Lee Miller

Personal information
Full name	Lee John Miller
Date of birth	18 May 1983 (1983-05-18) (age 26)
Place of birth	Lanark, Scotland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Aberdeen
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2003	Falkirk	61	(27)
2003–2005	Bristol City	49	(8)
2005	→ Heart of Midlothian (loan)	18	(8)
2005–2006	Dundee United	37	(8)
2006–	Aberdeen	114	(29)
National team‡
2006–	Scotland	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:51, 30 November 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:52, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Lee John Miller (born 18 May 1983 in Lanark, South Lanarkshire) is a Scottish professional footballer. He currently plays for Scottish Premier League team Aberdeen as a striker.

[edit] Career

[edit] Club

Miller began his professional career with Falkirk, who were playing in the Scottish First Division at the time. 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 8 goals in 42 games during the 2003-04 season. After playing in 7 games with no goals during the 2004-05 season, Miller was transfer listed with an asking price of £50,000.

Miller was loaned by Heart of Midlothian 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 8 goals in 18 league appearances. Hearts then attempted to secure Miller on a permanent deal, however his good form while on loan caused Bristol City to up their initial asking price. Aberdeen and Hearts both had offers accepted but Miller eventually joined Dundee United for £225,000 in June 2005.^[1]

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.^[2] 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 has become a fan favourite at Pittodrie, but after a poor start to the season, Fans began to turn against Miller. Miller scored his first goal this season against Hearts at Pitodrie.

[edit] 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 Holland, in the Netherlands, but a hamstring injury ruled him out. He started the friendly match on 10 October against Japan in Yokohama.^[3]

[edit] Awards

Miller was named Clydesdale Bank Premier League player of the month for December 2008. ^[4]

[edit] Personal life

Miller was the subject of a police report in April 2007 after baring his backside to visiting Dundee United supporters during a 4-2 defeat.^[5] Less than a year later, in March 2008, Miller was charged with driving dangerously at speeds of up to 120mph, appearing in court in September^[6] and due to be on trial on 29 April.^[7] 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.^[8]

[edit] Career statistics

After 5 March 2009

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Lee Miller career stats at Soccerbase