Danny Mills

Where is Danny Mills now?

Former Premier League defender Danny Mills retired from playing in 2009 after five injury-ravaged years at Manchester City.

Starting his professional career at Norwich City in 1995 he went onto make 387 first-team appearances for eight teams including Middlesbrough with whom he won the League Cup in 2004. He was also a member of the Leeds United team which reached the Champions League semi-finals in 2001.

On the international scene Mills won 19 caps for England and played every minute of the side’s five games in the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals.

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Since retiring from playing Mills has transitioned into the media world and has worked extensively in television and radio for the likes of Sky Sports News, talkSPORT and the BBC.

He also dedicates his time and efforts raising money for Shine (formerly the Association for Spina Bifida And Hydrocephalus), after his son died from the condition in 2002.

Away from the football broadcasting Mills has appeared as a contestant on BBC Two’s Celebrity Masterchef 2012 where he ended the series as a runner-up.

He also owns a property company and works as a board advisory member for Enact Private Equity which specialises in transforming the prospects of small and medium sized enterprises that have the potential to grow.

Mills’ two sons have followed him into sport. His youngest son currently plays for Everton and his oldest son George Mills has gone into athletics and was British champion after winning the 1500 metres event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships

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 #One2Eleven (4-4-2 Formation)

Danny Mills was a guest on Sky Sports programme The Fantasy Football Club in September 2016 where he picked the eleven best players he had ever played with in their #One2Eleven section of the show.

Danny Mills One2Eleven

GK – Nigel Martyn – my room mate at Leeds. Great goalkeeper who had a great right footed hooked clearance.

RB – Gary Kelly – a great player and a great lad. A Leeds legend.

CB – Rio Ferdinand 

CB – Lucas Radebe – one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet and also one of the hardest. His knees were shot to bits but he used to tackle people and just laugh. A legend.

LB – Ashley Cole – a magnificent athlete who wasn’t far off being the best in the world in that position. He never seemed to have a bad game.

LM – Harry Kewell – was the Gareth Bale of his time. Could score 20 goals a season but never really kicked on after Leeds United.

CM – David Batty  – a complete enigma and so different to any other player I’ve played with. He was a lot better than people gave him credit him for and had a lot of ability.

CM – Paul Scholes – first name on the team sheet. He had oustanding vision and awareness. Everyone said he couldn’t tackle, but he could. Fantastic goalscoring ability and just a great lad.

RM – David Beckham – a leader for England but quite quiet. He was very fit, very influential and led by example.

ST – Mark Viduka – on his day he was sensational. He had an amazing ability to hold the ball up and used to be able to do an unbelievable Cruyff turn where you knew it was coming but you would always miss it.

ST – Nicolas Anelka – similar attitude to Viduka. He was a terrible trainer and late a lot of the time but he was an unbelievable goalscorer and did it at every club he played for.


Danny Mills: Premier League Statistics

NationalityEnglish
PositionDefender
Appearances218
Goals6
Yellow Cards60
Red Cards3
Premier League Teams Played forCharlton Athletic, Leeds United, Manchester City, Derby County, Middlesbrough

Statistics courtesy of www.premierleague.com

Last Updated on 15 September 2023 by Admin