Barry Maguire (footballer, born 1998)

Barry Paul Maguire (born 27 April 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kidderminster Harriers, on loan from Motherwell. Maguire is a product of the Motherwell Academy and spent the second half of the 2018–19 season on loan at Queen of the South. He would also spend the second half of the 2022–23 season on loan at Dundee, with whom he would win the Scottish Championship.

Barry Maguire
Personal information
Full name Barry Paul Maguire[1]
Date of birth (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, defender
Team information
Current team
 Kidderminster Harriers
(on loan from Motherwell)
Number 22
Youth career
2014–2017 Motherwell
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Motherwell 59 (1)
2018–2019 → Queen of the South (loan) 15 (1)
2023 → Dundee (loan) 11 (0)
2023– → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 12 (0)
International career‡
2019–2020 Scotland U21 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:29, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Motherwell

On 7 April 2018, Maguire debuted for Motherwell, playing 73 minutes in a 0–0 draw away to St Johnstone.[2]

On 26 June 2018, Maguire signed a new one-year contract with the Steelmen until the end of the 2018–19 season.[3]

On 5 January 2022, Maguire signed a new contract with Motherwell, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2024.[4]

Queen of the South (loan)

On 1 January 2019, Maguire signed a loan deal with Dumfries club Queen of the South until 31 May 2019.[5] On 16 February 2019, Maguire was sent-off after conceding a penalty in the 40th minute of a league match versus Dundee United at Palmerston. The Doonhamers lost the match 1–0 as Nicky Clark subsequently converted the spot-kick.[6]

Dundee (loan)

On 26 January 2023, Maguire joined Scottish Championship club Dundee on loan until the end of the season.[7] He would make his debut and first start two days later in a 3–0 victory over league leaders Queen's Park.[8] Maguire would start the majority of games for Dundee after coming in and would help the Dark Blues clinch the Scottish Championship title at the end of the season.[9]

Kidderminster Harriers (loan)

On 18 August 2023, Maguire joined Kidderminster Harriers on loan until January 2024.[10][11]

International career

In March 2019, Maguire debuted for the Scotland under-21 team against Mexico under-22s.[12] He scored his first goal at under-21 level on 25 March 2019, against Sweden.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 24 October 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Motherwell 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 000000––00
2017–18 300000––30
2018–19 200000––20
2019–20 700020––90
2020–21 24120002[lower-alpha 1]0–281
2021–22 1301051––191
2022–23 10000202[lower-alpha 2]0–140
2023–24 000030––30
Total 591201012000782
Motherwell U20 2016–17 SPFL Reserve League ––––2[lower-alpha 3]020
2018–19 ––––4[lower-alpha 3]040
Total 000000006060
Queen of the South (loan) 2018–19 Scottish Championship 1513000–2[lower-alpha 3]0201
Dundee (loan) 2022–23 Scottish Championship 110–––1[lower-alpha 3]0120
Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 2023–24 National League 12010––00130
Career total 9726010120901293
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Dundee

References
  1. Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. "St Johnstone 0-0 Motherwell". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  3. "Barry Maguire signs new deal". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 26 June 2018. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  4. "BARRY MAGUIRE SIGNS NEW CONTRACT". motherwellfc.co.uk/. Motherwell F.C. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. "Premiership Defender Joins". Queen of the South F.C. 1 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  6. Mann, Charlie (16 February 2019). "Queen of the South 0–1 Dundee United". BBC Sport.
  7. "Barry signs". Dundee Football Club - Official Website. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  8. "Dundee v Queen's Park". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  9. "Dundee back in Premiership after eight-goal epic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  10. "BARRY MAGUIRE JOINS KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS ON LOAN". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  11. "Barry Maguire lands at Harriers". harriers.co.uk. Kidderminster Harriers F.C. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  12. "Scotland U21s 0 Mexico U22s 0 as Mikey Johnston misses last-gasp penalty - 3 talking points". Daily Record. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  13. "Scotland Under-21s narrowly defeated by Sweden". Scottish Football Association. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  14. "B.Maguire". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 April 2018.


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