Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Joseph McGinty [1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 August 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Motherwell, Scotland | ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Shamrock Rovers | ||
Youth career | |||
Celtic | |||
Hibernian | |||
2016–2017 | Sligo Rovers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2022 | Sligo Rovers | 97 | (0) |
2022–2025 | Oxford United | 3 | (0) |
2024 | → Sligo Rovers (loan) | 36 | (0) |
2025– | Shamrock Rovers | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2018 | Republic of Ireland U19 | ||
2020 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:20, 9 January 2025 (UTC) |
Edward Joseph McGinty (born 5 August 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League of Ireland Premier Division club Shamrock Rovers. Born in Scotland, he represented the Republic of Ireland at youth international level.
Born in Motherwell, [3] McGinty played youth football in his native Scotland for Celtic and Hibernian before joining Irish club Sligo Rovers in 2016. [4] [5]
He moved to English club Oxford United in July 2022 on a three-year contract. [2] [4] [6] He made his debut for Oxford on 9 August 2022 in an EFL Cup win over Championship side Swansea City, making a crucial save in the penalty shootout to help his side to the win. [7] [8] He made his Football League debut in a 3–0 defeat on 26 December 2022 against Ipswich Town. [9] On 24 January 2024 he was loaned back to Sligo Rovers. [10]
On 9 January 2025, McGinty signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Shamrock Rovers on a multi-year contract for an undisclosed fee. [11] [12] [13]
Born in Scotland, McGinty was a Republic of Ireland youth international. [14] On 16 November 2020, he made his Republic of Ireland under-21 debut against Iceland in a Under-21 European Championship qualifier, but they were beaten 2–1. [15]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sligo Rovers | 2017 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
2019 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
2020 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||||
2021 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 [b] | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
2022 | 19 | 0 | — | — | 2 [b] | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |||||
Total | 97 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 0 | ||
Oxford United | 2022–23 | League One | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 [c] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
2023–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
Sligo Rovers (loan) | 2024 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||
Shamrock Rovers | 2025 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 [d] | 0 | 0 [e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career Total | 136 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 155 | 0 |
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