Mark James McGuinness (born 5 January 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Sheffield Wednesday on loan from Cardiff City. Born in England, McGuiness represents the Republic of Ireland at youth international level.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mark James McGuinness[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 21)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Slough, England | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Sheffield Wednesday (on loan from Cardiff City) | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2020 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2021– | Cardiff City | 34 | (3) |
| 2022– | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 10 | (2) |
| 2020– | Republic of Ireland U21 | 13 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:09, 12 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:06, 14 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
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]
McGuinness is a Republic of Ireland youth international,[3] qualifying through his Derry-born father (who grew up in Limavady)[14] 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.[15]
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.[16] He made his debut for the under-21s in a 2–1 win over Luxembourg on 18 November.[17] McGuinness scored his first goal for the U21's on 12 October 2021 in a 2–1 loss to Montenegro in Podgorica.[18]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Arsenal U21 | 2019–20[19] | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21[7] | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenal | 2020–21[7] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ipswich Town (loan) | 2020–21[7] | League One | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Cardiff City | 2021–22[20] | Championship | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| 2022–23[21] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
| Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 2022–23[21] | League One | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Career total | 68 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 4 | ||
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. – current squad | |
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