Lennon Lee Miller (born 25 August 2006) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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and the Scotland national team.

Club career

Miller began his career in the

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from the age of seven. He made his senior debut as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 home victory over

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in the

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six days after his 16th birthday on 31 August 2022, becoming the youngest player in a major competition across the club's 136-year history. He was an unused substitute for the first team for several fixtures during the 2022–23 season, with his first appearance in the

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coming in a 3–0 loss to

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on 28 December 2022. He started all of Motherwell's Premiership matches at the start of the 2023–24 season but was sent off for a last-man challenge in the eighth round of fixtures against Livingston. He returned against

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on 1 November, but came off injured with a fractured

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assessed to rule him out of action for at least three months. Two weeks later he agreed a contract extension, tying him to Motherwell until 2026. Miller was nominated for the SFWA Young Player of the Year and the

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, but lost out in both votes to his Scotland under-19 midfield partner, David Watson of

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. With Paul McGinn and Stephen O'Donnell unavailable due to injury, 18-year-old Miller was named as team

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for Motherwell in the semi-final of the 2024–25 Scottish League Cup at

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(his first senior appearance at the national stadium); they took the lead against Rangers, but ultimately lost 2–1.Motherwell 1-2 Rangers
Martin Dowden, ''BBC Sport'', 3 November 2024 He suffered a hairline fracture to his ankle in another match against Rangers on 29 December 2024.

International career

Miller made his debut for the Scotland under-16s aged 14 in August 2021 against

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, in which he scored directly from the kick-off as play resumed at the start of the second half – the strike was recorded on video, and was later awarded as the Goal of the Year in Scottish international football across all levels. Miller played for Scotland under-17s in the

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tournament held in Israel, and was still young enough to take part again when the Scots also qualified for the 2023 tournament in Hungary. He made his debut for the under-21s in June 2024, with fellow highly-regarded midfielder David Watson doing likewise. On 11 March 2025 Miller was called up to the senior side for the first time, for the Nations League play-offs against Greece. Miller then made his full international debut in June 2025, appearing as a substitute against

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and then starting against

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Personal life

Lennon is the son of former Scotland international footballer

Lee Miller Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977), was an American photographer and photojournalist. Miller was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, becoming a fashion and fine-art pho ...

; his mother Donna died when he was five years old. He has one older brother and two younger brothers. He attended Coltness High School in Wishaw, where his PE teacher rated Miller more highly than other future elite players he had seen as adolescents, including David Turnbull who also emerged as a midfielder with Motherwell.

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