Colin Fyfe Miller (born 4 October 1964) is a Canadian professional

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coach who captained the Canadian national team several times while earning 61 caps (scoring 5 goals) in total.

Club career

Moving to

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at the age of 10, Miller began his professional playing career as a 17-year-old, joining the Toronto Blizzard of the NASL in 1982. After playing 23 games over three seasons with the Blizzard, Miller joined Scottish giants Rangers, where he spent the 1984–85 and 1985–86 seasons, appearing in four first-team games. Miller played in 61 games and scored three goals for

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side

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in 1986–87 and 1987–88, for

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club Hamilton Academical 199 times over six seasons (1989–94), St Johnstone in 12 games in 1994, Heart of Midlothian 16 games in 1994–95,

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62 times over three seasons (1995–98), Ayr United six times in 1998, and eight times as a player-coach of Academical in 1998–99. Miller also played two summer seasons for the Hamilton Steelers in the Canadian Soccer League, playing 27 times in 1988 and 11 times in 1990.

International career

Miller made his

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debut against

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on 19 June 1983 and was a squad member for Canada's first World Cup finals appearance in 1986 although he did not play. He has represented Canada in 26

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matches. His final international was a November 1997 World Cup qualification match against

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, a game in which seven other national team veterans finished their international career.

Coaching career

In the early 2000s, he was named Canada's assistant coach. In 2003–2004, he served as temporary coach. Miller was a youth soccer coach with the Abbotsford Soccer Association in the Fraser Valley in

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, specifically the Abbotsford Rangers

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side, until 2007. On 3 July 2007, it was announced that Colin Miller was hired as assistant first-team coach of Derby County, an English club playing the 2007–08 season in the

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. On 2 April 2008, Miller was introduced as the coach and Director of Soccer Operations for the Victoria Highlanders FC of the

. On 25 March 2010, with the resignation of German coach Thomas Niendorf, Miller was named as the new coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency. Miller served as assistant coach of

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during the club's 2011 inaugural season in

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. Vancouver released Miller from his coaching contract on 26 October 2011, due to the newly appointed head coach Martin Rennie's desire to bring in his own staff. On 27 November 2012, FC Edmonton announced Colin Miller as its new head coach. In January 2013, Miller was confirmed interim head coach of

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for a second time following the departure of Stephen Hart. On 14 March 2013, it was announced that Tony Fonseca, technical director for the

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, as coach of the Canadian national team for the friendly matches in March 2013, although Miller returned as interim head coach for a match in Edmonton on 28 May. The CSA announced in mid-June that Miller would continue as interim head coach for Canada during the

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. On 4 December 2017, FC Edmonton parted ways with Miller after five seasons following the dissolution of the North American Soccer League.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''

Coaching record

Personal life

Colin Miller is married to his high school sweet heart Maria Miller.

Honours

Canada *

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: 1990

References

External links

* / Canada Soccer Hall of Fame {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Colin 1964 births Living people Scottish emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Footballers from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Soccer players from Vancouver Canadian men's soccer players Men's association football defenders Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) players Rangers F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Hamilton Steelers (1981–1992) players Hamilton Academical F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Fraser Valley Mariners players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players USL League Two players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's international soccer players 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Canada Soccer Hall of Fame inductees Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in England Men's association football player-managers Canadian soccer coaches Hamilton Academical F.C. managers Canada men's national soccer team managers Derby County F.C. non-playing staff Vancouver Whitecaps FC non-playing staff FC Edmonton coaches Scottish Football League managers USL League Two coaches North American Soccer League (2011–2017) coaches Canadian expatriate soccer coaches Expatriate football managers in Scotland 20th-century Canadian sportsmen