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Lennon Lee Miller (born 25 August 2006) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lennon Lee Miller | ||
| Date of birth | 25 August 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Wishaw, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Motherwell | ||
| Number | 38[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2022 | Motherwell | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Motherwell | 46 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Scotland U16 | ||
| 2021–2023 | Scotland U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2023– | Scotland U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | Scotland U21 | 5 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:35, 21 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:55, 15 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Miller began his career in the youth system at Motherwell from the age of seven.[2] He made his senior debut as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 home victory over Inverness CT in the Scottish League Cup six days after his 16th birthday on 31 August 2022, becoming the youngest player in a major competition across the club's 136-year history.[3][4] He was an unused substitute for the first team for several fixtures during the 2022–23 season, with his first appearance in the Scottish Premiership coming in a 3–0 loss to Rangers on 28 December 2022.[2]
He started all of Motherwell's Premiership matches at the start of the 2023–24 season but was sent off for a last-man challenge in the eighth round of fixtures against Livingston.[5] He returned against Aberdeen on 1 November, but came off injured with a fractured patella assessed to rule him out of action for at least three months.[6] Two weeks later he agreed a contract extension, tying him to Motherwell until 2026.[7] Miller was nominated for the SFWA Young Player of the Year[8] and the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year,[9] but lost out in both votes to his Scotland under-19 midfield partner, David Watson of Kilmarnock.[10]
With Paul McGinn and Stephen O'Donnell unavailable due to injury, 18-year-old Miller was named as team captain for Motherwell in the semi-final of the 2024–25 Scottish League Cup at Hampden Park (his first senior appearance at the national stadium);[11] they took the lead against Rangers, but ultimately lost 2–1.[12]
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Miller made his debut for the Scotland under-16s aged 14 in August 2021 against England, in which he scored directly from the kick-off as play resumed at the start of the second half[13] – the strike was recorded on video, and was later awarded as the Goal of the Year in Scottish international football across all levels.[14] Miller played for Scotland under-17s in the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship tournament held in Israel,[15] and was still young enough to take part again when the Scots also qualified for the 2023 tournament in Hungary.[16][2]
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Lennon is the son of former Scotland international footballer Lee Miller; his mother Donna died when he was five years old.[2][17] He has one older brother and two younger brothers. He attended Coltness High School in Wishaw, where his PE teacher rated Miller more highly than other future elite players he had seen as adolescents, including David Turnbull[13] who also emerged as a midfielder with Motherwell.[2]
- As of match played on 20 December 2024[18]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Motherwell | 2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 61 | 6 | ||
- Includes Scottish Cup
- Includes Scottish League Cup
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