Matthew Millar is an Australian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Macarthur FC Macarthur Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in South Western Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in Australia's premier soccer competition, the A-League, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). On ...

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

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Club career

Melbourne City

On 21 October 2015 he made his senior professional debut for Melbourne City in a

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match against

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. 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

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, signing for reigning premiers

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. 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.

Central Coast Mariners

In July 2018, Millar returned to the

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, signing a one-year contract with

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Ma ...

. When Millar signed with rivals the Jets he was famously told to go home upon announcing his move at training.

Newcastle Jets

On 1 February 2019 it was announced Millar had signed for the

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for the 19-20 A-League season. 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.

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was the winner of the award for the season.

Shrewsbury Town (loan)

On 5 October 2020, Millar joined

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side

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

on a short-term loan deal until January 2021 with an option to buy. He scored his first goal for Shrewsbury on 10 November 2020 in an

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group game against

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. After the club were unable to agree a deal for a permanent transfer, Millar returned to

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on 19 January 2021.

St Mirren

On 7 September 2021, Millar moved to

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to sign a 1-year contract for St Mirren in the

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Macarthur FC

After not being able to solidify a place in St Mirren’s starting 11, Millar returned to the

signing for

on a one-year deal.

Career statistics

Honours

;Macarthur *

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* 1996 births Living people Men's association football defenders Australian men's soccer players Melbourne City FC players South Melbourne FC players Central Coast Mariners FC players Newcastle Jets FC players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Macarthur FC players A-League Men players National Premier Leagues players {{Australia-footy-defender-stub Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Scottish Professional Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in England Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Soccer players from Melbourne Australian people of Scottish descent