Chris Millar

Greenock Morton

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Millar began his football career at Celtic before he was released by the club in February 2003. Initially, he started out playing in the right–back position before switching to playing in the right–midfield position. Shortly after, Millar signed for then Scottish Football League Third Division side Greenock Morton, starting out his professional football career at the Ton. He made his Greenock Morton debut away at a goalless draw against Montrose on 25 February 2003. He was a member of the Ton’s 2002–03 Scottish Third Division championship-winning team that season. At the end of the 2002–03 season, Millar made thirteen appearances in all competitions. In the 2003–04 season, Millar became a first team regular in his first full season at Greenock Morton and contributed to the club’s good start to the season that saw them top of the table. He then scored his first goal for Greenock Morton, in a 6–4 win against Arbroath on 6 December 2003. Millar added two more goals for the Ton later in the season, scoring against Stenhousemuir and Dumbarton. However, the club’s form soon dip in the second half of the season and ended up finishing the season in fourth place. At the end of the 2003–04 season, he made forty–two appearances and scoring four times in all competitions. Shortly after, Millwar signed a contract extension with Greenock Morton. In the 2004–05 season, Millar scored an equalising goal, in a 1–1 draw against Stirling Albion…

Upon joining Greenock Morton in 2018, Millar was appointed as a youth coach for the Ton. Following the sacking of Jonatan Johansson, both he and Jim McAlister were appointed as the Ton’s caretaker manager on the last game of the season against Dundee United. Millar led as captain and caretaker to help Greenock Morton win 1–0. For the remainder of his time at the Ton, he started his player coach role. On 14 September 2023, Millar left Troon to become assistant manager at Clyde Upon doing so, he announced his retirement from professional football. Millar became caretaker manager of the club after the departure of Brian McLean. His first match as a caretaker manager of Clyde took place on 30 October 2023 against Musselburgh Athletic in the second round of the Scottish Cup, as the club won 3–2. He was in charge for two more matches at Clyde before leaving the club on 16 November 2023 following the appointment of Ian McCall.

Player

As of match played 6 February 2021

Managerial record

As of match played 11 November 2023

In his early Greenock Morton’s career, Millar ran the youth training with teammate Peter Weatherson. He also began to take up journalism course at University of Staffordshire. This led to him to begin working as a columnist for local newspaper, The Greenock Telegraph, writing his first column on 19 July 2013. Millar spoke out his opinions relating to football matters. Millar is married to Danielle, and together they have two daughters, one was born in 2007 and the second one was born in September 2011. His wife opened a business in Port Glasgow, which was a factor him to re–join Greenock Morton. Miller grew up in Morton with his four brothers. His older brother, Brian, currently works as a Physical Education at Park Mains High School. He attended St Stephen's High School. Due to his ties at Greenock Morton, Millar owns a house, which is five minutes from Cappielow. Miller is the brother-in-law of footballer Mark Millar. In 2022, Millar opened a new gym called Fitness Factory Gym in his hometown, alongside Gary Pettigrew, having planned this to open it for two years. He also became a certified personal trainer. In June 2025, Millar represented Scotland as part of a group of fitness fanatics taking part in the HYROX World Championships. Outside of football, Millar’s hobbies includes singing karaoke. In May 2020, he volunteered in the local community as part of the coronavirus community relief effort.