Amari Miller

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Amari Miller
Personal information
Full name Amari Miquel Miller [1]
Date of birth (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 21) [2]
Place of birth Birmingham, [3] England
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Leeds United
Youth career
0000–2020 Birmingham City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 Birmingham City 5 (0)
2021– Leeds United 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:54, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Amari Miquel Miller (born 4 November 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Leeds United. A product of Birmingham City's academy, he made his senior debut for Birmingham in the EFL Championship in April 2021. Miller signed for Leeds in June 2021.

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Life and career

Early life and career

Miller was born in Birmingham, [3] where he attended SS Mary and John Primary School and St Edmund Campion Catholic School in the Erdington district. [4] [5] He took up a two-year scholarship with Birmingham City F.C. in July 2019. [6] According to the then academy manager Kristjaan Speakman, Miller "progressed through the Academy as a wide player who can also play in central attacking positions. He is a creative player, able to stay on the ball and dribble with speed and changes of direction. He is an attacking player who is exciting to watch and one the players enjoy playing with due to his flair in possession." [6]

Birmingham City

He played in all four of Birmingham's pre-season friendlies ahead of the 2020–21 season; in the last, he "tucked home a superb cross-field cross from Odin Bailey" for the second goal in a 3–0 win at home to Walsall. [7] Miller continued his development in the club's junior teams before making his first appearance in a senior matchday squad on 10 April 2021. With Scott Hogan and Jon Toral injured, new manager Lee Bowyer named Miller among the substitutes for the Championship match at home to Stoke City. He came on in stoppage time to replace Lukas Jutkiewicz with his side 2–0 ahead to make his Football League debut, [8] and made two more appearances from the bench. After Birmingham avoided relegation, Bowyer used the two remaining matches as an opportunity to look at his fringe players, and Miller started in both. [9] In May 2021, Birmingham confirmed that Miller was one of five second-year scholars to be offered a professional contract. [10]

Leeds United

Amid reported interest from Premier League clubs including Everton, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur, [11] Miller signed a four-year contract with Leeds United on 28 June 2021. The fee was undisclosed. [12] He played for Leeds U23 in Premier League 2, [13] and on 14 September, made his EFL Trophy debut for Leeds U21 away to Tranmere Rovers, who led 3–0 at half-time. Miller made the score 3–1 after 63 minutes with a confident finish from Archie Gray's through ball, but Tranmere won 4–1. [14]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 October 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Birmingham City 2020–21 [15] Championship 500000—50
Leeds United 2021–22 [16] Premier League 000000—00
2022–23 [17] Premier League000000—00
Total000000—00
Leeds United U21 2021–22 [16] ———3 [lower-alpha 1] 131
2022–23 [17] ———1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Total———4141
Career total5000004191
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

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References

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  3. 1 2 "Squads – English Football League Championship 2020/2021: Birmingham City". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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  6. 1 2 "Revealed: Blues' new scholars for 2019/20". Birmingham City F.C. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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  9. ↑ Dick, Brian (26 April 2021). "Lee Bowyer makes this promise to Birmingham City's new 'fearless' teen star". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Retained and released list". Birmingham City F.C. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  11. ↑ Dick, Brian (16 June 2021). "Birmingham City face battle to keep teen star as Leeds and Tottenham head Premier League interest". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Leeds United sign Amari Miller". Leeds United F.C. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "A. Miller". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  14. ↑ Donnohue, Joe (14 September 2021). "Tranmere Rovers 4–1 Leeds United U-21 highlights: Youngsters valiant against experienced opponents". LeedsLive. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Amari Miller in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Amari Miller in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Amari Miller in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2022.


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