Matthew Mills
Mills with Nottingham Forest in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Matthew Claude Mills | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Swindon, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Nottingham Forest | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1999 | Swindon Town | ||
| 1999–2003 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2006 | Southampton | 4 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Coventry City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2006–2008 | Manchester City | 2 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Colchester United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2008 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Doncaster Rovers | 41 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Reading | 61 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | Leicester City | 25 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 | Bolton Wanderers | 87 | (6) |
| 2015– | Nottingham Forest | 65 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 2004 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | England U19 | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2017. |
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Matthew Claude "Matt" Mills (born 14 July 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championship club Nottingham Forest. He has also represented England sides at various age levels. He is also a former player of Reading and captain of both Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers.
Born in Swindon, Wiltshire, Mills started his youth career at Swindon Town in 1999 before joining Southampton at fourteen and started out for the club’s U15 side. Having progressed through the Southampton Academy and then the reserve, Mills signed his first professional contract with the club in 2002. While at the academy, Mills initially played out as a midfielder, but this all changed when George Prost arrived at Southampton and was impressed with Mills’ display “’’the way I got on the ball and tried to dictate play”’’ that he switched Mills into central–defence role, a position he played today.
To gain first team experience, Mills was loaned out to Coventry City on a one–month loan on 18 September 2004. On the same day, Mills made his Coventry City debut, just hours signing a paperwork for him to play later in the afternoon, in a 0–0 draw against Rotherham United. Mills’ last appearance came 3 October 2004 against Ipswich Town, but scored an own goal, in a 2–1 loss. After this, Mills returned to his parent club with 4 appearance despite Coventry City were keen to extend his loan spell for the second time, only to be turned down by his parent club.
On 21 February 2005, Mills was loaned out again, when he joined Bournemouth on a month loan. Mills made his Bournemouth debut the next day, making his first start and playing 90 minutes, in a 1–1 draw against Torquay United. Mills scored in the next game on 26 February 2005, in a 1–1 draw against Tranmere Rovers, followed up by scoring, in a 3–0 win over Swindon Town. Mills’ performance and form at Bournemouth’s loan spell was extended twice. On the last game of the season, Mills scored his third goal for the club, in a 4–2 loss against Bradford City. With twelve appearance and scoring three times, Mills’ performance and form ended him a nomination for the newcomer-of-the-year award.
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