| Stephen McMillan | |
| Fullname: | Stephen Thomas McMillan |
| Birth Date: | 19 January 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Position: | Defender |
| Years1: | 1992-1993 |
| Clubs1: | Troon |
| Years2: | 1993–2001 |
| Clubs2: | Motherwell |
| Caps2: | 153 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2001–2007 |
| Clubs3: | Wigan Athletic |
| Caps3: | 92 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 245 |
| Totalgoals: | 6 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1997 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scotland U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Stephen Thomas McMillan (born 19 January 1976, in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former footballer, who retired from professional football in February 2007. He played for Troon, Motherwell and Wigan Athletic.
McMillan started his career at Scottish Junior side Troon[1] before joining Motherwell in 1993. While at Motherwell, McMillan suffered a broken leg, which would lead to several injury problems in his later career. He bounced back from that unfortunate incident to develop into an all-around defender, able to move forward into attacking positions when needed.
McMillan was sold to Wigan Athletic in March 2001 for £550,000 on the same day as teammate Lee McCulloch.[2] He was an instant hit at Wigan, but a series of injuries ruined his career. He suffered a knee injury setback in 2004, and was out of the game for almost a year, not making an appearance until late in the 2004–05 season. He was only able to make 5 appearances as Wigan were promoted, and he lost his place to the young Leighton Baines. McMillan only made two league appearances for Wigan in their debut Premiership season, against Charlton[3] and Fulham.[4] He picked up a bad knee injury in the League Cup semi-final against Arsenal, which ruled him out for the rest of the season. A year after the knee injury, McMillan announced his retirement on 27 February 2007.[5]