Stephen McGuinness (born 2 August 1973) is an Irish former footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen McGuinness | ||
| Date of birth | (1973-08-02) 2 August 1973 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1997 | Home Farm | 110 | (6) |
| 1997–2001 | St Patrick's Athletic F.C. | 82 | (9) |
| 2001–2002 | Dundalk F.C. | 29 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Shamrock Rovers | 23 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Dundalk F.C. | 66 | (7) |
| Total | 310 | (25) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A centre half, he played schoolboy football for Home Farm and spent his schooldays in Patrician College, Finglas, a school which has produced many Republic of Ireland underage internationals players, and most notably two full international players in Alan Moore (footballer) and Ronnie Whelan.[citation needed]
McGuinness made his League of Ireland debut for Home Farm against St James' Gate on 11 October 1992.[citation needed]
He joined St Patrick's Athletic in 1997 where he had a very successful four years before joining Dundalk where his stay was to be brief following their relegation in 2002.[citation needed]
McGuinness was Liam Buckley's first signing at Shamrock Rovers and in his two seasons he scored 3 times in 30 appearances which included one goal from 2 appearances in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup[1] He made his Rovers debut on 11 July 2002.[2] In his first appearance against his old club he was sent off.[3] He scored his first League goal on 3 January 2003.[4]
McGuinness missed Rovers game at Slovan Liberec in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in July 2003 due to his marriage.[5] On his last appearance for the Hoops he scored the equaliser.[6]
He then spent another two seasons at Oriel Park before retiring.[citation needed]
Stephen McGuinness is currently the General Secretary of the PFAI.[7]
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