![]() Miller with Sunderland in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Liam William Peter Miller[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 13 February 1981||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 9 February 2018 | (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
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*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.
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