About Neil Harris (footballer, born 1977)
Neil Harris (born 12 July 1977) is an English professional football manager and former footballer who played as a striker. He is the manager of EFL League One club 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. Following his time at Millwall, he rejoined Cambridge United as the first team manager and led them to promotion from League Two in 2026 In his first full season, he was named player of the year for Millwall, scored in their defeat in the 1999 Football League Trophy final and later helped them to a Second Division championship in 2000–01.
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