationally, making his debut in 2004 against the Czech Republic. He earned 21 caps over the next five years, scoring one international goal. Miller died of pancreatic cancer in 2018.

  1. ^ "Liam Miller". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  3. ^ "Liam Miller fought cancer with 'ferocity', funeral told". The Irish Times.
  4. ^ https://www.eurosport.com/football/liam-miller_prs25952/person.shtml [bare URL]
  5. ^ "The world's a stage for Miller – Scotsman.com Sport". Sport.scotsman.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  6. ^ "Liam Miller". Stretford End. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2008.