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Niall McGinn.

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At a glance

Full name: Niall McGinn
Born: 20 Jul 1987
Age today: 39
Nationality: Northern Ireland

Career by season

177 recorded appearances

Niall McGinn appearances by season, competition and team
Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Cards
26/27	Scottish League One	Peterhead FC	1	1	0	0	67	0
26/27	Premier Sports Cup	Peterhead FC	4	3	1	2	261	0
25/26	Scottish League One	Peterhead FC	32	4	2	2	792	1
25/26	Scottish Cup	Peterhead FC	1	1	1	0	70	0
25/26	Premier Sports Cup	Peterhead FC	4	1	0	0	102	0
24/25	Scottish Cup	Greenock Morton FC	1	0	0	0	16	0
2024-2025	Scottish Championship	Greenock Morton FC	20	7	1	1	734	1
24/25	NIFL Premiership	Glentoran FC	4	1	1	0	156	1
23/24	UEFA Conference League	Glentoran FC	2	2	0	0	159	0
23/24	NIFL Premiership	Glentoran FC	23	15	5	8	1,318	0
22/23	UEFA Nations League	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	0	139	0
2022-2023	Scottish Championship	Dundee FC	4	1	0	0	116	1
22/23	NIFL Premiership	Glentoran FC	12	11	6	1	838	0
21/22	UEFA Conference League	Aberdeen FC	1	0	0	0	14	0
21/22	Scottish Premiership	Dundee FC	10	4	0	2	538	0
21/22	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen FC	9	1	0	0	193	0
21/22	Scottish Cup	Dundee FC	1	1	1	2	90	0
21/22	International Friendly Games	Northern Ireland	3	2	0	0	169	0
2021	World Cup Qual. UEFA	Northern Ireland	2	0	0	0	34	0
20/21	UEFA Europa League	Aberdeen FC	1	0	0	0	7	0
20/21	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen FC	20	9	0	1	795	1
20/21	Scottish Cup	Aberdeen FC	4	3	1	1	262	0
20/21	International Friendly Games	Northern Ireland	3	2	1	0	130	0
2021	EURO, Qualification	Northern Ireland	2	2	0	0	—	0
19/20	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen FC	9	8	2	1	728	0
19/20	International Friendly Games	Northern Ireland	1	0	0	0	3	0

Appearances in our supported competitions. Goals, assists and minutes come from match reports where we have them.

Match log

Newest first

Niall McGinn match log
Date	Competition	Match	Score	Minutes	Goals
03 Apr 2021	Scottish Cup	Dumbarton FC v Aberdeen FC	0 – 1	90
31 Mar 2021	World Cup Qual. UEFA	Northern Ireland v BulgariaSubstitute, on 64′	0 – 0	26
28 Mar 2021	International Friendly Games	Northern Ireland v USASubstitute, on 67′	1 – 2	23	1
20 Mar 2021	Scottish Premiership	Dundee United FC v Aberdeen FCSubstitute, on 76′	1 – 0	14
06 Mar 2021	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen FC v Hamilton Academical FC	0 – 0	88
27 Feb 2021	Scottish Premiership	Celtic FC v Aberdeen FC	1 – 0	90
20 Feb 2021	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen FC v Kilmarnock FC	1 – 0	70
17 Feb 2021	Scottish Premiership	Celtic FC v Aberdeen FCSubstitute, on 77′	1 – 0	13
13 Feb 2021	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen FC v St. Mirren FC	0 – 0	77
06 Feb 2021	Scottish Premiership	Hibernian FC v Aberdeen FCSubstitute, on 59′	2 – 0	31
02 Feb 2021	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen FC v Livingston FCSubstitute, on 75′	0 – 2	15
02 Jan 2021	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen FC v Dundee United FC	0 – 0	63
12 Dec 2020	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen FC v Ross County FCSubstitute, on 90′	2 – 0	1
25 Nov 2020	Scottish Premiership	Hamilton Academical FC v Aberdeen FCSubstitute, on 77′	1 – 1	13
12 Nov 2020	EURO, Qualification	Northern Ireland v Slovakia	1 – 2	—
01 Nov 2020	Scottish Cup	Celtic FC v Aberdeen FCSubstitute, on 85′	2 – 0	5
20 Oct 2020	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen FC v Hamilton Academical FCSubstitute, on 87′	4 – 2	3
17 Oct 2020	Scottish Premiership	Dundee United FC v Aberdeen FCSubstitute, on 74′	0 – 0	16
08 Oct 2020	EURO, Qualification	Bosnia & Herzegovina v Northern Ireland	1 – 1	—
02 Oct 2020	Scottish Premiership	Aberdeen FC v St. Mirren FC	2 – 1	63

Career transfers

14 recorded moves

All recorded career moves, newest first.

Niall McGinn career transfers
Date	From	To	Move	Fee
06 Aug 2026	Peterhead FC	Retired	Retired	—
05 Jul 2025	Glentoran FC	Peterhead FC	Transfer	Free
30 Jun 2025	Greenock Morton FC	Glentoran FC	Loan return
31 Aug 2024	Glentoran FC	Greenock Morton FC	Loan	—
09 Jan 2023	Dundee FC	Glentoran FC	Transfer	Free
24 Jan 2022	Aberdeen FC	Dundee FC	Transfer	Free
01 Jan 2018	Without club	Aberdeen FC	Transfer	—
16 Nov 2017	Gwangju FC	Without club	Released	—
04 Jul 2017	Aberdeen FC	Gwangju FC	Transfer	Free
04 Jul 2012	Celtic FC	Aberdeen FC	Transfer	Free
01 May 2012	Brentford FC	Celtic FC	Loan return
01 Jul 2011	Celtic FC	Brentford FC	Loan	—
01 Jan 2009	Derry City	Celtic FC	Transfer	€220k
01 Jan 2008	Dungannon Swifts FC	Derry City	Transfer	€60k

Contracts and market values are not available yet.