Mark McGuinness

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Mark McGuinness
Personal information
Full name Mark James McGuinness[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 20)[2]
Place of birth Slough, England
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Cardiff City
Number 2
Youth career
2011–2020 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Arsenal 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Ipswich Town (loan) 24 (1)
2021– Cardiff City 1 (0)
National team‡
2019 Republic of Ireland U19 10 (2)
2020– Republic of Ireland U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:20, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:46, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Mark James McGuinness (born 5 January 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Cardiff City. Born in England, McGuiness represents the Republic of Ireland at youth international level.

Club career[]

Born in Slough, McGuinness joined Arsenal at the age of 10.[3] After featuring regularly for Arsenal's under-18s side during the 2018–19 season, he signed his first professional contract with the club in April 2019.[4][5] He broke into Arsenal's under-23 squad during the 2019–20 season, although he missed much of the season through injury.[5] He featured for the Arsenal first-team for the first time during pre-season for the 2020–21 season, including scoring a header in a 4–1 win over Milton Keynes Dons in a friendly on 25 August.[6]

McGuinness signed on a season long loan for Ipswich Town in September 2020.[3] He made his senior debut on 27 October 2020, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 win over Gillingham.[7] He scored his first senior career goal in a 1–0 away win over Burton Albion on 16 January 2021.[8] McGuinness made 25 appearances during his loan spell at Ipswich, scoring once.[7]

He signed for Cardiff City on 21 June 2021, on a three-year contract.[9]

International career[]

McGuinness is a Republic of Ireland youth international,[3] playing for them at under-19 level.[2] He made his debut for the Republic of Ireland under-19 side in March 2019 in a 5–0 win over Romania U19.[10]

He received his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 team in November 2020, for UEFA Under-21 European Championship Qualifiers at home to Iceland and away to Luxembourg.[11] He made his debut for the under-21s in a 2–1 win over Luxembourg on 18 November.[12]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 7 August 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal U21 2019–20[13] — — — 1[a] 0 1 0
2020–21[7] — — — 1[a] 0 1 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Arsenal 2020–21[7] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ipswich Town (loan) 2020–21[7] League One 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 1
Cardiff City 2021–22[14] Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 25 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 28 1
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Appearance in EFL Trophy.

References[]

  1. ^ Mark McGuinness at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Republic of Ireland - M. McGuinness - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ipswich sign Arsenal's McGuinness". 22 September 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Mark McGuinness signs first professional contract". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mark McGuinness signs professional terms with Arsenal". Daily Cannon. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  6. ^ "A guide to Mark McGuinness as he leaves Arsenal for Ipswich on loan". Daily Cannon. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Games played by Mark McGuinness in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Burton Albion 0 - 1 Ipswich Town". BBC Sport. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Cardiff sign Arsenal defender McGuinness" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Mark McGuinness makes u19 debut for Republic of Ireland". BBC Sport. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Ireland U21: 24-man squad named for November double-header". www.fai.ie. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  12. ^ "McGuinness Wins First Irish U21s Cap". TWTD. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Games played by Mark McGuinness in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Games played by Mark McGuinness in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

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