Markus Miller

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Markus Miller
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Miller with Karlsruher SC in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-04-08) 8 April 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth Lindenberg im Allgäu, West Germany
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
FC Lindenberg
FC Wangen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2002 VfB Stuttgart II 44 (0)
2002–2003 FC Augsburg 18 (0)
2003–2010 Karlsruher SC 183 (0)
2009 Karlsruher SC II 1 (0)
2010–2015 Hannover 96 0 (0)
2011–2013 Hannover 96 II 10 (0)
Total270(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Markus Miller (born 8 April 1982) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Career

Born in Lindenberg im Allgäu, Miller started to play football at local amateur side FC Lindenberg and moved later to FC Wangen, another regional amateur side.

In 2000, Miller moved to Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart, although he generally played for their reserve squad in the third-division Regionalliga Süd, where he made a total of 44 appearances for the team over the following two seasons. He only occasionally sat on the bench for Stuttgart's professional squad in the Bundesliga, making no first-division appearances throughout the two seasons with the club. He went on to make a move to then Regionalliga Süd side FC Augsburg for the 2002–03 season, subsequently making a total of 18 league appearances throughout the season.

In the summer of 2003, Miller made a move to 2. Bundesliga side Karlsruher SC, but failed to make a single first-team appearance in his first season with the club. However, he became the club's first-choice goalkeeper for the 2004–05 season and made his professional debut on 7 August 2004 in KSC's 1–1 home draw to Wacker Burghausen in the 2. Bundesliga. He went on to make 30 appearances in the league that season, and the following season, he played in all 34 2. Bundesliga matches for KSC.

Miller continued to be KSC's first-choice goalkeeper in the 2006–07 season of the 2. Bundesliga, missing only four matches. On 9 October 2006, he extended his contract with KSC until 30 June 2009.

Miller is often compared to KSC's goalkeeping legend Oliver Kahn, who played for the club from his childhood until the 1994 transfer to Bayern Munich, but does not feel comfortable with the comparison. The fans nicknamed him Killer Miller after a sensational DFB-Pokal performance against Mainz 05 on 21 September 2004, when he saved all three penalty attempts from the Mainz side during the penalty shootout. Another of his high-quality performances for KSC came on 16 October 2006 in away derby at 1. FC Köln in the 2. Bundesliga, where he amazingly saved several close-range shots in the second half and helped KSC to drive home one point as the match ended in a 1–1 draw.

On 6 November 2006, Miller was voted best goalkeeper in the whole Bundesliga system by users of the official Bundesliga website. [1]

On 24 October 2008, Miller extended his contract with KSC for another year until 30 June 2010. On 6 May 2010, he confirmed that would leave Karlsruher SC after seven years at end of the season, and on 2 June 2010, he signed a two-year contract for Hannover 96.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [2]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart II 2000–01 Regionalliga Süd 15000150
2001–02 29010300
Total440100000450
FC Augsburg 2002–03 Regionalliga Süd180180
Karlsruher SC 2003–04 2. Bundesliga 000000
2004–05 30020320
2005–06 34020360
2006–07 30020320
2007–08 Bundesliga 2801010300
2008–09 33030360
2009–10 2. Bundesliga28010290
Total183011010001950
Karlsruher SC II 2009–10 Regionalliga Süd1010
Hannover 96 II 2010–11 Regionalliga Nord 7070
2011–12 1010
2012–13 0000
2013–14 2020
Total100000000100
Hannover 96 2010–11 Bundesliga000000
2011–12 00001010
2012–13 00000000
2013–14 000000
Total0000001010
Career total256012010102708

Honours

VfB Stuttgart

References

  1. "Auf den Spuren des Oliver Kahn" (in German). bundesliga.de. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  2. "Markus Miller » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  3. "Stuttgart 1-1 Auxerre (Aggregate: 3 - 1)". UEFA. Archived from the original on 2 July 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2020.