Fraser Milligan (born 19 April 1989) is a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He began his career with

Dundee United Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1 ...

, where he made only one first team appearance. He joined Montrose in 2009, initially on loan, before a permanent transfer later that year. He later joined

Tayport Tayport, also known as Ferry-Port on Craig, is a town and burgh, and parish, in the county of Fife, Scotland, acting as a commuter town for Dundee. The motto of the Burgh is ''Te oportet alte ferri'' ("It is incumbent on you to carry yourself ...

, and emigrated to Australia in 2012.

Playing career

Milligan was born in

Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

and joined Dundee United as an 8-year-old, first attending the Jim McLean Coaching School then graduating to Dundee United's Youth Initiative set-up at the age of 12. He plays as a

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or wide right in midfield. In early January 2009, he was one of three United players to feature as trialists for

Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of the Scotti ...

in a

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, although Albion chose to take only defensive colleague Sean Fleming on

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. Two months later, Milligan moved on loan to Montrose for the remainder of the season, making his debut as a substitute alongside fellow United loan player Gordon Pope in the home defeat to

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, who featured another loan player from United, Johnny Russell. Milligan, like Pope, made the move permanent in May. After leaving Montrose in 2011, he signed for

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club Tayport, but left them in December 2012 when he emigrated to Australia.

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1989 births Footballers from Dundee Living people Scottish men's footballers Scottish Premier League players Dundee United F.C. players Scottish Football League players Montrose F.C. players Men's association football defenders Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish emigrants to Australia Tayport F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-defender-1980s-stub