Neil Harris (footballer, born 1977)

Neil Harris
Harris as manager of Millwall, 2015
Personal information
Full name Neil Harris[1]
Date of birth (1977-07-12) 12 July 1977 (age 47)[1]
Place of birth Orsett, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Cambridge United (head coach)
Youth career
–1996 Maldon Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Cambridge City
1998–2004 Millwall 233 (93)
2004Cardiff City (loan) 3 (1)
2004–2007 Nottingham Forest 33 (1)
2005–2006Gillingham (loan) 36 (6)
2007–2011 Millwall 141 (31)
2011–2013 Southend United 40 (8)
2014 Rayleigh Town 3 (2)
Total 489 (142)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Millwall (caretaker)
2015–2019 Millwall
2019–2021 Cardiff City
2022–2023 Gillingham
2023–2024 Cambridge United
2024 Millwall
2025– Cambridge United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neil Harris (born 12 July 1977) is an English professional football manager and former footballer who played as a striker. He is currently head coach of Cambridge United.

Harris is Millwall's all-time record goalscorer, with 138 goals in all competitions. He broke the previous record of 111 goals, held by Teddy Sheringham, on 13 January 2009, during a 3–2 away win at Crewe Alexandra. He has made the fourth most appearances for the club, with 432. He also played for Cambridge City, Cardiff City, Nottingham Forest, Gillingham and Southend United. Harris retired from professional football in June 2013 and took up a coaching role at Millwall. Having briefly acted as caretaker-manager after the dismissal of Steve Lomas in January 2014, Harris was given the same role following the dismissal of Ian Holloway in March 2015 and was confirmed as permanent manager of Millwall on 29 April 2015. He moved on to become manager of Cardiff City in November 2019. In January 2022, Harris was appointed as the new first team manager of Gillingham on a two-and-a-half-year contract. In late 2023, he joined Cambridge United but less than three months later he left the club to return to Millwall.

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.

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