Zak Mills

Zachary Louvaine Mills[2] (born 28 May 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays for Oldham Athletic, as a right back.

Zak Mills
Personal information
Full name Zachary Louvaine Mills[1]
Date of birth (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992
Place of birth Peterborough, England
Playing position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Oldham Athletic
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Histon 116 (5)
2014–2016 Boston United 75 (7)
2016–2018 Grimsby Town 58 (0)
2018–2019 Morecambe 38 (1)
2019– Oldham Athletic 25 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:02, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Career

Born in Peterborough, Mills played non-League football for Histon and Boston United,[3] before signing for League Two club Grimsby Town in June 2016.[4] He made his Grimsby debut in the EFL Trophy on 30 August 2016, after suffering a hamstring injury in pre-season.[5] He was released by Grimsby at the end of the 2017–18 season.[6] In June 2018 it was announced that he would sign for Morecambe on a one-year contract on 1 July 2018, alongside Rhys Oates.[7] In May 2019, following the end of the 2018–19 season, Mills won three awards at Morecambe's end of the season awards, including Player of the Year.[8] In June 2019, after turning down a new contract at Morecambe, it was announced that he would sign for Oldham Athletic.[9]

Playing style

Mills plays primarily as a right back, but can also play elsewhere in defence or midfield.[10]

Career statistics
As of 22 April 2019
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Histon 2010–11[3] 391100000401
2011–12[3] 281000000281
2012–13[3] 350000000350
2013–14[3] 143000000143
Total 11651000001175
Boston United 2013–14[3] 6100000061
2014–15[3] 383000020403
2015–16[3] 313000000313
Total 757000020777
Grimsby Town 2016–17[11] 300100030340
2017–18[12] 280001030320
Total 580101060660
Morecambe 2018–19[13] 381200000411
Career total 2871340108030013

References
  1. "Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/06/2015 and 30/06/2015". The Football Association. p. 5. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. Zak Mills at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. "Zak Mills: Grimsby Town sign Boston defender on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  5. Wood, Liam (1 September 2016). "Hurst encouraged by Mills after Mariners debut". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  6. "James McKeown: Grimsby Town offer new deal to goalkeeper and release 11". BBC Sport. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  7. "Morecambe: Rhys Oates and Zak Mills sign on free transfers". BBC Sport. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  8. "PLAYER OF THE SEASON AWARDS". Morecambe F.C. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  9. "Zak Mills: Oldham Athletic sign ex-Morecambe defender on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  10. Dannatt, Matt (16 June 2016). "Zak Mills: I am a versatile signing for Grimsby Town". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  11. "Games played by Zak Mills in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  12. "Games played by Zak Mills in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  13. "Games played by Zak Mills in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2018.


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