Stephen McGuinness

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Stephen McGuinness
Personal information
Full name Stephen McGuinness
Date of birth (1973-08-02) 2 August 1973 (age 48)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1997 Home Farm 110 (6)
1997–2001 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. 82 (9)
2001–2002 Dundalk F.C. 29 (1)
2002–2003 Shamrock Rovers 23 (2)
2004–2005 Dundalk F.C. 66 (7)
Total 310 (25)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Stephen McGuinness (born 2 August 1973) is an Irish former footballer.

A centre half, he played schoolboy football for Home Farm and spent his schooldays in , Finglas, a school which has produced many Republic of Ireland underage internationals players, and most notably two full international players in Alan Moore (footballer) and Ronnie Whelan.[citation needed]

McGuinness made his League of Ireland debut for Home Farm against St James' Gate on 11 October 1992.[citation needed]

He joined St Patrick's Athletic in 1997 where he had a very successful four years before joining Dundalk where his stay was to be brief following their relegation in 2002.[citation needed]

McGuinness was Liam Buckley's first signing at Shamrock Rovers and in his two seasons he scored 3 times in 30 appearances which included one goal from 2 appearances in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup[1] He made his Rovers debut on 11 July 2002.[2] In his first appearance against his old club he was sent off.[3] He scored his first League goal on 3 January 2003.[4]

McGuinness missed Rovers game at Slovan Liberec in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in July 2003 due to his marriage.[5] On his last appearance for the Hoops he scored the equaliser.[6]

He then spent another two seasons at Oriel Park before retiring.[citation needed]

Stephen McGuinness is currently the General Secretary of the PFAI.[7]

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/history/european-results#2002 Archived 2012-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 February 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/2002/0730/sport/rovers-gain-revenge-over-dundalk-62046.html
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 February 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2003/0705/Pg034.html#Ar03403:47577F4AB79445F81F49683558271E5BA73353074F56676464374E67A76344177F471794
  6. ^ http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/reports/vshels281103.htm[dead link]
  7. ^ http://www.pfai.ie/index.php?mod=one&id=16491&PHPSESSID=99e79c2f5d0ce5a772f448f89c2ffd2e
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