John McGinn is a Scottish highly rated professional football player. McGinn plays as a central midfielder for Premier League side Aston Villa & the Scotland national team. He began his professional career at St. Mirren in mid-2012 and performed for the club until he switched to Hibernian in 2015. He helped the club to gain a Scottish Cup & Scottish Championship in his three complete seasons. He then moved to the English club Aston Villa in 2018.

On the international ranks, he represented Scotland’s youth teams before earning his senior international debut in 2016.

What is John McGinn Famous For?

• Won a Scottish Cup & a Scottish Championship with Hibernian side. 
• Won a Scottish League Cup while playing for St Mirren.
• Won EFL Championship play-offs with premium league side Aston Villa.

Where is John McGinn From?

On 18 October 1994, John McGinn was born. His place of birth is Glasgow in Scotland. He holds Scottish citizenship. He was born to Stephen McGinn & his mother, Mary McGinn. He has three siblings. He has older brothers, Stephen & Paul, & a pretty twin sister, Katie. He belongs to white origin and his religion is Christianity. His zodiac symbol is Libra. 

John McGinn Career

• John McGinn began playing football at an early age. 
• He spent his youth profession at St Mirren. 
• He was later graduated to the club’s first team in 2012. 
• He was nominated Player of the Tournament beside Jack Smith for the club’s U20 Kilbirnie Ladeside pre-season competition victory. 
• He made his ambitious debut against Celtic. 
• He signed a new three-year long deal with the club in November 2012. 
• He was part of the team that won the Scottish League Cup in 2013. 
• McGinn endured an injury during the game gone wrong in April 2015. He was “speared” in the femur with a training pole driven by St Mirren team captain Steven Thompson in a training session. The injury made him out for the rest of the season. In recovery, McGinn took legal action upon the club. 
• He signed a four-year agreement with Hibernian in July 2015. They accepted to pay St Mirren a development fee & 30% of any future transfer fee. 
• He enhanced a key player for the side to gain the Scottish Cup in 114 years. They won the 2015/16 Scottish Cup. 
• He backed the club to win promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2017. 
• He then got offers from the EFL Championship club Nottingham Forest in mid-2017. Though, the club declined those offers. 
• He played an important job for the club to gain the Scottish Championship in 2017. 
• Hibernian also declined three offers from Celtic in 2018. 
• His Hibernian profession ended with 18 goals in 136 presentations for the club.  
• He then signed a four-year deal with the Championship club Aston Villa, in August 2018. 
• He made his club debut versus Wigan Athletic & scored his debut goal versus Sheffield Wednesday. His debut Aston Villa goal was later identified as the EFL Championship goal of the season.
• McGinn tallied in the Championship Playoff Final & helped the club to promotion to the Premier League after only three years in the Championship. 
• He tallied seven goals in 44 presentations for the club in the 2018/19 season. 
• He signed a five-year deal extension with the club in August 2019. 
• He tallied his first Premier League goal in the first match of the season against Tottenham Hotspur in August 2019.
• He sustained a fractured ankle injury while performing against Southampton in December 2019. 
• He signed a new five-year deal extension with the club in December 2020. 

John McGinn International Career

• John McGinn served Scotland football teams at several age levels. 
• He represented Scotland’s U19 & U21 football sides. He captained Scotland’s U21 team. 
• He made his superior international debut versus Denmark in March 2016. 
• He tallied his debut senior international goal versus Russia in the Euro 2020 qualifiers in mid-September 2019. 
• He tallied his first hat-trick in his profession in a Euro 2020 qualifier versus San Marino in October 2019. 
• He was then called to Scotland’s squad for the UEFA Euro 2020.
• Cristiano Ronaldo refused two bottles of Coca-Cola in inclination of water at the beginning of the press conference in Euro Cup 2020. Ronaldo’s act dropped Coca-Cola’s value by over 4 billion pounds. Paul Pogba also removed a Heineken in front of him at the beginning of his press conference. Italy’s Manuel Locatelli also removed a bottle of Coke to the side when in the press conference.
• McGinn taunted Cristiano Ronaldo by claiming, “nae coke?” during his press conference that outbursted amusement among the people present in the press conference. 

Who is John McGinn Married To?

John McGinn is not joined. Nevertheless, the Scottish international is not single. He is in connection with Sarah Stokes. More information about his personal life will be soon updated here. 

How Tall is John McGinn?

The Scottish highly rated footballer McGinn stands at the height of not shorter than 1.78 m i.e., 5 feet & 10 inches high. He has a bodyweight of about 68 kg. He has an energetic body build. 

What is John McGinn Salary and Net Worth?

The Scottish international Player John McGinn gains from his professional career as a soccer player. He began his football career at St Mirren in 2012 & has played for Hibernian before moving to Aston Villa in 2018. He helped the club to gain a promotion to the Premier League in his first season at the team. He signed a deal extension with the club in August 2019 & in December 2020. According to his new deal, his annual salary is listed at 1.5 million euros. At present, his net worth is valued at 8.5 million euros. 

Did You Know?

• All three McGinn brothers performed for St Mirren & Hibernian at some levels in their careers.
• Their grandfather Jack McGinn is a previous Celtic chairman & Scottish Football Association president.
• He was called the Scottish Championship Player of the Season in 2017.
• He was called Aston Villa Player of the Season 2018/19.
• He was nominated SFWA International Player of the Year in 2020 & 2021.
• He wears jazzy number 7.