Marcus McGuane

Marcus McGuane
Personal information
Full name Marcus Samuel Michael McGuane[1]
Birth name Marcus Samuel Michael Agyei-Tabi[2]
Date of birth (1999-02-02) 2 February 1999
Place of birth Greenwich, London, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona B
Youth career
2005–2017 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Arsenal 0 (0)
2018– Barcelona B 8 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Republic of Ireland U17 3 (0)
2015–2016 England U17 8 (0)
2016–2017 England U18 8 (0)
2017–2018 England U19 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:16, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:58, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Marcus Samuel Michael McGuane (/məˈɡweɪn/ mə-GWAYN;[3] born 2 February 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Spanish club FC Barcelona B.

Career

Arsenal

Born in London, McGuane is a product of Arsenal's Hale End Academy having joined at the under-6 level.[4][5] He was the captain of the Arsenal under-18s and a regular for the under-23 side.[5] On 28 September 2017, McGuane was named on the bench for Arsenal's UEFA Europa League match against BATE Borisov. He came on as a 79th-minute substitute for Reiss Nelson as Arsenal won 4–2.[6]

Barcelona

On 30 January 2018, McGuane signed with FC Barcelona, being assigned to their B-team in the Spanish second tier.[7] On 7 March 2018, McGuane played for the Barcelona first team in the Supercopa de Catalunya final (Catalan Super Cup Final), coming on as a 77th-minute substitute for Aleix Vidal. In doing so, McGuane became the first English player to represent Barça in 29 years, after Gary Lineker.[8]

International

McGuane was eligible for both England and the Republic of Ireland at international level, qualifying for England through birth and the Republic of Ireland through his maternal grandparents who were born in Port Laoise and Cork.[2] McGuane is also of Ghanaian descent.[9]

McGuane represented the Republic of Ireland at the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, including an appearance against England on 13 May 2015.[10]

However, in November 2015, McGuane made his first appearance for England under-17s against Germany,[11] going on to appear for England at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[12]

The FIFA Statutes allow players to make only one change of national association.[13]a McGuane is therefore currently only eligible for England.

^a Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes, Article 8.

Career statistics

As of match played 2 March 2018 [14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2017–18 Premier League 0000002[lower-alpha 1]020
Barcelona B 2017–18 Segunda División 40–––40
Barcelona 2017–18 La Liga 001000–010
Career total 4010002070
  1. ↑ Appearances in the 2017–18 Europa League

References

  1. ↑ "List of players under written contract registered between 01/07/2016 and 31/07/2016" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 3. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Agyei-Tabi Marcus". FAI. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ↑ MyPersonalFootballCoach.com (23 Jun 2017), MyPersonalFootballCoach.com, retrieved 17 Nov 2017
  4. ↑ "Marcus McGuane agrees pro contract". Arsenal FC. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 Watts, Charles (28 September 2017). "Who is Marcus McGuane? The story of the Arsenal wonderkid wanted by Manchester United & Juventus". Football London. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "BATE Borisov 2-4 Arsenal". Soccerway.
  7. ↑ "Agreement with Arsenal for the transfer of Marcus McGuane | FC Barcelona".
  8. ↑ "Barcelona: Marcus McGuane first Englishman to play for club since Gary Lineker". BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ http://footy-ghana.com/2018/01/marcus-mcguane-ditches-arsenal-barcelona/
  10. ↑ "England 1 – 0 Republic of Ireland". FAI. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "England 2 – 1 Germant". The Football Association. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "ENGLAND UNDER-17S SQUAD NAMED FOR EURO CHAMPIONSHIP". The Football Association. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  13. ↑ "FIFA Statutes - April 2016 edition" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  14. ↑ Marcus McGuane at Soccerway
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