Won the UEFA Europa League with Aston Villa (2025-2026).
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John McGinn
John McGinn is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa, which he captains, and the Scotland national team.
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sports · Scottish footballer (born 1994) · association football player · also John McGinn, McGinn
Born 18 October 1994 · Q10547335
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2026· 8 entries
Public attention spiked: 8,043 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.6× the usual 1,213, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: upd nationalcaps
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Public attention spiked: 18,065 Wikipedia readers in one day, 14.9× the usual 1,213, with 6 article edits. Editors noted: Reverted edits by ~2026-35683-75 (talk) (HG) (3.4.14)
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Won award: UEFA Europa League Team of the Season (2025–26).
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Won: UEFA Europa League with Aston Villa (2025–26).
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Public attention spiked: 57,255 Wikipedia readers in one day, 47.2× the usual 1,213, with 30 article edits. Coverage that week: “Scotland victorious on World Cup return after McGinn strike helps clinch win over Haiti” (The Guardian).
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The Guardian: Scotland victorious on World Cup return after McGinn strike helps clinch win over Haiti
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Public attention spiked: 5,195 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.3× the usual 1,213, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: International
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2025· 1 entry
Won award: Aston Villa Goal of the Season (2024–25).
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2024· 1 entry
Won award: UEFA Europa Conference League Team of the Season (2023–24).
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2023· 1 entry
Won award: SFWA International Player of the Year (2022–23).
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2022· 1 entry
Won award: SFWA International Player of the Year (2021–22).
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2021· 2 entries
Won award: SFWA International Player of the Year (2020–21).
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“s league opener, a 3–2 defeat against Watford. On 27 July 2022, ahead of the new season, Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard named McGinn as the new captain, with Emiliano Martínez replacing him as vice-captain. McGinn signed a new four-year contract with Villa in June 2023. On 5 October 2023, he scored the winning goal from a header in the 94th minute of stoppage time in a 1–0 victory over Zrinjski Mostar during the 2023–24 Conference League group stage, to be his club”
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2020· 1 entry
Won award: SFWA International Player of the Year (2019–20).
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2019· 2 entries
Won: EFL Championship play-offs with Aston Villa (2019).
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Won award: Aston Villa Player of the Season (2018–19).
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2018· 2 entries
Joined Aston Villa in 2018.
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Played for Aston Villa F.C. (2018) — 266 appearances, 26 goals.
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2017· 2 entries
Won: Scottish Championship with Hibernian (2016–17).
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Won award: Scottish Championship Player of the Season (2016–17).
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2016· 3 entries
Won award: Scottish Championship Player of the Month (November 2016).
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Won: Scottish Cup with Hibernian (2015–16).
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Played for Scotland men's national football team (2016) — 83 appearances, 20 goals.
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2015· 4 entries
Won award: Scottish Championship Player of the Month (November 2015).
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And with them he won the Scottish Cup in 2016 and promotion in 2017
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Played for Hibernian F.C. (2015–2018) — 101 appearances, 12 goals.
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Joined Hibernian in 2015.
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2014· 1 entry
Played for Scotland national under-21 football team (2014–2016) — 9 appearances, 0 goals.
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2013· 3 entries
Won: Scottish League Cup with St Mirren (2012–13).
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Played for Scotland national under-19 football team (2013–2014) — 4 appearances, 0 goals.
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With them, during his first season as a first team player
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2012· 2 entries
Played for St. Mirren F.C. (2012–2015) — 87 appearances, 4 goals.
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Joined St Mirren in 2012.
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1994· 1 entry
Born 1994-10-18.
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