John McGinn

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John McGinn
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John McGinn in the Jersey of Scotland (2019)
Personnel
birthday October 18, 1994
place of birth Glasgow ,  Scotland
size 178 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
0000–2012 FC St. Mirren
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2012-2015 FC St. Mirren 87 0(4)
2015-2018 Hibernian Edinburgh 101 (12)
2018– Aston Villa 48 0(9)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2013 Scotland U-19 4 0(0)
2014-2015 Scotland U-21 9 0(0)
2016– Scotland 19 0(4)
1 Only league games are given.
As of October 15, 2019

2 As of October 15, 2019

John McGinn (born October 18, 1994 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish football player who plays for Aston Villa . His brothers Stephen and Paul are also professional footballers.

Career

society

John McGinn was born in Glasgow in 1994 . He began his career in Paisley, about 11 kilometers west of Glasgow, with the local first division club FC St. Mirren . He made his professional debut for the Saints in October 2012 at the age of 18 in the league game against Celtic Glasgow when he came on for Jim Goodwin . After two more appearances under Danny Lennon in November of the same year against Dundee FC and Ross County , his contract was extended to 2015. On the last day of the 2012/13 season he scored his first professional goal against FC Kilmarnock . In the league McGinn reached with his team at the end of the season only the penultimate place in the table. For this he sensationally won the Scottish League Cup in the final against Heart of Midlothian with the Saints in 2013 . When the Saints won the first title in this competition , McGinn stood for eighty minutes. In the following season 2013/14 he was an absolute regular player in the first division and completed 35 of 38 possible league games. It was also an important part of the following 2014/15 season and was used 30 times. Despite all this, relegation to the second division was clear at the end of the season. McGinn, whose contract had expired, did not renew the contract in Paisley. In July 2015 he moved to the ambitious second division club Hibernian Edinburgh and signed a four-year contract. With the club he rose to the first division in the 2016/17 season. In Edinburgh, McGinn was a regular for three seasons. In August 2018 he moved to the English second division team Aston Villa . There he was immediately a regular and McGinn not only completed 40 league games, but also counted among the goalscorers in the play-off final against Derby County in a 2-1 win. In August 2019, McGinn signed a new five-year contract with Aston Villa.

National team

John McGinn played four times for the Scottish U-19 team in 2013 . In 2014 he was nominated for the U-21 for the first time . McGinn, who played in midfield, made his debut against the Netherlands on May 28, 2014 at St. Mirren Park . He made his senior national team debut against Denmark in March 2016 .

successes

with FC St. Mirren:

with Hibernian Edinburgh:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ St. Mirren 0: 5 (0: 4) Celtic. BBC Sport, October 20, 2012, accessed December 20, 2015 .
  2. ^ St. Mirren: John McGinn agrees three-year contract extension. BBC Sport, November 29, 2012, accessed December 20, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Kilmarnock 1: 3 (1: 1) St. Mirren. BBC Sport, May 18, 2013, accessed December 20, 2015 .
  4. Jump up ↑ St. Mirren 3: 2 (1: 1) Hearts. BBC Sport, March 17, 2013, accessed December 20, 2015 .
  5. ^ Hibernian sign John McGinn for undisclosed fee from St. Mirren. BBC Sport, July 31, 2015, accessed December 20, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Aston Villa in Premier League heaven with Wembley play-off win over Derby. The Guardian, May 27, 2019, accessed August 10, 2019 .
  7. ↑ AJohn McGinn signs new five-year deal. Aston Villa, August 8, 2019, accessed August 10, 2019 .
  8. ^ McGinn hoping St Mirren Park provides home comforts. Scottish FA, May 26, 2014, accessed December 20, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Scotland 1: 6 (0: 3) Netherlands. Scottish FA, May 28, 2014, accessed December 20, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME McGinn, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland