Dwayne St Aubyn Miller (born 14 July 1987) is a Jamaican professional

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who plays as a

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. He has won more than 30 caps for the

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. Miller was also part of the squad that reached the final and won the silver medal at the

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Career

Club career

Tivoli Gardens

Miller started his career at

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in 2004, before moving to Harbour View in 2005.

Harbour View

He was voted as "Junior Player of the Season" for the 2006–07 season. He featured in the CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round against

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(Mexico) in 2008.

Syrianska

Miller signed a two-year contract in March 2010, with

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(second tier) club Syrianska following a successful trial. Miller started as the second choice in the season beginning of

2010. The team were said to have an outside chance for promotion but they succeeded by winning the league and gaining promotion to the Swedish topflight of

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. Syrianska had a bad start, with many conceded goals. In the first 12 games, they conceded 20 goals. Around that time, Miller was set to be the first choice. In the following 18 games, Syrianska only lost one game, and only conceded seven goals – with nine clean sheets in the last 11 games. Miller had a huge impact in the team's performances and ended up the season with 21 games as a starter, conceding 14 goals, with 13 clean sheets and a saving percentage of 82%, which was the best of all goalkeepers in the league.

International career

Miller was a part of the Jamaica under-20 squad that reached the final and won silver at the

. The goalkeeper made his full-international debut for

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in the 2–0 away win against

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in the

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on 28 June 2007. He earned his second cap against

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, conceding four goals before being replaced at half-time for Richard McCallum. Jamaica eventually lost 8–1. He made an appearance for Jamaica in their victorious

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campaign against

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in the semi-final on 11 December 2008. He was called up again to Jamaica to face

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at the New Den on 11 February 2009, in place of

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who was forced to withdraw with a damaged finger. However, Miller was an unused sub in the 0–0 stalemate whilst Shawn Sawyers started in goal. He played for Jamaica in their international friendly on 12 August, against

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. In 2010, Miller featured in several matches for Jamaica senior national team including a title-winning performance in the 2010 Caribbean Championship in Martinique in December.

Honours

International

Jamaica * Caribbean Cup: **Winner (2):

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: **Runner-up:

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* CONCACAF Gold Cup: **Runner-up:

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Club

Harbour View * Jamaica National Premier League: ** Winner (2): 2007, 2010 *

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: ** Winner: 2007 * Jamaica National Premier League: U21 ** Winner (2): 2006, 2007 Syrianska FC *

: ** Winner: 2010

References

External links

Dwayne Miller profile
at Caribbean Football * *
Dwayne Miller
at Fotbolltransfers {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Dwayne 1987 births Living people People from Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica Jamaican men's footballers Jamaica men's youth international footballers Jamaica men's under-20 international footballers Jamaica men's international footballers Jamaican expatriate men's footballers Tivoli Gardens F.C. players Men's association football goalkeepers Allsvenskan players Superettan players Syrianska FC players Harbour View F.C. players Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2015 Copa América players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica Pan American Games silver medalists for Jamaica Pan American Games medalists in football Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games