Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jamie Terence McGrath [1] | ||
Date of birth | 30 September 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Athboy, County Meath, Ireland | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aberdeen | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Athboy Celtic | |||
Cherry Orchard | |||
2013 | UCD | ||
2013–2015 | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | St Patrick's Athletic | 47 | (4) |
2017–2019 | Dundalk | 84 | (10) |
2020–2022 | St Mirren | 60 | (12) |
2022–2023 | Wigan Athletic | 2 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Dundee United (loan) | 32 | (8) |
2023– | Aberdeen | 27 | (7) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 7 | (2) |
2016–2018 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 2 | (0) |
2021– | Republic of Ireland | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:18, 19 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:42, 22 November 2023 (UTC) |
Jamie Terence McGrath (born 30 September 1996) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen and the Republic of Ireland national team. He started his career with St Patrick's Athletic and has since played for Dundalk, St Mirren, Wigan Athletic and Dundee United.
A native of Athboy, County Meath, McGrath played youth football for his local club Athboy Celtic before joining top Dublin youth side Cherry Orchard. He played for UCD under 19's before joining St Patrick's Athletic under 19 side on their scholarship scheme with NUI Maynooth. He played for Pats under 19's for two seasons, including a league winning campaign in which McGrath scored two goals against Derry City under 19's in the final. [3] [4] He progressed into the first team in 2014 whilst still playing for the club's under 19 side.
McGrath made his senior debut with the first team on 9 September 2014 as he played the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 win over Longford Town in the 2014 Leinster Senior Cup Final at City Calling Stadium. McGrath impressed Saints fans with his display, including an excellent through ball to set up Jack Bayly's winning goal in the 64th minute. [5] [6] His League of Ireland debut came on 17 October 2014 when he started against Athlone Town in a 2–0 loss at Richmond Park. [7]
He was named as a first team player ahead of the 2015 season, with number 19 being assigned to McGrath as his squad number. [8] Mid season when first choice striker Christy Fagan picked up a knee injury, McGrath had an extended run in the starting 11 as a striker and scored his first goals away to Drogheda United and Sligo Rovers in consecutive away games to secure 2–0 and 3–0 wins respectively. [9] [10] McGrath made his first appearances in UEFA competition when he came on from the bench both away and at home against Latvian side Skonto Riga in the Europa League. [11] [12] McGrath came on at the start of extra time in the 2015 League of Ireland Cup Final as Pats drew 0–0 with Galway United before winning 4–3 on penalties to win the League Cup at Eamonn Deacy Park. [13] McGrath received rave reviews from fans, pundits and the media alike for his breakthrough season, [14] coming in a second behind Lee Desmond in the club's Young Player of the Year awards.
Although he struggled with shin splints that kept him out of games at the beginning of the 2016 season, [15] his importance to the team increased in a season where the team struggled to deal with the midfield losses of Chris Forrester, Greg Bolger, Killian Brennan and James Chambers. Those losses however, created an opportunity for McGrath to play a lot of games in the role of attacking midfielder throughout the season. His first goal of the season was an 89th-minute strike to rescue a point at home to relegation fighting Longford Town live on Eir Sport. [16] His only appearance in Europe for the season came against Dinamo Minsk of Belarus as Pats lost 1–0 at home and were knocked out of the Europa League in the second qualifying round. [17] McGrath played a huge part in the Saints retaining their League Cup trophy as he played in every game, scoring away from home against Bray Wanderers in the quarter-finals, [18] Shamrock Rovers in the semi's [19] [20] and Limerick in the Final. [21] [22] Following a good season for McGrath, he was voted St Patrick's Athletic Young Player of the Season by the club's supporters. [23]
McGrath moved from St Patrick's Athletic to Dundalk for an undisclosed transfer fee on 15 January 2017. [24]
After winning back-to-back League of Ireland Premier Division titles with Dundalk, McGrath signed a 2+1⁄2-year deal with Scottish Premiership side St Mirren on 7 January 2020. [25]
On 31 January 2022, transfer deadline day, McGrath signed for EFL League One club Wigan Athletic on a two-and-a-half-year contract. [26] After making four appearances for the club, he spent the 2022–23 season on loan at Dundee United, before on 26 July 2023, making the decision to terminate his contract due to repeated contractual breaches by the previous owners of Wigan, despite the club's efforts to retain him. [27]
On 3 August 2022, he joined Dundee United on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. [28] He made his debut the following day, providing the assist for Glenn Middleton's goal in a 1–0 win over AZ Alkmaar in the UEFA Europa Conference League. [29] McGrath made 32 appearances in all competitions over the course of the season, scoring 7 goals, but this was not enough to help his side avoid relegation to the Scottish Championship as they finished bottom of the table. [30]
After leaving Wigan, McGrath returned to the Scottish Premiership by signing a two-year contract with Aberdeen on 22 August 2023. [31] [32] He made his debut two days later, coming off the bench in the 70th minute away to BK Häcken in the UEFA Europa League, helping his side to comeback from two goals down to earn a 2–2 draw. [33] On 30 September 2023, McGrath scored in a 3–1 win over Rangers at Ibrox Stadium on his 27th birthday. [34] On 9 November 2023, he scored his first career European goal when he found the bottom corner with a 30 yard free kick away to PAOK to level the scores at 2–2 in his sides UEFA Europa Conference League draw at the Toumba Stadium. [35]
McGrath's first taste of under-19's international football came when he was called up to the Republic of Ireland under-19s by Paul Doolin for their November 2014 games against Malta and Gibraltar. His first appearance came against Malta in a 1–0 win in Waterford. [36] He went on to make a total of six appearances for the 19's, scoring twice vs Azerbaijan at Tallaght Stadium. McGrath was called up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad for the first time by manager Noel King on 8 November 2016, for their games against Czech Republic and Slovakia in La Manga Club, Spain. [37]
On 24 May 2021, McGrath received his first call up to the Republic of Ireland senior squad by his former Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny for the summer friendlies against Andorra and Hungary, [38] making his full international debut in the away fixture in Andorra on 3 June 2021. [39] His first senior start for Ireland came in a 2–1 loss in a 2022 World Cup qualifier against Portugal on 1 September 2021 at the Estádio Algarve in Faro, in which he provided the assist for John Egan's opening goal. [40]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
St Patrick's Athletic | 2014 | LOI Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2015 | LOI Premier Division | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 33 | 3 | |
2016 | LOI Premier Division | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 0 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 31 | 6 | |
Total | 47 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 9 | ||
Dundalk | 2017 | LOI Premier Division | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 38 | 7 |
2018 | LOI Premier Division | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
2019 | LOI Premier Division | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 9] | 1 | 40 | 3 | |
Total | 84 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 118 | 14 | ||
St Mirren | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | — | — | 45 | 17 | |||
2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 3 | |||
Total | 60 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 5 | — | — | 78 | 20 | ||||
Wigan Athletic | 2021–22 | EFL League One | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 10] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Dundee United (loan) | 2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 11] | 0 | — | 37 | 9 | |
Aberdeen | 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 [lower-alpha 12] | 1 | — | 43 | 9 | |
Career total | 255 | 41 | 25 | 7 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 345 | 61 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Republic of Ireland | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
2023 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 0 |
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