Milliard started playing baseball at age four in his native country Curaçao. When he was nine he moved with his family to Soest in The Netherlands where he played with the Knickerbockers club in the youth divisions. He was selected at age 14 to be part of the National youth team, the Cadetten. At age sixteen he moved to HCAW and played at the highest level, the Dutch Honkbal Hoofdklasse and developed into a talented short stop and second baseman.\n', '

In 1992 he signed a contract with the Florida Marlins and played in total ten seasons as a professional from which three seasons at the highest level. His strong point was his superb fielding as a short stop and second baseman. He played for the Marlins, the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds. In 1996 he debuted in the Major League for the Marlins during the world series of 1996. He debuted on 12 May of that year. He was the second player from Curaçao to get to the Major League and the eleventh Dutchman. As second baseman for the Marlins Milliard played 32 games in two seasons and won the world series. In 1998 he played another 11 games as second baseman and shortstop. In 2001 Milliard was sold from the San Diego Padres to the Cleveland Indians. With this club he failed to get into the major league selection and decided to return to The Netherlands.\n', '

Milliard played for the Dutch national team during the Olympics in Sydney in 2000. Also in 2002 he played for the team in various tournaments. During the Haarlemse honkbalweek in 2004 he played in every game as second baseman and won the prize for the Best Defensive Player. He got ten players out and assisted in 19 outs and was faultless during the whole tournament. During the Olympic Games of 2004 he played again and was awarded the prize for Best Second Baseman of the tournament. He played 75 games for the National team. His last one was in August 2004 against Chinese Tapei during the Olympics.\n', '

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