Lee Miller (footballer)

Lee Miller

Personal information
Full name	Lee Adamson Miller
Date of birth	18 May 1983 (1983-05-18)
Place of birth	Lanark, Scotland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Carlisle United
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2003	Falkirk	61	(37)
2003–2005	Bristol City	49	(28)
2005	→ Heart of Midlothian (loan)	18	(12)
2005–2006	Dundee United	37	(15)
2006–2010	Aberdeen	119	(64)
2010–2011	Middlesbrough	11	(4)
2010	→ Notts County (loan)	6	(4)
2011	→ Scunthorpe United (loan)	18	(6)
2011–	Carlisle United	23	(19)
National team‡
2006–2009	Scotland	34	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:37, 25 February 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 February 2010

Lee John Miller (born 18 May 1983) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Football League One club Carlisle United.

Miller was born in Lanark, Scotland and began his career at Falkirk before moving to Bristol City in 2003. After a poor first season at Bristol City, he joined Heart of Midlothian on loan in 2005. That same year, he joined Dundee United in a £225,000 transfer. In August 2006, he signed for Aberdeen on a free transfer. After four years at Aberdeen, Miller joined Middlesbrough in 2010 for £600,000, but failed to score a league goal for the Football League Championship club and was loaned out to Notts County and later Scunthorpe United. In August 2011, he joined Carlisle United for a undisclosed fee.

Miller has won three caps for Scotland since making his international debut in 2006.

Club career

Falkirk

Miller began his professional career with Falkirk, who were playing in the Scottish First Division at the time.

Bristol City

His form with Falkirk attracted the attention of English side Bristol City, who paid £300,000 to secure his services in July 2003. However, he failed to make a major impact and scored only eight goals in 42 games during the 2003-04 season. After playing in seven games with no goals during the 2004-05 season, Miller was transfer listed with an asking price of £50,000.

Hearts (loan)

Miller went on loan to Scottish Premier League side Hearts in January 2005 and stayed with the Edinburgh club until the end of the season. He proved to be worth the £50,000 asking price, putting in several eye-catching performances for Hearts and scoring eight goals in 18 league appearances, including the opener in a memorable 2-0 away win over Celtic at Celtic Park. Hearts then attempted to secure Miller on a permanent deal, but his good form while on loan caused Bristol City to up their initial asking price.

Dundee United

In June, Aberdeen and Hearts both had offers accepted by City, but Miller decided to join Dundee United for £225,000.

Aberdeen

At the start of the 2006-07 season, after refusing to play in a reserve match, United allowed him to join Aberdeen on a free transfer in August 2006. Miller scored 13 goals in the 2007-08 season finishing as Aberdeen's top scorer and in May 2008, signed a two-year contract extension with the Pittodrie side. He scored his first goal of the season against Hearts at Pittodrie, and went on to score the only goal in Aberdeen's 1-0 home triumph over Rangers.

Middlesbrough

Miller was signed for Middlesbrough on 1 February 2010, the January transfer window deadline day, by Gordon Strachan for a fee of around £600,000.

Notts County (loan)

On 19 November 2010, Miller signed for Notts County on loan until 4 January 2011.

Scunthorpe United (loan)

On 28 January 2011, Miller joined Championship rivals Scunthorpe United in a loan deal until the end of the 2010/11 season.

Carlisle United

Lee Miller playing for Carlisle United

On 23 August 2011, Miller signed a two year contract with Carlisle United for an undisclosed fee. He scored two goals on his debut against Leyton Orient to guide United to a comeback 2-1 victory. This was followed up with another goal in his first game at Brunton Park, a header against MK Dons. His selfless style of play and ability to bring others into the game with his suberb heading skills have brought him much popularity with the Carlisle fans. Although while playing away at Hartlepool he was sent off in conversational decision.

International

Miller has three caps for Scotland, the first during his time at Dundee United against Japan in the 2006 Kirin Cup and the second with Aberdeen against Argentina in a friendly in November 2008. In September 2009, he was due to join up with the Scotland squad for the World Cup Qualifier against the Netherlands, but a hamstring injury ruled him out. He started the friendly match on 10 October against Japan in Yokohama.

Awards

Miller was named Clydesdale Bank Premier League player of the month for December 2008.

Personal life

Miller was the subject of a police report in April 2007 after baring his backside in front of Dundee United supporters during a 4-2 defeat. Less than a year later, in March 2008, Miller was charged with driving dangerously at speeds of up to 120 mph, appearing in court in September and due to be on trial on 29 April. In September 2009, Miller was stripped of his licence, banned from driving for a year and fined £600. He was also ordered to sit an extended driving test before being allowed to regain his licence.

External links

• Lee Miller career stats at Soccerbase