Matthew Millar (soccer)

Matthew Millar is an Australian professional footballer who predominantly plays as a right back for Australian club Newcastle Jets.

Matthew Millar
Personal information
Full name Matthew Millar
Date of birth (1996-08-23) 23 August 1996
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right back
Right midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Newcastle Jets
Number 16
Youth career
Langwarrin SC
2015–2016 Melbourne City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Dandenong Thunder 34 (7)
2015–2016 Melbourne City NPL 22 (3)
2015–2016 Melbourne City 4 (0)
2016–2018 South Melbourne 65 (18)
2018–2019 Central Coast Mariners 21 (1)
2019– Newcastle Jets 24 (4)
2020–2021 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 January 2021

Millar is from a family of ten children, eight of them male and two female. He played junior football at Langwarrin.[1]

Club career

Melbourne City

On 21 October 2015 he made his senior professional debut for Melbourne City in a 2015 FFA Cup match against Perth Glory.[2] He made his A-league debut against Newcastle Jets off the bench.

South Melbourne

In February 2016, Millar left Melbourne City to return to the National Premier Leagues Victoria, signing for reigning premiers South Melbourne.[3] On 19 May 2016, after 7 goals in 14 appearances, Millar extended his contract with South Melbourne until the end of the 2017 NPL Victoria season.[4]

Central Coast Mariners

In July 2018, Millar returned to the A-League, signing a one-year contract with Central Coast Mariners.[5]

Newcastle Jets

On 1 February 2019 it was announced Millar had signed for the Newcastle Jets for the 19-20 A-League season.[6]

For his first season at Newcastle he started every game for the club, except the last 2 due to an injury. He played predominantly as a very attacking wing back and was their equal 2nd top goalscorer with 4 goals as well as 3 assists.

During the same season he received a NAB Young Player of the Year nomination in March. Riley McGree was the winner of the award for the season.[7]

Shrewsbury Town (loan)

On 5 October 2020, Millar joined League One side Shrewsbury Town on a short-term loan deal until January 2021 with an option to buy.[8] He scored his first goal for Shrewsbury on 10 November 2020 in an EFL Trophy group game against Crewe Alexandra.[9] After the club were unable to agree a deal for a permanent transfer, Millar returned to Australia on 19 January 2021.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 26 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dandenong Thunder 2013[11] Victorian Premier League 90––3[lower-alpha 1]0120
2014[12] NPL Victoria 257––3[lower-alpha 1]0287
Total 347––60407
Melbourne City Youth 2015[13] NPL Victoria 1 223–––223
Melbourne City 2015–16[14] A-League 4011–0051
South Melbourne 2016[15] NPL Victoria 26700–7[lower-alpha 2]43311
2017[16] 25942–6[lower-alpha 3]03511
2018[17] 14200–1[lower-alpha 1]0152
Total 651842–1448324
Central Coast Mariners 2018–19[14] A-League 21100–00211
Newcastle Jets FC 2019–20[14] A-League 24430–00274
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2020–21[18] League One 9120002[lower-alpha 4]1132
Career total 179341030022521142
  1. Appearances in Dockerty Cup
  2. Three appearances and one goal in NPL Victoria finals; four appearances and three goals in Dockerty Cup
  3. One appearance in NPL Victoria finals; five appearances in Dockerty Cup
  4. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Meet the Newcastle Jet with nine 'crazy' siblings". The World Game.
  2. "Perth Glory vs Melbourne City FC, FFA Cup, Semi-Finals, 21st Oct 2015". FFA Cup. 31 July 2017.
  3. "SOUTH SIGN MILLAR AND M'BAKA ON DEADLINE DAY". smfc.com.au. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  4. Kyrou, John. "MILLAR EXTENDS CONTRACT UNTIL END OF 2017". smfc.com.au. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. Davidson, John (9 July 2018). "Millar makes Mariners move". FourFourTwo.
  6. "Newcastle Jets confirm Millar signing for 2019/20". Hyundai A-League. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  7. "The big winners from the Dolan Warren Awards 2020". Hyundai A-League. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  8. "Matt Millar Joins Town". www.shrewsburytown.com. 5 October 2020.
  9. "Crewe 3-4 Shrewsbury". Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  10. "Matt Millar ends Shrewsbury Town loan and returns to Newcastle Jets". Shropshire Star - Sport. 19 January 2021.
  11. "2013 Victorian Premier League Results". Victorian League Archive. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  12. "2014 Victorian Premier League Results". Victorian League Archive. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. "2015 Victorian Premier League 1 Results". Victorian League Archive. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  14. "Matthew Millar Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  15. "2016 Victorian Premier League Results". Victorian League Archive. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  16. "2017 Victorian Premier League Results". Victorian League Archive. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  17. "2018 Victorian Premier League Results". Victorian League Archive. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  18. "Games played by Matthew Millar in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

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