Charlie Miller

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Charlie Miller
Personal information
Full name	Charles David Copeland Miller
Date of birth	March 18, 1976 (age 31)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	179 cm
Nickname	Champagne Charlie
Playing position	Centre midfielder Right winger Deep-lying forward
Club information
Current club	Lierse
Youth clubs
19??-1993	Rangers
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1998 1998 1999 2000-2003 2004-2006 2007-	Rangers → Leicester City (loan) Watford Dundee United SK Brann Lierse	083 (10) 004 0(0) 014 0(0) 118 (17) 052 (13) 001 0(0)
National team2
2001–	Scotland	001 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 9, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of February 9, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Charles David Copeland "Charlie" Miller (born March 18, 1976 in Glasgow) is a Scottish football player who currently plays for the Belgian club Lierse.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Rangers 1.2 Dundee United 1.3 Brann 1.4 Lierse 2 Honours 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Rangers

Miller started his career with Rangers and showed he was talented enough to make an impression in the 9-in-a-row team under Walter Smith. However, a lifestyle of parties and an unhealthy diet followed, and Miller's career appeared to be on the downhill. He was loaned to Leicester City towards the end of the 1998-99 season before joining Watford for £450,000 in October 1999. Watford were relegated in their first English Premier League season with Miller unable to make an impact, making only 15 league appearances. He played one more League Cup game for the Hornets in the 2000-01 before moving to Dundee United on a free transfer.

[edit] Dundee United

Miller enjoyed a successful spell at United, becoming a firm favourite with the fans. However, in May 2004, a contract dispute saw Miller leave the club to join ex-Dundee United player Robbie Winters at Norwegian club SK Brann.

[edit] Brann

In Brann, Miller became one of the supporters' favourite players, due to his technique and passes. Despite this, he was in and out of the team, according to manager Mons Ivar Mjelde because of defensive considerations. In 2006, he started off as one of the league's top players, but gradually received some attention off the pitch, apparently provoked by lack of confidence from the manager. He made it clear that he was unhappy as a right midfielder, the position he had played in most of the season, and eventually that he wanted to leave the club. Miller also criticised Mjelde's unusually close ties to his rival for the attacking central midfield spot, Martin Andresen. Miller refused to participate in the silver medal ceremony after the game against Ham-Kam on October 29. Since then, he was ignored by the coach, and only played the last minute of Brann's Royal League match against Rosenborg on December 7, 2006, in which he contributed to a winning goal.

[edit] Lierse

In early January 2007, Miller began training with Scottish First Division club St. Johnstone to top up his fitness during the Norwegian league's winter break.^[1] His contract with SK Brann was terminated after an agreement on 31 January.^[2] On February 9, he signed a contract at the Belgian team Lierse S.K..^[3]

[edit] Honours

• Scottish Premier League:
  • Winner (5): 1992–93, 1993–94,1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
• Scottish FA Cup:
  • Winner (2): 1992–93, 1995–96
• Scottish League Cup:
  • Winner (2): 1992–93, 1995–96
• Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year:
  • Winner (1): 1995
• Norwegian Cup:
  • Winner (1): 2004

[edit] Trivia

• When Miller played for Rangers, he was criticised for his lifestyle off the pitch. He was good friends with Paul "Gazza" Gascoigne.
• When David Beckham scored his famous goal from the midfield against Wimbledon in August 17, 1996, he did so in shoes custom-made for Charlie Miller, which had been given to Beckham by mistake.^[4]
• He is best friends with Barry Ferguson.

[edit] External links

• Charlie Miller career stats at Soccerbase

Preceded by Phil O'Donnell

Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year 1995

Succeeded by Jackie McNamara