Tommy Miller

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Tommy Miller

Full name	Thomas William Miller
Date of birth	January 8, 1979 (1979-01-08) (age 29)
Place of birth	Easington, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Ipswich Town
Number	10
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-2001 2001-2005 2005-2007 2006 2007-	Hartlepool United Ipswich Town Sunderland → Preston North End (loan) Ipswich Town	137 (35) 117 (29) 033 0(3) 007 0(0) 031 0(5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:34, 6 October 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Tommy Miller (born 8 January 1979 in Easington, County Durham) is an English footballer who plays for Ipswich Town. Although born in England he is eligible to represent Scotland in international football.

Miller started his career at Ipswich but was released as a 15 year old and was taken on by Hartlepool United where he made 160 appearances and scored 44 goals.

He was signed back to Ipswich in 2001 by manager George Burley for £750,000. He then spent 4 years at Ipswich, scoring 15 goals in 39 appearances in the 2004-05 season and helping them to an unsuccessful Championship play-off appearance.

He moved to Sunderland in June 2005 on a two-year contract. However he struggled as they returned to the Championship after just one season, finishing bottom with a record low 15 points. He started the first three games of the season under new manager Niall Quinn, but after the appointment of Roy Keane he found himself sidelined, and was loaned to Preston North End. He was released at the end of the 2006-07 season.^[1]

After being released, Miller was linked to Championship sides Stoke, Coventry and Sheffield Wednesday and League One sides Nottingham Forest and Leeds United, and also SPL side Hearts.^{[citation needed]} On 19 July 2007 Miller started his third spell with Ipswich Town, signing a two-year contract with the Championship club.^[2]

At the start of the 07/08 season Miller failed to score many goals but towards the end of the season he scored 3 in the last 6 and finished his goal tally for the season on 6.

His first nationality is English however he is eligible to play for Scotland - although he has yet to be capped by either nation. After his good form in 2004-05 he was noticed by Scotland manager Berti Vogts and was named in a friendly squad to face Wales; however Miller missed out due to an ankle injury.