Lennon Miller

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Lennon Miller
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-08-25) 25 August 2006 (age 17)
Place of birth Wishaw, Scotland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Motherwell
Number 38 [1]
Youth career
2014–2023 Motherwell
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Motherwell 29 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Scotland U16
2021–2023 Scotland U17 8 (0)
2023– Scotland U19 5 (0)
2024– Scotland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:11, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:11, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Lennon Miller (born 25 August 2006) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell.

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Career

Club

Miller began his career in the youth system at Motherwell from the age of seven. [2] He made his senior debut as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 home victory over Inverness CT in the Scottish League Cup six days after his 16th birthday on 31 August 2022, becoming the youngest player in a major competition across the club's 136-year history. [3] [4] He was an unused substitute for the first team for several fixtures during 2022–23 season, with his first appearance in the Scottish Premiership coming in a 3–0 loss to Rangers on 28 December 2022, [2] and his second on 22 April 2023 as the Steelmen claimed a point away from home against champions-elect Celtic.

He started all of Motherwell's Premiership matches at the start of the 2023–24 season but was sent off for a last-man challenge in the eighth round of fixtures against Livingston. [5] He returned against Aberdeen on 1 November, but came off injured with a fractured patella assessed to rule him out of action for at least three months. [6] Two weeks later he agreed a contract extension, tying him to Motherwell until 2026. [7] Miller was nominated for the SFWA Young Player of the Year [8] and the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year, [9] but lost out in both votes to his Scotland under-19 midfield partner, David Watson of Kilmarnock. [10]

International

Miller made his debut for the Scotland under-16s aged 14 in August 2021 against England, in which he scored directly from the kick-off as play resumed at the start of the second half [11] – the strike was recorded on video, and was later awarded as the Goal of the Year in Scottish international football across all levels. [12] Miller played for Scotland under-17s in the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship tournament held in Israel, [13] and was still young enough to take part again when the Scots also qualified for the 2023 tournament in Hungary. [14] [2]

Personal life

Lennon is the son of former Scotland international footballer Lee Miller; his mother Donna died when he was five years old. [2] He has one older brother and two younger brothers. He attended Coltness High School in Wishaw, where his PE teacher rated Miller more highly than other future elite players he had seen as adolescents, including David Turnbull [11] who also emerged as a midfielder with Motherwell. [2]

Career statistics

As of match played on 19 May 2024 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Motherwell 2022–23 Scottish Premiership 40001000—50
2023–24 2502052—322
Total2902062—372
Career total2902062—372

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References

  1. 1 2 Lennon Miller, Motherwell FC. Retrieved 17 May 2023
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Scotland Under-17s: Motherwell's Lennon Miller is playing to make late mum proud, Amy Canavan, BBC Sport, 16 May 2023
  3. ↑ Motherwell debut for Lennon Miller written in the stars, says proud dad Lee after teen became club's youngest-ever player, Paul Thomson, Daily Record, 6 September 2022
  4. ↑ Lennon Miller // The Rising Star, Motherwell FC, 20 January 2023
  5. ↑ Motherwell kid Lennon Miller has wise head on his shoulders, red card won't affect him, says skipper, Andy McGilvray, Daily Record, 10 October 2023
  6. ↑ Blow for Motherwell as Lennon Miller to miss rest of the year with injury, STV News, 8 November 2023
  7. ↑ Motherwell star Lennon Miller pens contract extension as new deal offers 'lift' for injured teen, Paul Thomson, Daily Record, 15 November 2023
  8. ↑ "David Watson wins Young Player of the Year". scottishfwa.com. SFWA. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  9. ↑ Alan Pattullo (4 May 2024). "PFA Scotland wonderkids can be 2034 World Cup stars as young player award marks 10 years since Andy Robertson". The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Lawrence Shankland, David Watson & Rangers trio win PFA awards". BBC Sport. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. 1 2 Motherwell kid Lennon Miller's dream Scotland debut with England halfway goal, Paul Thomson, Daily Record, 21 August 2021
  12. ↑ Teenager's halfway line strike against England voted goal of the year, Andy Coyle, Scottish Television, 31 December 2021
  13. ↑ Tournament Preview: Scotland Under-17s ready for elite round, Scottish Football Association, 22 March 2023
  14. ↑ Scotland Under-17s prepare for EURO 2023 opener, Scottish Football Association, 11 May 2023
  15. ↑ Lennon Miller at Soccerway
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