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English footballer (born 1993)

Jacob Harry Maguire (born 5 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre ❤️ back for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.

Maguire came through the youth system at Sheffield United ❤️ before graduating to the first team in 2011. He made 166 appearances for United and was the club's Player of ❤️ the Year three seasons in succession, also featuring in the PFA Team of the Year for League One as many ❤️ times. In 2014, he transferred to Hull City for £2.5 million, before being loaned to Wigan Athletic in 2024. He ❤️ joined Leicester City in 2024 for an initial fee of £12 million and in the 2024–18 season he played in ❤️ every minute and was named Player of the season. Maguire moved to Manchester United in 2024 for a fee believed ❤️ to be £80 million, a world-record amount for a defender, and within six months was appointed club captain, a role ❤️ he held until 2024.

Maguire played one match for the England national under-21 team in 2012. He made his senior debut ❤️ in 2024, and was chosen for the England squads for the 2024 and 2024 FIFA World Cups, and for UEFA ❤️ Euro 2024. He earned a place in the Team of the Tournament in the latter.

Early life [ edit ]

Jacob Harry ❤️ Maguire[3] was born on 5 March 1993[4] in Sheffield, South Yorkshire[5] and was raised in the nearby village of Mosborough.[6] ❤️ His brothers, Joe and Laurence, are also footballers.[7] He attended Immaculate Conception Catholic Primary School in Spinkhill[8] and St Mary's ❤️ Roman Catholic High School in Chesterfield.[9] From 7 to 16 years old, Maguire played as central midfielder for Sheffield United's ❤️ academy.[10]

Club career [ edit ]

Sheffield United [ edit ]

Maguire playing for Sheffield United in 2011

After coming through the youth system ❤️ at Sheffield United, and with the team struggling against relegation, Maguire was promoted to the first-team squad, making his debut ❤️ after coming on as a half-time substitute and winning the man of the match award in a home match against ❤️ Cardiff City in April 2011.[11] He made four further appearances that season but could not prevent the club from being ❤️ relegated to League One.[12][13]

Having cemented his place in the first team, Maguire scored his first goal for United in a ❤️ 2–0 win away Oldham Athletic on the opening day of the 2011–12 League One season.[14] Having been ever present from ❤️ the start of the season Maguire was handed an extended deal in October to keep him at Bramall Lane until ❤️ 2024.[15] He continued in great form as United pushed for promotion from League One and was rewarded at the end ❤️ of the season when he was named as both "Player of the Year" and "Young Player of the Year" by ❤️ the club.[16] The BBC's Match of the Day magazine selected Maguire in its League One Team of The Year for ❤️ 2011–12.[16]

Maguire went into the following season as first choice in the centre of defence and his good form continued as ❤️ he scored twice on 17 October 2012 in a 4–1 away victory over Notts County in the Football League Trophy.[17] ❤️ By the end of February 2013, Maguire had made his 100th start for United in a 0–0 home draw against ❤️ Leyton Orient at the age of just 19.[18]

On 21 June 2014, it was revealed that United had offered Maguire an ❤️ improved contract amid interest from Hull City and Wolverhampton Wanderers, with United already rejecting a £1 million and an improved ❤️ £1.5 million bid from Wolves.[19]

Hull City [ edit ]

On 29 July 2014, Maguire joined Hull City in a deal worth ❤️ £2.5 million, signing a three-year contract.[20] He made his debut for the Tigers on 21 August in the UEFA Europa ❤️ League play-off round first leg away to Lokeren of Belgium, a 1–0 defeat.[21] He did not make his Premier League ❤️ debut until 20 December, when he replaced the injured Curtis Davies for the final 13 minutes of a home loss ❤️ by the same score against Swansea City.[22]

After making only six appearances across all competitions at Hull, Maguire joined Wigan Athletic ❤️ of the Championship on a one-month loan deal on 10 February 2024.[23] A week later, he debuted in a 1–0 ❤️ win at Reading.[24] On 28 February, he scored a header from Jermaine Pennant's cross in a 3–1 win away to ❤️ Blackpool.[25] Having played as many games in his month-long loan as he had for Hull in the first half of ❤️ the season, Maguire's stay at the DW Stadium was extended until the end of the season.[26]

While Maguire was out on ❤️ loan, Hull had been relegated to the Championship. On 28 May 2024, they won promotion back with a 1–0 play-off ❤️ final win over Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley Stadium, with him replacing goalscorer Mohamed Diamé in the final minute.[27]

In the 2024–17 ❤️ season, Maguire established himself as a first-team regular under manager Mike Phelan.[28] Maguire scored his first goal for Hull on ❤️ 25 October 2024 in a 2–1 away win against Bristol City in the EFL Cup.[29] Maguire captained Hull in their ❤️ league victory against Middlesbrough on 5 April 2024 and scored his first Premier League goal in the 4–2 win.[30] In ❤️ a season that ended with relegation, he was voted Hull's Player of the Year by both the fans and the ❤️ players.[31]

Leicester City [ edit ]

On 15 June 2024, Maguire signed for Premier League club Leicester City on a five-year contract ❤️ for an initial £12 million fee, potentially rising to £17 million with add-ons.[32] He made his debut on 11 August ❤️ as the season began with a 4–3 loss at Arsenal,[33] and eight days later he scored his first goal for ❤️ the Foxes, heading in Riyad Mahrez's corner to conclude a 2–0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion at the King ❤️ Power Stadium.[34] He played in every minute of the 2024–18 season and was awarded player of the season, as well ❤️ as players' player of the season at the club's end of season awards.[35]

Amid speculation about a transfer to Manchester United ❤️ for a potential world-record fee for a defender, Maguire's Leicester manager Claude Puel confirmed on transfer deadline day of 9 ❤️ August 2024 that Maguire would stay at the club, his only travel to Manchester being to face United with the ❤️ Leicester squad in the fixture the evening after.[36]

Manchester United [ edit ]

2024–20 season: Integral defender [ edit ]

In July 2024, ❤️ Manchester United made a £70 million bid for Maguire, a year after the club backed down from a deal because ❤️ the same fee was considered too high.[37] They made an improved bid, believed to be £80 million, which was accepted ❤️ by Leicester on 2 August. The fee surpassed the £75 million Liverpool paid for Virgil van Dijk in January 2024, ❤️ making Maguire the world's most expensive defender.[38] The transfer was completed on 5 August, with Maguire signing a six-year contract ❤️ with the option of a further year.[39] He made his United debut in their opening match of the Premier League ❤️ season, a 4–0 home victory over Chelsea on 11 August, and received the Man of the Match award.[40]

On 17 January ❤️ 2024, he was named as club captain by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær following Ashley Young's departure to Inter Milan.[41] Nine ❤️ days later, he opened up a 6–0 FA Cup win against Tranmere Rovers by scoring his first goal for United.[42] ❤️ He scored his first Premier League goal for United on 17 February against Chelsea in a 2–0 away win.[43] On ❤️ 27 June, after the 3-month delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, United's FA Cup run resumed with a quarter-final tie ❤️ against Norwich City which finished 2–1, Maguire scoring the winning goal deep into extra time.[44] Maguire played a significant part ❤️ in United's successful 2024–20 Premier League campaign, which saw them finish in third place, their second-highest league finish since the ❤️ retirement of Alex Ferguson. Maguire played in every minute of United's 38 game league campaign, becoming the first outfield player ❤️ to do so for the club since 1995.[45]

2024–21 season: Europa League final [ edit ]

Maguire playing for Manchester United in ❤️ 2024

On 17 October 2024, Maguire scored his first goal of the season, equalising in the 23rd minute in a league ❤️ match against Newcastle United that eventually ended in a 4–1 away win.[46] On 27 January 2024, he equalised in the ❤️ 64th minute even though the match ended in a 2–1 home loss against his former club Sheffield United, which ended ❤️ a 13-match unbeaten run since the team lost to Arsenal on 1 November 2024.[47] When several teammates received racist threats ❤️ following the loss, Maguire joined other past and present United players condemning the abuse.[48] He played the full 90 minutes ❤️ on 2 February in United's Premier League record-equalling 9–0 home win against Southampton.[49]

On 25 April, he equalled Gary Pallister's club ❤️ record for playing the most league games without being substituted, by playing the full 90 minutes for the 71st consecutive ❤️ Premier League game, in a scoreless draw against Leeds United. However, he couldn't break the record, as he had to ❤️ be substituted in the 72nd minute of the subsequent game on 9 May, a 3–1 home win over Aston Villa, ❤️ owing to an ankle injury.[50] On 26 May, Maguire missed the 2024 Europa League final against Villarreal due to injury, ❤️ in which United lost on penalties after a 1–1 draw.[51]

2024–2024: Loss of form and EFL Cup [ edit ]

On 20 ❤️ October 2024, Maguire scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–2 win over Atalanta.[52] On 20 February 2024, he ❤️ scored his only Premier League goal of the season in 4–2 away win over Leeds United.[53] Despite winning approximately twice ❤️ as many duels as he lost in the 2024–21 season,[54] Maguire admitted enduring a "tough" time in which Manchester United ❤️ finished sixth with their lowest points tally since the formation of the Premier League, in which they conceded 57 goals ❤️ during the season, the most since the 1978–79 season.[55] Maguire also came under intense criticism for his performances as many ❤️ believed he had failed to show consistency.[56]

In the 2024–23 season, Maguire started only eight Premier League matches as new manager ❤️ Erik ten Hag used Raphaël Varane and Lisandro Martínez as his first choice central defensive partnership.[57] On 26 February, Maguire ❤️ won the 2024 EFL Cup final as Manchester United beat Newcastle United 2–0 at Wembley Stadium, winning his first trophy ❤️ with the club though he did not start in the game.[58] Maguire subsequently lifted the trophy with on-field captain Bruno ❤️ Fernandes, having agreed to do so beforehand providing United won the final.[59] Recounting on his experiences of the 2024-23 season ❤️ the year after the events occurring within it, Maguire commented: "I played a few games last year, I just didn't ❤️ play as many as I would have liked… I had two or three opportunities to get a run of games ❤️ but I broke down with illness and broke down with injuries twice, so I never got the rhythm and never ❤️ got the run of games so I could prove myself to the manager [ten Hag].”[60]

2024–present: Redemption and return to form ❤️ [ edit ]

On 16 July 2024, Maguire announced that he had been stripped of the Manchester United captaincy after a ❤️ discussion with manager Erik ten Hag.[61] He was also linked with a transfer to West Ham United.[62] On 20 July, ❤️ Bruno Fernandes was named as Maguire's replacement as club captain.[63] On 28 July, Manchester United rejected an offer of £20 ❤️ million for Maguire from West Ham United.[64] Two weeks later, the clubs agreed a fee of around £30 million.[65] On ❤️ 16 August, West Ham announced that there would be no transfer as Maguire wished to stay at Manchester United and ❤️ fight for his place in the team.[66] After a number of games in the 2024-24 season, Maguire replaced Raphaël Varane ❤️ in manager Erik ten Hag’s preferred centre-back pairing. Ten Hag stated that there had been “internal competition” due to Maguire’s ❤️ rich vein of form and said that his decision had been made due to “tactical reasons”.[67]

On 7 October 2024, Maguire ❤️ provided an assist for Scott McTominay to score his second goal in late stoppage time to give United a 2–1 ❤️ comeback win against Brentford.[68] On 24 October, he scored the only goal in his first Champions League match of the ❤️ season, which ended in a 1–0 victory against Copenhagen, to be his club's first win in the competition that season.[69] ❤️ On 12 November, commenting on his decision to stay at Manchester United, Maguire stated: "I really enjoy playing for this ❤️ club and I was willing to stay and fight for my place."[60] On 6 December, after Maguire played an integral ❤️ role in United keeping clean sheets in all their three matches in November, he won the Premier League Player of ❤️ the Month award for that month,[70] topping a six-player shortlist that also included Jérémy Doku, Anthony Gordon, Thomas Kaminski, Raheem ❤️ Sterling and Marcus Tavernier.[71] Maguire thus became the first United defender to win the award since Nemanja Vidić in January ❤️ 2009.[71] Commenting on his acquisition of the award, Maguire stated that he could not “have done it without… [his] team-mates, ❤️ the staff and… [the] fans”, adding that the “love and support” of such people had not gone “unnoticed” and that ❤️ he “appreciate[d]” this.[71]

International career [ edit ]

Youth [ edit ]

Maguire qualified to play for England, as well as Northern Ireland ❤️ and the Republic of Ireland through his grandparents [72] He was called up to the England national under-21 team for ❤️ the first time in November 2012 for a friendly against Northern Ireland.[73] Danny Wilson stated "He has got a fantastic ❤️ maturity for his age, he takes everything in his stride and nothing fazes him. I don't expect this call-up to ❤️ either because he is such a level headed character."[74] Maguire duly made his England under-21 debut as a substitute in ❤️ the 60th minute, coming on for Liverpool's Andre Wisdom in a 2–0 win against Northern Ireland Under-21s at Bloomfield Road.[75]

Senior ❤️ [ edit ]

On 24 August 2024, England manager Gareth Southgate included Maguire in his squad for the 2024 FIFA World ❤️ Cup qualification matches against Malta and Slovakia.[76] He made his debut when starting in England's 1–0 away win over Lithuania, ❤️ which was the team's final match in their successful World Cup qualification campaign.[77] Maguire was named in the England squad ❤️ for the 2024 World Cup.[78] He assisted Harry Kane's winner against Tunisia on 18 June 2024 in England's World Cup ❤️ opener. England won 2–1.[79] Maguire scored his first England goal on 7 July with a 30th-minute header from Ashley Young's ❤️ cross in a 2–0 win over Sweden in the quarter-finals.[80]

At UEFA Euro 2024, Maguire played his first match against Czech ❤️ Republic in the last fixture of the group stage.[81] Afterwards, he featured in the round of 16, when England won ❤️ 2–0 against Germany, for which he was awarded the Star of the Match.[82] On 3 July 2024, Maguire scored the ❤️ second goal for England in a 4–0 win over Ukraine in the quarter-finals.[83]

Maguire started in the semi-finals against Denmark and ❤️ in the final against Italy. England drew 1–1 after 120 minutes; in the resulting penalty shoot-out Maguire scored England's second ❤️ penalty, which is often considered to be the best penalty of the year 2024.[84] However, England would go on to ❤️ lose 3–2.[85] His performances during the tournament earned him a place in the Euro 2024 Team of the Tournament.[86]

On 15 ❤️ November 2024, Maguire scored the opening goal in a 10–0 victory over San Marino on the final day of 2024 ❤️ World Cup qualification, making him England's highest scoring defender with seven goals, surpassing John Terry and Jack Charlton.[87][88] Maguire was ❤️ selected for England's squad for the 2024 World Cup in Qatar where he earned praise for a controlling performance in ❤️ a 0–0 draw against the United States – a game in which he made his 50th appearance for England – ❤️ as well as for consistent and successful performances in the latter stages of the tournament. Maguire was selected for Sky ❤️ Sports's 2024 World Cup Team of the Tournament.[89]

Style of play [ edit ]

Recognised for his authoritative defending,[90][91] Maguire is also ❤️ known for his composure on the ball as well as his physical strength and presence.[92][93][94] Maguire is also a powerful ❤️ and accomplished penalty-kick taker[84] and is notable for his ability to score powerful headers.[95][96][97][98]

Personal life [ edit ]

In February 2024, ❤️ Maguire got engaged to his long-term girlfriend Fern Hawkins after seven years of dating. The couple married on 25 June ❤️ 2024 at the Chateau de Varennes in South Burgundy, France.[99] On 3 April 2024, Maguire revealed on his Instagram page ❤️ that Hawkins had given birth to their first child, a daughter.[100] Maguire and Hawkins had their second daughter on 9 ❤️ May 2024.[101]

Altercation in Greece [ edit ]

On 21 August 2024, Maguire was arrested on the Greek island of Mykonos after ❤️ an incident involving the police. Manchester United said in a statement that Maguire was "fully co-operating with the Greek authorities."[102] ❤️ Maguire appeared in court on the island of Syros the following day, after spending two days in detention.[103] He was ❤️ released from custody with his trial postponed until 25 August.[104] On 25 August, Maguire was convicted of all charges, and ❤️ found guilty of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and attempted bribery by a court on the island of Syros. Maguire was ❤️ absent at the court ruling.[105] The same day, Maguire was given a suspended jail term of 21 months and 10 ❤️ days as it was a first offence and the three charges were classed as misdemeanours.[106]

On 26 August 2024, Maguire's legal ❤️ team lodged an appeal against the court verdict. While Manchester United and some British media sources have asserted that his ❤️ conviction is nullified, this is disputed by the prosecution.[107][108] On 5 March 2024, it was reported that Maguire's appeal was ❤️ unlikely to take place in 2024, and that while the prosecution are keen for the case to be resolved as ❤️ quickly as possible, proceedings could theoretically be delayed until 2028.[109]

Bomb threat [ edit ]

In 2024, Maguire was targeted with a ❤️ bomb threat, resulting in the police sweeping his house for devices.[110]

Career statistics [ edit ]

Club [ edit ]

As of match ❤️ played 12 December 2024

International [ edit ]

As of match played 20 November 2024[124]

Appearances and goals by national team and year ❤️ National team Year Apps Goals England 2024 3 0 2024 13 1 2024 10 0 2024 4 1 2024 11 ❤️ 5 2024 12 0 2024 9 0 Total 62 7

As of match played 20 November 2024 England score listed first, ❤️ score column indicates score after each Maguire goal[124]

Honours [ edit ]

Hull City

Manchester United

England

Individual

References [ edit ]

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