Steve McMillan (footballer)

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Stephen McMillan
Personal information
Full name Stephen Thomas McMillan [1]
Date of birth (1976-01-19) 19 January 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992-1993 Troon
1993–2001 Motherwell 153 (6)
2001–2007 Wigan Athletic 92 (0)
Total245(6)
International career
1997 Scotland U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Thomas McMillan (born 19 January 1976, in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former footballer, who retired from professional football in February 2007. He played for Troon, Motherwell and Wigan Athletic.

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Career

McMillan started his career at Scottish Junior side Troon [2] before joining Motherwell in 1993. While at Motherwell, McMillan suffered a broken leg, which would lead to several injury problems in his later career. He bounced back from that unfortunate incident to develop into an all-around defender, able to move forward into attacking positions when needed.

McMillan was sold to Wigan Athletic in March 2001 for £550,000 on the same day as teammate Lee McCulloch. [3] He was an instant hit at Wigan, but a series of injuries ruined his career. He suffered a knee injury setback in 2004, and was out of the game for almost a year, not making an appearance until late in the 2004–05 season. He was only able to make 5 appearances as Wigan were promoted, and he lost his place to the young Leighton Baines. McMillan only made two league appearances for Wigan in their debut Premiership season, against Charlton [4] and Fulham. [5] He picked up a bad knee injury in the League Cup semi-final against Arsenal, which ruled him out for the rest of the season. A year after the knee injury, McMillan announced his retirement on 27 February 2007. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Steve McMillan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "postwar » Page 1 of 1".
  3. ↑ "Well duo sign for Wigan". BBC Sport. 2 March 2001.
  4. ↑ "Charlton 1-0 Wigan". BBC. 20 August 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Wigan 1-0 Fulham". BBC. 29 October 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  6. ↑ "McMillan calls it a day". Sky Sports website. 27 February 2007.[ permanent dead link ]


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