"James Milner is set to break the record for the most appearances in Premier League history after being named in Brighton's starting XI for their match against Brentford on Saturday, Milner's 654th in the competition. The 40-year-old had equalled the record of 653 matches, set by Gareth Barry, earlier this month. Milner has represented Leeds United, Newcastle United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Brighton, winning two Premier League titles at the Etihad and one on Merseyside under Jürgen Klopp."
"Milner has scored 56 goals in his 654 matches with his first coming on his fifth senior appearance for Leeds in 2002, aged just 16 years and 356 days. The goal made him the youngest player to score a goal in Premier League history before James Vaughan found the back of the net for Everton in 2005. The Englishman has 90 Premier League assists to his name -- a personal single-season high 12 were registered in 2009-10 when he was the creative fulcrum of an exciting Villa team."
James Milner made his 654th Premier League appearance after being named in Brighton's starting XI for the match against Brentford. He had equalled the previous record of 653 matches set by Gareth Barry earlier this month. He has represented Leeds United, Newcastle United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Brighton, winning two Premier League titles at the Etihad and one on Merseyside under Jürgen Klopp. The majority of his 564 Premier League matches came at Liverpool, accounting for just over 35%. He is 40 years old and seven years older than Brighton head coach Fabian Hürzeler. Brighton have 11 Premier League matches remaining this season, giving him further opportunity to extend the record. He moved clear of Gareth Barry in the all-time list and extended his lead over Ryan Giggs (632); Frank Lampard (609) and David James (572) complete the top five, with Mark Schwarzer, Gary Speed, Emile Heskey, Jamie Carragher and Phil Neville rounding out the top ten. He has scored 56 goals in his 654 matches, with his first on his fifth senior appearance for Leeds in 2002 at 16 years and 356 days, and he has 90 Premier League assists, including a single-season high of 12 in 2009-10.
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