Mark Daniel Milligan or simply known as Mark Milligan is a professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Australian national team and Saudi Arabian professional football club, AL Ahli.
He has also played for clubs such as Chinese club, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Football Club, Japanese club, JEF United Chiba and UAE based club, Baniyas Club. He has played for the youth team of the Australian team in their U20 and U23 and made his senior international debut for Australia in 2006.
Milligan also played at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2007 and 2015 AFC Asian Cup as well as 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Mark Milligan is of Australian nationality, was born on 4 August 1985 in Sydney, South Wales, Australia. He started his early career by the joining the Australian Institute of Sport in 2002.
His annual salary is around € 1.7 million with a weekly salary of € 33,000 which he receives from playing for AI Ahli.
Milligan's net worth combined with assets could be estimated to be over $ 800,000. Maximum of his net worth is acquired through his professional career in football.
He has a market worth in the region of £675,000 as of 2018. As for riding, he currently owns a Hyundai car.
Milligan started his senior playing career with the Australian soccer club, Northern Suit in 2002. And after which he joined Blacktown City in 2004. The midfielder then joined Sydney FC in 2005 and was the part of the team that won the A-League Championship in 2005/06.
After playing for Newcastle Jets in 2008/09, he moved to China and joined Shanghai Shenhua in 2009 and was later transferred to Japanese football club, JEF United Chiba in 2010.
While playing for the team, he was loaned to Australian club, Melbourne Victory in 2012.
He signed a permanent deal with Melbourne Victory in 2012 and was the part of a soccer team that went on to win the A-League Championship and Premiership in 2014/15.
Milligan then moved to UAE and signed a two-year contract worth $ 1 million in 2015 with Baniyas Club. He returned back to Australia and joined his former club, Melbourne Victory in 2017.
He is currently playing for Saudi professional football club, AI Ahli for a reported transfer fee of $ 1 million in January 2018 and made his debut against Al Ittihad FC on 4 February 2018.
After winning the OFC U20Championship with the Australian under-20, he made his senior international debut against Liechtenstein in a friendly match on 7 June 2006 and scored his first international goal against Indonesia during 2011 Asian Cup Qualifiers.
He was the part of the victorious Australian team led by Mile Jedinak along with players such as striker Tim Cahill and defender, Jason Davidson that won the AFC Asian Cup in 2015.
Since making his debut, he has appeared in 69 matches and scored 6 goals for Australia.
Currently 32, he stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches and weighs around 78 kg. Talking about his personal life, Mark Milligan is a man. He tied his knot with his long-term loving girlfriend, Rhia Milligan. The couple celebrated their wedding ceremony among their family and friends in his hometown.
The couple was blessed with two daughters, Audrey and Maya Milligan until September 2016 and his wife was reported to be pregnant with their third child. But further details are available.
