Mark McGuinness

Mark James McGuinness (born 5 January 2001) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a Centre back for Ipswich Town, on loan from Arsenal.

Mark McGuinness
Personal information
Full name Mark James McGuinness[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001[2]
Place of birth Slough, England
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Ipswich Town
(on loan from Arsenal)
Number 2
Youth career
2011–2020 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Arsenal 0 (0)
2020– → Ipswich Town (loan) 16 (1)
National team‡
2019 Republic of Ireland U19 10 (2)
2020– Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:28, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:06, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

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] He broke into Arsenal's under-23 squad during the 2019–20 season, although he missed much of the season through injury.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] He scored his first senior career goal in a 1–0 away win over Burton Albion on 16 January 2021.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9] He made his debut for the under-21s in a 2–1 win over Luxembourg on 18 November.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 6 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal U21 2019–20[11] ———1[lower-alpha 1]010
2020–21[6] ———1[lower-alpha 1]010
Total 0000002020
Arsenal 2020–21[6] Premier League 0000000000
Ipswich Town (loan) 2020–21[6] League One 161100000171
Career total 161100020191
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy.

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