Charlie Miller

Miller jersey from Gold Coast United ( 2010)

Charles David Copeland, " Charlie" Miller ( born March 18, 1976 in Glasgow ) is a former Scottish footballer. At the beginning of his career one of the largest Scottish talent prevented persistent fitness problems and unprofessional lifestyle a more successful career. His club career took over in Scotland, England, Norway and Belgium to Australia.

Club career

Miller came to the senior squad in 1992 the Glasgow Rangers and came in the following season to first inserts. In the most successful period of the club, nine times in a row won the Scottish championship between 1989 and 1997, succeeded Miller for the seasons 1994/95 and 1995/96, in a team with seasoned midfielders like Brian Laudrup, Ian Durrant, Stuart McCall, Ian Ferguson and Trevor Steven, regularly coming to inserts. His performance in the 1994/95 season led to the award as "Young Player of the Year" of the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland. With the Rangers, he won between 1993 and 1997 in addition to four league titles in each case once the FA Cup and the League Cup.

An unprofessional lifestyle he adapted from his friend and mentor, Paul Gascoigne, resulted in the following years to a stagnation of its development, and finally in 1999 under coach Dick Advocaat its sale for £ 450,000 to the English club Watford FC. The transfer turned out to be a flop for Watford, Miller came up to the dissolution of his contract in November 2000 due to ongoing health problems just 14 league inserts and Watford increased during that time from the Premier League. Following Miller returned to Scotland and played for Dundee United now on, mostly in the lower region of the Scottish Premier League table. When he in 2004 with the club not on the modalities of a new contract was agreed, he left Dundee and joined the Norwegian first division side SK Brann.

With mountains he won the 2004 Norwegian club trophy, the first title of the club after 22 years, but had always to contend here with fitness problems. After the signing of Martin Andresen in 2005, the central midfield position was henceforth mostly occupied, instead, Miller was often in the right side of midfield for use, a position which did not please the Scots much. After he refused to participate in the award of silver medals after the runner-up in 2006, he fell at Mons Ivar Mjelde coach finally in disgrace and his contract was terminated in the season break. Miller then began his career with the Belgian first division club Lierse SK continued, increased with the club at the end of the 2006/07 season but in the second division from and left the club in 2008 after a further season.

After first rumors began to circulate about a return to Scotland, he moved in early August 2008 the Australian A- League club Queensland Roar. His move to Queensland was initially compared in the Australian media with the prior-year commitment by Mário Jardel, who was more struck by his obesity and lack of fitness on sporting performance in the A-League. Miller countered this criticism with four goals in the first four league games and moved the club into the play -offs. At the end of the season Miller was honored with the first ever award, " A-League Foreign Player of the Year" for best foreign players.

Early December 2009, was dissolved his contract with the club, now renamed Brisbane Roar after the new coach Ange Postecoglou no longer planned for the coming season with Miller. A week later, he signed with the league rivals Gold Coast United a short-term contract as a replacement for the injured Robson. At the end of the season, there was no contract extension with Gold Coast. In February 2011, he joined a new club, the bottom of the Scottish Football League Third Division Clyde FC. By season's end he was no longer committed after only five appearances together with twelve other players.

National

Miller came to his only use for the Scottish national team in a friendly against Poland on 25 April 2001. Among national coach Craig Brown, who coached Miller already in the Scottish U- 21 team, made ​​their debut in this game also Barry Nicholson, Gavin Rae and John O'Neil. Under Brown's successor Berti Vogts Miller was not taken.

Achievements

At club level:

• Scottish champions: 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97
• Scottish Cup Winners: 1995 /96 ( not used in the final )
• Scottish League Cup Winners: 1995/96
• Norwegian Cup winner: 2004

Individual:

• Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year: 1995
• A-League Foreign Player of the Year: 2008/ 09
• Nomination in the PFA Team of the Year: 2008/ 09