1. Mark Daniel Milligan was born on 4 August 1985 and is an Australian former professional footballer.
34 Facts About Mark Milligan
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Mark Milligan is currently a football expert commentary and analysis at 10 Sport.
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Mark Milligan started his grassroots football career at his local club, Birrong Sports Football club in the Bankstown District in 1991 and 1992, and he quickly moved onto representative football as a junior footballer.
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FourFourTwo magazine revealed on 28 July 2007 that after the Asian Cup Mark Milligan had gone without Sydney FC's permission to trial for teams in Europe.
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Mark Milligan was linked with French sides FC Metz and RC Lens.
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On 21 October 2008, The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Mark Milligan had signed a guest contract with Newcastle United Jets for seven weeks.
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Mark Milligan joined Chinese Super League outfit Shanghai Shenhua in January 2009, signing a three-year contract.
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Mark Milligan finalised his switch from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua to Japanese side JEF United Chiba, who were relegated to the second division.
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In July 2012, Mark Milligan was released from JEF United Chiba and returned to Melbourne Victory by signing a three-year contract.
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On 17 September 2013, Mark Milligan was rewarded for his performances by being appointed the captain of Melbourne Victory, replacing Adrian Leijer.
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Mark Milligan sustained an injury halfway through the season, and the team suffered for this and other reasons such as losing their coach, an injury to Adrian Leijer and four players going to the Under 21 World championships.
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Mark Milligan played every minute of all but one ACL match, only missing the final away match of the ACL Asian Champions League match through suspension.
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Mark Milligan got good response from the fans, playing the full 90 minutes in the Jeddah derby.
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On 18 August 2018, Mark Milligan signed a two-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Hibernian.
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Mark Milligan was released by Southend United on 19 June 2020, after the team's relegation from League One.
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On 30 July 2020, following his release from Southend, Mark Milligan returned home to Australia to join newly formed A-League club Macarthur FC, signing a two-year deal.
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Mark Milligan represented Australia at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.
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Mark Milligan had impressed coaches Graham Arnold and Johan Neeskens at a recent camp in Vietnam, while Guus Hiddink recalled watching Mark Milligan at the World Youth Championship.
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Mark Milligan made his senior international debut against Liechtenstein on 7 June 2006, coming off the bench in the 85th minute of Australia's last warm-up game before the World Cup.
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Mark Milligan did not play in any of Australia's four World Cup games in Germany.
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Mark Milligan's first start came against Kuwait in an Asian Cup qualifier on 16 August 2006.
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Mark Milligan sustained a broken nose in an 'off-the-ball' incident during the second qualifier.
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Mark Milligan led the Olyroos to Olympic qualification and was the key influential figure in their final games against Iraq and North Korea, scoring in each game and taking the man of the match award in both.
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Mark Milligan was selected in the Australian squad for the 2007 Asian Cup.
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On 21 July 2007, in the quarter-final against Japan, Mark Milligan was unfortunate in failing to clear a ball from the penalty area that saw striker Naohiro Takahara pounce and score an equaliser.
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Mark Milligan scored his first international goal for the Socceroos against Indonesia in a 2011 Asian Cup Qualifiers played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
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Mark Milligan was named in the 31 man squad named by Pim Verbeek for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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Mark Milligan was selected for the 30-man preliminary 2014 FIFA World Cup squad, alongside seven other A-League players.
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Mark Milligan played alongside James Troisi and captain Mile Jedinak in a three-man midfield in the Socceroos warm-up match vs Croatia.
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Mark Milligan scored his fourth and fifth international goals against Tajikistan.
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Mark Milligan played on the winning side in the two-leg tie Asian play-off against Syria.
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Mark Milligan played in the second leg game of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification against Honduras.
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Mark Milligan played in central defence during the tournament, alongside Trent Sainsbury.
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Mark Milligan captained Australia at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, in which they were knocked out at the quarter-final stage.