Kamal Miller
Canadian soccer player (born 1997)
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Kamal Anthony Miller (born May 16, 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers and the Canada national team.
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Miller with Canada at the 2022 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kamal Anthony Miller[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 16, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Portland Timbers | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Malvern SC | |||||||||||||||||
| North Scarborough SC | |||||||||||||||||
| Vaughan Azzurri | |||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Syracuse Orange | 78 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Vaughan Azzurri | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | K-W United | 23 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Reading United | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Orlando City | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | CF Montréal | 60 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Inter Miami | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Portland Timbers | 53 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Canada U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Canada | 52 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | Canada B | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of May 2, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of March 31, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Early life
Born in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Miller is of Jamaican and Trinadadian descent.[3] He began playing youth soccer at age four with Malvern SC.[4] Afterward, he played with North Scarborough SC and Vaughan Azzurri.[5]
College career
Miller played four years of college soccer at Syracuse University between 2015 and 2018. He scored his first collegiate goal on September 22, 2015, against Binghamton.[6] In 2018, he was named to the All-ACC third team[7] and was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region third team.[8]
Club career
Early career
While at college, Miller also played for League1 Ontario club Vaughan Azzurri[9] and USL PDL sides K-W United FC[10][11] and Reading United AC.[12]
Orlando City
On January 11, 2019, Miller was selected 27th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Orlando City.[13] He officially signed with the club on March 1, 2019[14] and made his professional debut appearance the following day, starting in Orlando's season opener, a 2–2 draw with New York City FC.[15] As part of Orlando's end-of-season roster decisions it was announced Miller had his contract option for the 2020 season exercised.[16]
CF Montréal
Miller was selected by Austin FC in the 2020 MLS Expansion Draft[17] and immediately traded to the Montreal Impact in exchange for $225,000 in General Allocation Money and a first round pick (11th) in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.[18] He made his debut for Montreal on April 17 against Toronto FC. After a strong start with Montreal, the club announced on July 12 a contract extension until 2023.[19]
Miller scored his first goal for his new club on November 3, scoring the second in a 2–0 win over the Houston Dynamo.[20] As a result of Miller's strong play for Montreal during the 2022 MLS season, in July 2022 the league announced him as one of the commissioner's picks for the 2022 MLS All-Star Game.[21]
Inter Miami CF
On April 12, 2023, Miller was traded by CF Montréal to Inter Miami CF with $1.3 million in General Allocation Money for Bryce Duke and winger Ariel Lassiter.[22] He made his Miami debut on April 22 against the Houston Dynamo.[23] Miller later said that teammate Lionel Messi appreciated his willingness to defend him during matches and sometimes called him “security”.[24]
In October 2023, Miami announced that they had signed Miller to a contract extension through the 2026 season, with a club option for 2027.[25]
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Portland Timbers
Ahead of the 2024 season, he was traded to the Portland Timbers for $625,000 in general allocation money, an international roster spot, plus another $150,000 GAM in performance-based incentives.[26]
On September 23, 2025, Miller converted a shot from about 30-yards to open the scoring in a 1–1 draw with the Vancouver Whitecaps.[27] The goal was his first for Portland and it was voted the best goal of Matchday 36 and 37 with 45.5% of the fan vote.[28]
International career
Youth
Miller was capped at youth level for Canada U20s, competing at the 2017 CONCACAF U20 Championship. Miller was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020.[29]
Senior
On March 18, 2019, he received his first senior call-up for Canada for their final CONCACAF Nations League qualifying game against French Guiana.[30]
In June 2019, Miller was selected in Canada's 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad and made his senior international debut on June 23, entering as a 61st minute substitute in Canada's final group stage match, a 7–0 win over Cuba.[31] In July 2021 Miller was called up to represent Canada at the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[32] In November 2022, Miller was named to Canada's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[33] He played every minute of the team's run in Qatar, as they were eliminated in the group stage.[34] In June 2023 Miller was named to Canada's 23-man squad for the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.[35] On June 19 he was called-up to the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad.[36][37] In June 2024, Miller was named to Canada's roster for the 2024 Copa América.[38]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played May 2, 2026[39]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Playoffs | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| K-W United | 2016 | PDL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||||
| Reading United | 2018 | PDL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Orlando City | 2019 | MLS | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | 12 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||||
| CF Montréal | 2021 | MLS | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 67 | 3 | |||
| Inter Miami | 2023 | MLS | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Portland Timbers | 2024 | MLS | 23 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |||
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | 64 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 195 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 233 | 7 | ||
International
- As of match played March 31, 2026[40]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Canada | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 0 | |
Honours
CF Montréal
Inter Miami
Individual