Kirk Millar

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Kirk Millar
Personal information
Full name Kirk Steven Millar [1]
Date of birth (1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland [2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger / Striker
Team information
Current team
 Linfield
Youth career
0000–2009 Linfield
2009– Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2009 Linfield 1 (0)
2009–2014 Oldham Athletic 35 (1)
2012 → Chorley (loan) 8 (0)
2014– Linfield 291 (41)
International career‡
2010–2014 Northern Ireland U21 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:28, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Kirk Steven Millar (born 7 July 1992) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for NIFL Premiership side Linfield.

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Career

Oldham Athletic

He joined Oldham's Centre of Excellence as a first year scholar in May 2009, [3] having previously been at Linfield from the age of ten, progressing to reserve team football at the age of fifteen and then making a first team appearance at the age of sixteen. [4]

He made his Football League debut on 13 March 2010 as a substitute during a 2–2 draw with Wycombe Wanderers [2] and started his first match for the club on 30 March in a 3–2 defeat against Brentford. [5] He was offered a two-year professional contract by Oldham in April 2010, twelve months ahead of his scholarship expiring. [6] Millar's chances of establishing a first team place for Oldham Athletic in the 2011–12 season were dealt a blow as he was sent off in a reserves team match against Morecambe for clashing with the keeper Lawrie Walker just after recently being told by the manager Paul Dickov that he was going to be given a chance to show his ability at the end of the 2010–11 season. [7]

Millar had scarcely featured for Latics throughout the 2012–13 season but found a place in the team when Paul Dickov left the club and new man Lee Johnson arrived. Millar played a crucial part in Oldham's survival, assisting several goals, most notably Matt Smith's late winner against Bury FC at Gigg Lane. Millar scored his first & only goal for Oldham during the last game of the season against Leyton Orient, slotting the ball into the bottom right hand corner to make it 1–1. [8]

At the end of the 2013–14 season, a season in which he was limited to a few substitute appearances, Millar was released after 6 years at the club. [9]

Chorley (Loan)

In October 2012 he joined Chorley on loan for a one-month period [10] and made his club debut on 16 October in a Northern Premier League match against AFC Fylde. [11]

Millar made a guest appearance and scored for Shamrock Rovers in a friendly against Wolves in July 2014 at Tallaght Stadium. [12]

Linfield

In August 2014, Linfield manager Warren Feeney announced the signing of Millar on a free transfer. Millar signed a 2-year contract following a trial period with the club. [13]

International career

In February 2011 Millar received a call-up to the Northern Ireland Under-21 team [14] On 9 February 2011 Millar received his first cap coming on as a second-half substitute against Wales Under-21. [15] On 13 May 2011, Millar was called up for stand-bye for the Northern Ireland U-21 in their euro qualifier against Faroe Islands Under-21. [16]

In June 2011 he received his first call-up to the Northern Ireland Under-20 team, along with teammate Carl Winchester for July's Milk Cup tournament. [17]

Career statistics

As of 10 December 2022. [18] [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Linfield 2008–09 IFA Premiership 100000——10
Oldham Athletic 2009–10 League One 600000——60
2010–11 League One400000——40
2011–12 League One400000—1 [lower-alpha 3] 050
2012–13 League One1211000—1 [lower-alpha 3] 0141
2013–14 League One901010—1 [lower-alpha 3] 0120
Total3512010—30411
Coleraine (loan) 2009–10 IFA Premiership100000——10
Chorley (loan) 2012–13 Northern Premier League 800000—1 [lower-alpha 3] 191
Linfield 2014–15 NIFL Premiership 2102010——240
2015-16 NIFL Premiership34750201 [lower-alpha 4] 0—427
2016-17 NIFL Premiership33420102 [lower-alpha 4] 01 [lower-alpha 5] 0364
2017-18 NIFL Premiership37320201 [lower-alpha 6] 02 [lower-alpha 5] 0413
2018-19 NIFL Premiership3520031——383
2019–20 NIFL Premiership288104082314411
2020–21 NIFL Premiership37640002020456
2021–22 NIFL Premiership34320305010453
2022–23 NIFL Premiership14300317150295
Total2733618019226314134642
Career total3183720020226318240244
  1. ↑ Appearances in the FA Cup and Irish Cup.
  2. ↑ Appearances in the EFL Cup and Northern Irish League Cup.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the EFL Trophy.
  4. 1 2 Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
  5. 1 2 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
  6. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League.

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