| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Evan McMillan | ||
| Date of birth | 20 November 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mount Merrion Youths | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2010 | UCD | 93 | (6) |
| 2011- | St Patrick's Athletic | 47 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Evan McMillan, born in Dublin on 1986, is a footballer, currently playing with League of Ireland side St. Patrick's Athletic.
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McMillan was part of the Irish Colleges team that travelled to Thailand in the summer of 2007, where he finished top scorer for his country with two goals.
Later that year, McMillan captained the UCD U-21 side to their third Dr Tony O'Neill league triumph in four years, with a penalty shoot out victory over St Patrick's Athletic. He went on to make thirteen league appearances.
On 21 April 2008, UCD played against St Patrick's Athletic in the first round of the League Cup. In the 77th minute, Evan landed, in his own words, a "thundering header" to put them one goal up against their Dublin rivals. Evan celebrated in the classic style of sliding towards the corner flag on his knees. The game ended 2-0 to the Students. This goal was a special one for McMillan, as it was his first goal in professional football.
McMillan went on to make fourteen league appearances for UCD in the 2008 season and also won the inaugural 'A Championship'. UCD defeated Bohemian F.C. 2-1 in the final. McMillan scored a header in the 108th minute of the game to seal victory.
On 30 October 2009, UCD successfully completed their return to the League of Ireland Premier Division with a 5-0 victory away to Athlone Town. This win, culminated with Shelbourne losing to Longford Town on the same night, handed UCD the FAI First Division title and secured their return to the Premier Division on the first time of asking with one game remaining. McMillan played a huge role in this extraordinary season, making more appearances than any other player in the squad, while also having the best defensive record in the league, conceding only 21 goals in 33 games and keeping 16 clean sheets.
McMillan's excellent form was noted by many of his fellow players as he was subsequently named in the PFAI First Division Team of the Year for 2009 and named the UCD AFC Fans' Player of the Year for 2009.
For the 2010 season, with UCD back in the top tier of the LOI, McMillan was handed the captaincy of UCD. UCD competed well throughout the season, in which Evan played all but the opening game of the season. Evan scored two goals in the league campaign, one being the winner in a 2-1 victory away to rivals Sporting Fingal.
St Patricks Athletic
In the off-season, McMillan was approached by St Patricks Athletic. In mid December he made the decision to make the move to the Inchicore club and became their second signing ahead of the 2011 campaign. McMillan made a great start to the campaign, scoring against Bray and Dundalk, as well as performing well defensively. McMillan scored the winning penalty against South Dublin rivals Shamrock Rovers in the League cup on the 25th of April 2011. The Saints won 3-1 on penalties after McMillan's well placed penalty into the bottom left corner past Ryan Thompson. He followed up on his match-winning penalty by scoring against Galway United a week later.
McMillan played an instrumental part in St. Pats run in getting through two rounds in the Europa League qualifying rounds. He scored two goals, both at home against IBV and Karpaty Lviv.
McMillan was named fans player of the year after an excellent debut season with St Pats.
| Club | Season | League | FAI Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| UCD AFC | 2010 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| 2009 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 93 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 105 | 8 | |
| Club | Season | League | FAI Cup | League Cup | Setanta Cup | Europa League | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| St. Pats | 2011 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 48 | |
| Total | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 6 | |
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