Barry Maguire

Barry Maguire
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-10-27) 27 October 1989
Place of birth Tiel, Netherlands
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Limerick
Number 77
Youth career
–2006 Theole
FC Den Bosch
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 FC Den Bosch 66 (6)
2008–2011 FC Utrecht 50 (1)
2011–2013 VVV-Venlo 50 (6)
2013–2015 FC Den Bosch 66 (9)
2015–2017 Sarpsborg 08 3 (1)
2017–2018 TEC 13 (6)
2018– Limerick 13 (3)
National team‡
2005 Republic of Ireland U16[1] 1 (0)
2007 Netherlands U18 2 (0)
2007–2008 Netherlands U19 9 (2)
2008–2009 Netherlands U20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Barry Maguire (born 27 October 1989) is an Irish-Dutch footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Limerick.[2]

Club career

Maguire started to play football at amateur club Theole, in his native town of Tiel. Here he was scouted by FC Den Bosch. At the age of 16, he joined FC Den Bosch's first squad.[3] He moved on to FC Utrecht in 2008.[3]

He scored FC Utrecht's fourth goal in their 4-0 win over Celtic in their Europa League play-off win in August 2010.[4]

The development of a long-lasting injury to his back which also affected his left calf muscle caused Maguire to miss games and eventually have to move to less challenging leagues, in the hope of regaining his fitness.

He joined Norwegian team Sarpsborg 08 FF in the summer of 2015.[5]

Maguire moved from local club TEC to Limerick FC in February of 2018. [6]

During his time at the club, which was struggling to avoid relegation for most of the season, he managed to become the team's top scorer, with most of his goals coming from late runs into the box.

International career

Maguire represented the Republic of Ireland Under-16 and the Netherlands Under-19 teams, since his father is Irish,[3] Maguire can still represent either the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland at senior competitive level.[3]

On 27 January 2009, Barry Maguire was called up to the Republic of Ireland Under 21 squad for the first time,[7] but he rejected the invitation the following day.[8] In September 2010 he declared himself eager to represent Ireland.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dutch ace Maguire is keen to go Green". Evening Herald. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  2. ↑ Barry Maguire nieuwe aanwinst TEC‚ stadtiel.nl, 10 January 2017
  3. 1 2 3 4 Irish must play green card Irish Independent, 16 July 2008
  4. ↑ FC Utrecht 4 - 0 Celtic (agg 4 - 2) BBC Sport, 26 August 2010
  5. ↑ Karlsen, Pål Andre (28 July 2015). "Maguire klar for Sarpsborg 08". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). p. 25.
  6. ↑ Cuneen, Andrew (25 February 2018). "Limerick FC agree deal with Dutch Youth International". Limerick Leader.
  7. ↑ "Givens names strong squad for U-21 friendly v Germany". Football Association of Ireland. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  8. ↑ "Maguire wijst Ierland af". De Telegraaf. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2009.


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