Roy Miller (footballer)

Roy Miller

Personal information
Full name	Roy Miller Hernández
Date of birth	(1984-11-24) November 24, 1984
Place of birth	San José, Costa Rica
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Saprissa
Youth career
2001–2003	Cartaginés
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Cartaginés	34	(0)
2005–2007	Bodø/Glimt	52	(6)
2008–2009	Rosenborg	17	(0)
2009	→ Örgryte (loan)	14	(0)
2010–2015	New York Red Bulls	125	(0)
2015	→ New York Red Bulls II (loan)	1	(0)
2016–	Saprissa	20	(1)
National team‡
2001	Costa Rica U17	4	(0)
2005–	Costa Rica	57	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:55, 1 June 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2014

Roy Miller Hernández (born November 24, 1984, in San José) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Saprissa and the Costa Rica national football team.

Career

Club

Miller began his career in the youth ranks of Cartaginés. In 2002 he went on trial with Argentine side Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, but was unable to acclimate himself to the club and returned to Costa Rica.^[1]

Miller turned professional with Cartaginés before moving to the north of Norway at Bodø/Glimt along with his compatriot and teammate at Cartaginés, Randall Brenes.^[2] He had a successful stay at Bodø/Glimt, appearing in 52 league matches and scoring 6 goals, leading to interest from top Norwegian side Rosenborg.

Miller playing for Bodø/Glimt

In February 2008 Miller signed a 3-year long contract with Rosenborg,^[3] and quickly established himself as the team's starting left back. A knee injury curtailed his progress with Rosenborg, and upon returning to action, he was loaned out to Örgryte on 28 July 2009.^[4] With Örgryte Miller played in the final 14 games of the 2009 Allsvenskan season. Miller was very appreciated by the Örgryte fans.

In January 2010, Miller signed a 2-year long contract with New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. On 20 March 2010, Miller started for Red Bulls in a 3–1 victory against Santos FC, which was the first match played at the new Red Bull Arena.^[5] Miller made his Major League Soccer debut on 27 March 2010, playing the full 90 in New York's opening game of the 2010 MLS season against Chicago Fire that ended in a 1–0 victory for New York.^[6] On October 21, 2010 Miller started for Red Bulls in a 2–0 victory over New England Revolution which clinched the regular season Eastern Conference title.^[7]

In December 2013 it was reported that Miller would be returning to Costa Rica to sign with top club Saprissa, however, Miller rejected the clubs offer and decided to renew his contract with New York.^[8] Miller was limited to 17 league games during the 2013 season due to injuries and national team duty, however he was a part of the team that captured the clubs first official title the MLS Supporters' Shield. In 2015, Miller was slowly phased out of the starting eleven due to the emergence of Jamaican leftback, Kemar Lawrence and missed a large portion of the season due to injuries as well. Miller won his second trophy with the club when they claimed the Supporter's Shield for the second time in three years. On November 30, 2015, the day after the Red Bulls were eliminated from the playoffs, it was reported that the club would not pick up Miller's option, ending his six-year tenure with the club.^[9]

On December 28, 2015, Miller signed with Costa Rican club Saprissa.^[10]

International

Miller was an unmovable player at youth levels with the Ticos. He played in the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Trinidad & Tobago and the qualification rounds for the 2006 FIFA World Cup,^[11] he was left out of the squad just a few weeks before the inaugural game's kick off.

Miller made his full debut for the Ticos in 2005 as a substitute against Ecuador, and has since then collected 52 more caps including two in the 2010 World Cup qualification playoffs against Uruguay and one in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

International goals

Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 June 2013	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica	Honduras	1–0	1–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	8 July 2015	StubHub Center, Carson, California	Jamaica	1-1	2-2	2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honors

Club

Rosenborg BK

• Tippeligaen: 2009^[12]

New York Red Bulls

• MLS Supporters' Shield: 2013, 2015

International

Costa Rica

• Copa Centroamericana (2): 2005, 2014

Statistics

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

External links

• MLS player profile
• Roy Miller at National-Football-Teams.com
• (Rosenborg BK profile)
• rbk.no/ (Norwegian)
• proplayermanagement.com

Costa Rica squads
Costa Rica squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Mesén 2  3 Miller 4 Umaña 5 Badilla 6 Fonseca 7 Rojas 8 López 9 Ruiz 10 Soto 11 Bolaños 12 Díaz 13 Cordero 14 Segura 15 Wallace 17 Bryce 18 Porras 19 Wright 20 Sequeira 21 Brenes 23 Grant Coach: Guimarães Costa Rica squad – 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Moreira 2 Waston 3 González 4 Umaña 5 Borges 6 Madrigal 7 Castillo 8 Cunningham 9 Saborío (c) 10 O. Rodríguez 11 Barrantes 12 Ruiz 13 A. Rodríguez 14 Meneses 15 Díaz 16 Johnson 17 Tejeda 18 Pemberton 19 Miller 20 Wallace 21 Granados 22 Arrieta 23 Torres Coach: Pinto Costa Rica squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Navas 2 Acosta 3 González 4 Umaña 5 Borges 6 Duarte 7 Bolaños 8 Myrie 9 Campbell 10 Ruiz (c) 11 Barrantes 12 Francis 13 Granados 14 Brenes 15 Díaz 16 Gamboa 17 Tejeda 18 Pemberton 19 Miller 20 Calvo 21 Ureña 22 Cubero 23 Cambronero Coach: Pinto Costa Rica squad – 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Carvajal 2 Calvo 3 González 4 Umaña 5 Borges 6 Brown 7 Aguilar 8 Myrie 9 Saborío 10 Ruiz (c) 11 McDonald 12 Campbell 13 Angulo 14 Vega 15 Díaz 16 Gamboa 17 Venegas 18 Pemberton 19 Miller 20 Guzmán 21 Ramírez 22 Cubero 23 Alvarado 24 Waston Coach: Wanchope