Amari_Miller
Amari Miller
English footballer
Amari Miquel Miller (born 4 November 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Leeds United. A product of Birmingham City's academy, he made his senior debut for Birmingham in the EFL Championship in April 2021. Miller signed for Leeds in June 2021.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amari Miquel Miller[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 21)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham,[3] England | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leeds United | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2020 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Birmingham City | 5 | (0) |
| 2021– | Leeds United | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:54, 5 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Early life and career
Miller was born in Birmingham,[3] where he attended SS Mary and John Primary School and St Edmund Campion Catholic School in the Erdington district.[4][5] He took up a two-year scholarship with Birmingham City F.C. in July 2019.[6] According to the then academy manager Kristjaan Speakman, Miller "progressed through the Academy as a wide player who can also play in central attacking positions. He is a creative player, able to stay on the ball and dribble with speed and changes of direction. He is an attacking player who is exciting to watch and one the players enjoy playing with due to his flair in possession."[6]
Birmingham City
He played in all four of Birmingham's pre-season friendlies ahead of the 2020–21 season; in the last, he "tucked home a superb cross-field cross from Odin Bailey" for the second goal in a 3–0 win at home to Walsall.[7] Miller continued his development in the club's junior teams before making his first appearance in a senior matchday squad on 10 April 2021. With Scott Hogan and Jon Toral injured, new manager Lee Bowyer named Miller among the substitutes for the Championship match at home to Stoke City. He came on in stoppage time to replace Lukas Jutkiewicz with his side 2–0 ahead to make his Football League debut,[8] and made two more appearances from the bench. After Birmingham avoided relegation, Bowyer used the two remaining matches as an opportunity to look at his fringe players, and Miller started in both.[9] In May 2021, Birmingham confirmed that Miller was one of five second-year scholars to be offered a professional contract.[10]
Leeds United
Amid reported interest from Premier League clubs including Everton, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur,[11] Miller signed a four-year contract with Leeds United on 28 June 2021. The fee was undisclosed.[12] He played for Leeds U23 in Premier League 2,[13] and on 14 September, made his EFL Trophy debut for Leeds U21 away to Tranmere Rovers, who led 3–0 at half-time. Miller made the score 3–1 after 63 minutes with a confident finish from Archie Gray's through ball, but Tranmere won 4–1.[14]
- As of match played 4 October 2022
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Birmingham City | 2020–21[15] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| Leeds United | 2021–22[16] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[17] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leeds United U21 | 2021–22[16] | — | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2022–23[17] | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
- Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
- "Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 23 June 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- "Amari Miller". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- "Squads – English Football League Championship 2020/2021: Birmingham City". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- "Honours: District football". Erdington & Saltley Primary Schools' FA. 10 May 2014. 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- "AES Champions Cup Finals". Aston, Erdington, Saltley & Sutton Schools' Football Association. 1 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- "Revealed: Blues' new scholars for 2019/20". Birmingham City F.C. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- Keen, Liam (1 September 2020). "Report: Birmingham 3–0 Walsall – final pre-season friendly". Express & Star. Wolverhampton. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- "Birmingham City 2–0 Stoke City". BBC Sport. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- Dick, Brian (26 April 2021). "Lee Bowyer makes this promise to Birmingham City's new 'fearless' teen star". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- "Retained and released list". Birmingham City F.C. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- Dick, Brian (16 June 2021). "Birmingham City face battle to keep teen star as Leeds and Tottenham head Premier League interest". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- "Leeds United sign Amari Miller". Leeds United F.C. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- "A. Miller". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- Donnohue, Joe (14 September 2021). "Tranmere Rovers 4–1 Leeds United U-21 highlights: Youngsters valiant against experienced opponents". LeedsLive. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- "Games played by Amari Miller in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- "Games played by Amari Miller in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- "Games played by Amari Miller in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2022.