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 23) [2]
Place of birth Slough, England
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) [2]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Cardiff City
Number 5
Youth career
2011–2020 Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 Arsenal 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Ipswich Town (loan) 24 (1)
2021– Cardiff City 82 (5)
2022–2023 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 17 (1)
International career‡
2019 Republic of Ireland U19 10 (2)
2020– Republic of Ireland U21 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:23, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:06, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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

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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] He scored his first goal for Cardiff in a 2–1 win against Preston North End on 20 November 2021. [10]

On 18 August 2022, McGuinness joined Sheffield Wednesday on a season-long loan. [11] [12] Two days later he made his debut, starting against Bolton Wanderers. [13] He would win the clubs player of the month for November, making five appearances and scoring his first goal for the club against Shrewsbury Town. [14] Another three clean sheets from a possible five in December saw him get back-to-back player of the month awards at the club. [15] He was recalled back to Cardiff City on 19 January 2023 having played 23 times. [16]

On 17 August 2023, it was announced that McGuinness had signed a new four-year deal that would keep him at Cardiff until the summer of 2027. [17]

International career

McGuinness is a Republic of Ireland youth international, [3] qualifying through his Derry-born father (who grew up in Limavady) [18] and 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. [19]

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. [20] He made his debut for the under-21s in a 2–1 win over Luxembourg on 18 November. [21] McGuinness scored his first goal for the U21's on 12 October 2021 in a 2–1 loss to Montenegro in Podgorica. [22]

Personal life

Mark's father, John McGuinness and brother Tom have represented England in bowls. [23]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 February 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonDivisionLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal U21 2019–20 [24] ———1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
2020–21 [7] ———1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Total0000002020
Arsenal 2020–21 [7] Premier League 0000000000
Ipswich Town (loan) 2020–21 [7] League One 241100000251
Cardiff City 2021–22 [25] Championship 343100000353
2022–23 [26] Championship190000000190
2023–24 [27] Championship292001000302
Total825101000845
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2022–23 [26] League One17130202 [lower-alpha 1] 0241
Career total12375030401357
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance in EFL Trophy.

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References

  1. ↑ Mark McGuinness at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 "Republic of Ireland – M. McGuinness – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ipswich sign Arsenal's McGuinness". BBC Sport. 22 September 2020.
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  5. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 "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". BBC Sport.
  10. ↑ "Preston 1–2 Cardiff". BBC. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Mark McGuinness joins Owls on loan". Sheffield Wednesday FC. 18 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "McGuinness joins Sheffield Wednesday on loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Report: Bolton 0–2 Wednesday". Sheffield Wednesday FC. 20 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "McGuinness voted Owls Player of the Month". Sheffield Wednesday FC. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "McGuinness on top in fans' vote!". Sheffield Wednesday FC. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  16. ↑ "Owls confirm McGuinness departure". Sheffield Wednesday FC. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  17. ↑ "Mark McGuinness signs a new four-year deal | Cardiff". www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  18. ↑ "Limavady link to Arsenal's midweek win over MK Dons". Derry Now. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  19. ↑ "Mark McGuinness makes u19 debut for Republic of Ireland". BBC Sport. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  20. ↑ "Ireland U21: 24-man squad named for November double-header". www.fai.ie. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  21. ↑ "McGuinness Wins First Irish U21s Cap". TWTD. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  22. ↑ "REPORT | Montenegro U21 2–1 Ireland U21 | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  23. ↑ "PotM, role models, family, music, Guinness! – An in-depth chat with Mark McGuinness". www.youtube.com.
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  25. ↑ "Games played by Mark McGuinness in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  26. 1 2 "Games played by Mark McGuinness in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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