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Line 1: {{Short description\|Irish ~~association~~footballer ~~football~~(born ~~player~~1996)}} ~~{{EngvarB\|date=September 2021}}~~ {{Use dmy dates\|date=September 2021}}▼ {{Use Hiberno-English\|date=August 2022}} ▲{{Use dmy dates\|date=~~September~~January ~~2021~~2024}} {{Infobox football biography \| name = Jamie McGrath Line 11 ⟶ 10: \| birth_place = [[Athboy]], [[County Meath]], Ireland \| height = 1.75 m<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://wiganathletic.com/players/jamiemcgrath/ \|title=Jamie McGrath \|publisher=Wigan Athletic F.C. \|access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref> \| position = [[~~Midfielder#Atttacking midfielder\|~~Attacking midfielder]]/, [[~~Midfielder~~winger (association football)~~#Winger~~\|~~Winger~~winger]] \| currentclub = [[Aberdeen F.C.\|Aberdeen]] \| clubnumber = 7 Line 44 ⟶ 43: \| years6 = 2023– \| clubs6 = [[Aberdeen F.C.\|Aberdeen]] \| caps6 = 1436 \| goals6 = 411 \| nationalyears1 = 2014–2015 \| nationalteam1 = [[Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team\|Republic of Ireland U19]] Line 58 ⟶ 57: \| nationalcaps3 = 12 \| nationalgoals3 = 0 \| club-update = 18:4926, 2812 ~~December~~August ~~2023~~2024 (UTC) \| nationalteam-update = 00:42, 22 November 2023 (UTC) }} '''Jamie Terence McGrath''' (born 30 September 1996) is an Irish professional footballer who plays ~~for~~as an [[~~Scottish~~attacking ~~Premiership~~midfielder]] or [[winger (association football)\|winger]] for {{Scottish football updater\|Aberdeen}} club [[Aberdeen F.C.\|Aberdeen]] and the [[Republic of Ireland national football team\|Republic of Ireland national team]]. He started his career with [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.\|St Patrick's Athletic]] and has since played for [[Dundalk F.C.\|Dundalk]], [[St Mirren F.C.\|St Mirren]], [[Wigan Athletic F.C.\|Wigan Athletic]] ~~and~~, [[Dundee United F.C.\|Dundee United]] and [[Aberdeen F.C.\|Aberdeen]]. ==~~Career~~Club career== ===Early career=== A native of [[Athboy]], [[County Meath]], McGrath played youth football for his local club Athboy Celtic before joining top [[Dublin]] youth side [[Cherry Orchard F.C.\|Cherry Orchard]]. He played for [[University College Dublin A.F.C.\|UCD]] under 19's before joining [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.\|St Patrick's Athletic]] under 19 side on their scholarship scheme with [[Maynooth University\|NUI Maynooth]]. He played for Pats under 19's for two seasons, including a league winning campaign in which McGrath scored two goals against [[Derry City F.C.\|Derry City]] under 19's in the final.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=6722\|title=Club News : St Patrick's Athletic Win Sse Airtricity U19 League\|publisher=Stpatsfc.com\|date=25 April 2015\|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Duffy\|first=Arthur\|url=http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/football/derry-city/heartbreak-as-derry-city-lose-out-in-dramatic-u19-elite-league-final-1-6710193\|title=Heartbreak as Derry City lose out in dramatic U19 Elite League Final\|publisher=Derry Journal\|date=25 April 2015\|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref> He progressed into the first team in 2014 whilst still playing for the club's under 19 side. Line 75 ⟶ 74: ====2016 season==== Although he struggled with shin splints that kept him out of games at the beginning of the [[2016 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season\|2016 season]],<ref>{{cite web\|last=Season\|first=The\|url=http://seasonticketsite.com/2016/05/05/rising-star-jamie-mcgrath/\|title=Rising Star: Jamie McGrath – THE SEASON TICKET\|publisher=Seasonticketsite.com\|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref> his importance to the team increased in a season where the team struggled to deal with the midfield losses of [[Christopher Forrester\|Chris Forrester]], [[Greg Bolger]], [[Killian Brennan]] and [[James Chambers (Irish footballer)\|James Chambers]]. Those losses however, created an opportunity for McGrath to play a lot of games in the role of attacking midfielder throughout the season. His first goal of the season was an 89th-minute strike to rescue a point at home to relegation fighting [[Longford Town F.C.\|Longford Town]] live on [[Eir Sport]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://extratime.ie/matches/detail/28454/2/\|title=Report – League of Ireland Premier Division – St. Patrick's Athletic -v- Longford Town\|publisher=Extratime.ie\|date=18 March 2014\|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref> His only appearance in Europe for the season came against [[FC Dinamo Minsk\|Dinamo Minsk]] of [[Belarus]] as Pats lost 1–0 at home and were knocked out of the [[UEFA Europa League\|Europa League]] in the second qualifying round.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2017/matches/round=2000789/match=2020111/index.html\|title=UEFA Europa League 2017 – St Patrick's-Dinamo Minsk –\|publisher=Uefa.com\|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref> McGrath played a huge part in the Saints retaining their League Cup trophy as he played in every game, scoring away from home against [[Bray Wanderers F.C.\|Bray Wanderers]] in the quarter-finals,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://extratime.ie/matches/detail/29208/2/\|title=Report – EA Sports Cup – Bray Wanderers -v- St. Patrick's Athletic\|publisher=Extratime.ie\|date=18 March 2014\|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref> [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.\|Shamrock Rovers]] in the semi's<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/jamiemcgrath-the-mastermind-asst-patricks-athletic-reachea-sports-cup-final-414856.html\|title=Jamie McGrath the mastermind as St Patrick's Athletic reach EA Sports Cup final\|publisher=Irish Examiner\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://extratime.ie/matches/detail/29298/2/\|title=Report – EA Sports Cup – Shamrock Rovers -v- St. Patrick's Athletic\|publisher=Extratime.ie\|date=18 March 2014\|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref> and [[Limerick F.C.\|Limerick]] in the Final.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.fai.ie/domestic/news/st-pats-retain-ea-sports-cup-after-thrilling-final\|title=St Pat's retain EA SPORTS Cup after thrilling final \| Football Association of Ireland\|publisher=Fai.ie\|date=18 September 2016\|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://extratime.ie/matches/detail/29421/2/\|title=Report – EA Sports Cup – Limerick FC -v- St. Patrick's Athletic\|publisher=Extratime.ie\|date=18 March 2014\|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref> Following a good season for McGrath, he was voted [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.\|St Patrick's Athletic]] Young Player of the Season by the club's supporters.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=7388\|title=Club News: 2016 Awards Night Winners\|publisher=stpatsfc.com\|date=19 November 2016\|access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref> ===Dundalk=== Line 84 ⟶ 83: ===Wigan Athletic=== On 31 January 2022, transfer deadline day, McGrath signed for [[EFL League One]] club [[Wigan Athletic F.C.\|Wigan Athletic]] on a 2two-and-a-half-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://wiganathletic.com/news/2022/january/31/new-signing-latics-complete-signing-of-jamie-mcgrath-from-st-mirren/\|title=New Signing - Latics complete signing of Jamie McGrath from St Mirren\|first=Wigan Athletic\|last=FC\|website=Wigan Athletic FC}}</ref> After making 4four appearances for the club, he spent the 2022–23 season on loan at [[Dundee United F.C.\|Dundee United]], before on 26 July 2023, making the decision to terminate his contract due to repeated contractual breaches by the previous owners of Wigan, despite the club's efforts to retain him.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://wiganathletic.com/news/2023/july/26/club-statement-jack-whatmough-and-jamie-mcgrath/\|title=Jack Whatmough and Jamie McGrath leave Wigan Athletic\|first=Wigan Athletic\|last=FC\|date=26 July 2023\|website=Wigan Athletic FC}}</ref> ====Dundee United loan==== On 3 August 2022, he joined Dundee United on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Jamie McGrath Joins Dundee United On Loan \|url=https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/news/7417/JAMIE-MCGRATH-JOINS-DUNDEE-UNITED-ON-LOAN.html \|publisher=Dundee United Football Club \|access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> He made his debut the following day, providing the assist for [[Glenn Middleton]]'s goal in a 1–0 win over [[AZ Alkmaar]] in the [[UEFA Europa Conference League]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/glenn-middleton-strike-earns-dundee-united-a-stirring-victory-against-az-alkmaar-1659647567000\|title=Glenn Middleton strike earns Dundee United a stirring victory against AZ Alkmaar\|author1=PA Staff\|date=4 August 2022\|website=fourfourtwo.com}}</ref> McGrath made 32 appearances in all competitions over the course of the season, scoring 7 goals, but this ~~wasn't~~was not enough to help his side avoid relegation to the [[Scottish Championship]] as they finished bottom of the table.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65685480\|title=Where did it go wrong for Dundee Utd?\|date=28 May 2023\|website=BBC Sport}}</ref> ===Aberdeen=== After leaving Wigan, McGrath returned to the [[Scottish Premiership]] by signing a 2 two-year contract with [[Aberdeen F.C.\|Aberdeen]] on 22 August 2023.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/aberdeen-delight-at-capture-of-irish-player-jamie-mcgrath-he-has-the-right-mentality-to-fit-into-our-squad/a1182207793.html\|title=Aberdeen delight at capture of Irish player Jamie McGrath – He has the right mentality to fit into our squad\|date=22 August 2023\|website=Independent.ie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66586989 \|title=Jamie McGrath: Ex-St Mirren & Dundee Utd midfielder joins Aberdeen after Wigan contract termination \|website=BBC Sport \|date=22 August 2023 \|accessdate=22 August 2023}}</ref> He made his debut 2two days later, coming off the bench in the 70th minute away to [[BK Häcken]] in the [[UEFA Europa League]], helping his side to comeback from 2two goals down to earn a 2–2 draw.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66573722\|title=Aberdeen recover from two down to draw with Hacken\|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> On 30 September 2023, McGrath scored in a 3–1 win over [[Rangers F.C.\|Rangers]] at [[Ibrox Stadium]] on his 27th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/jamie-mcgrath-scores-vital-goal-31073472\|title=Jamie McGrath scores vital goal on birthday as Aberdeen beat Rangers\|first=Darragh\|last=Culhane\|date=30 September 2023\|website=Irish Mirror}}</ref> On 9 November 2023, he scored his first career European goal when he found the bottom corner with a 30 yard free kick away to [[P.A.O.K.\|PAOK]] to level the scores at 2–2 in his sides [[UEFA Europa Conference League]] draw at the [[Toumba Stadium]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67290895\|title=Aberdeen eliminated from Europe after PAOK thriller\|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> ==International career== Line 99 ⟶ 98: ==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{Updated\|match played on 1410 ~~December~~August ~~2023~~2024}}<ref name="sw">{{cite web\|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jamie-mcgrath/373871/\|title=Republic of Ireland – J. McGrath\|publisher=Soccerway\|access-date=115 ~~September~~April ~~2021~~2024}}</ref> {\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" Line 107 ⟶ 106: !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National ~~Cup~~cup{{efn\|Includes [[FAI Cup]], [[Scottish Cup]] &, [[FA Cup]]}} !colspan="2"\|[[League ~~Cup]]~~cup{{efn\|Includes [[League of Ireland Cup]], [[Scottish League Cup]] &, [[EFL Cup]]}} !colspan="2"\|[[UEFA\|Europe]] !colspan="2"\|Other Line 117 ⟶ 116: \|rowspan="4"\|[[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.\|St Patrick's Athletic]] \|[[2014 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season\|2014]] ~~\|rowspan="3"~~\|[[League of Ireland Premier Division\|LOI Premier Division]] \|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0~~{{efn\|Appearances in [[UEFA Champions League]]\|name=statsUCL}}~~\|\|0\|\|1{{efn\|~~Appearances~~Appearance(s) in [[Leinster Senior Cup (association football)\|Leinster Senior Cup]]\|name=~~statsLSC~~LSC}}\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0 \|- \|[[2015 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season\|2015]] \|LOI Premier Division \|23\|\|2\|\|2\|\|0\|\|4\|\|0\|\|2{{efn\|Appearances in [[UEFA Europa League]]\|name=~~statsUEL~~UEL}}\|\|0\|\|2{{efn\|name=~~statsLSC~~LSC}}\|\|1\|\|33\|\|3 \|- \|[[2016 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season\|2016]] \|LOI Premier Division \|23\|\|2\|\|3\|\|1\|\|4\|\|3\|\|1{{efn\|name=~~statsUEL~~UEL}}\|\|0\|\|0~~{{efn\|name=statsLSC}}~~\|\|0\|\|31\|\|6 \|- !colspan="2"\|Total Line 131 ⟶ 132: \|rowspan="4"\|[[Dundalk F.C.\|Dundalk]] \|[[2017 Dundalk F.C. season\|2017]] ~~\|rowspan="3"~~\|LOI Premier Division \|28\|\|6\|\|3\|\|0\|\|4\|\|1\|\|1{{efn\|~~name=statsUCL~~Appearance in [[UEFA Champions League]]}}\|\|0\|\|2{{efn\|One appearance in [[President of Ireland's Cup\|President's Cup]], one appearance in [[Leinster Senior Cup ~~(association football)\|Leinster Senior Cup]]~~}}\|\|0\|\|38\|\|7 \|- \|[[2018 Dundalk F.C. season\|2018]] \|LOI Premier Division \|30\|\|2\|\|2\|\|1\|\|3\|\|1\|\|4{{efn\|name=~~statsUEL~~UEL}}\|\|0\|\|1{{efn\|Appearance in [[President ~~of Ireland~~'s Cup~~\|President's Cup]]\|name+statsPRC~~}}\|\|0\|\|40\|\|4 \|- \|[[2019 Dundalk F.C. season\|2019]] \|LOI Premier Division \|26\|\|2\|\|4\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|6{{efn\|Four appearances in [[UEFA Champions League]], two appearances in [[UEFA Europa League]]}}\|\|0\|\|2{{efn\|Appearance in [[Champions Cup (All-Ireland)\|Champions Cup]]~~\|name+statsCC~~}}\|\|1\|\|40\|\|3 \|- !colspan="2"\|Total Line 145 ⟶ 148: \|rowspan="4"\|[[St Mirren F.C.\|St Mirren]] \|[[2019–20 St Mirren F.C. season\|2019–20]] ~~\|rowspan="3"~~\|[[Scottish Premiership]] \|7\|\|0\|\|4\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|11\|\|0 \|- \|[[2020–21 St Mirren F.C. season\|2020–21]] \|Scottish Premiership \|35\|\|10\|\|3\|\|3\|\|7\|\|4\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|45\|\|17 \|- \|[[2021–22 St Mirren F.C. season\|2021–22]] \|Scottish Premiership \|18\|\|2\|\|0\|\|0\|\|4\|\|1\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|22\|\|3 \|- Line 159 ⟶ 164: \|rowspan="3"\|[[Wigan Athletic F.C.\|Wigan Athletic]] \|[[2021–22 Wigan Athletic F.C. season\|2021–22]] \|[[EFL League One\|League One]] \|2\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|1{{efn\|Appearance in [[EFL Trophy]]~~\|name+statsEFLT~~}}\|\|0\|\|4\|\|0 \|- \|[[2022–23 Wigan Athletic F.C. season\|2022–23]] \|[[EFL Championship\|Championship]] \|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|0\|\|0 \|- Line 171 ⟶ 176: \|[[Dundee United F.C.\|Dundee United]] (loan) \|[[2022–23 Dundee United F.C. season\|2022–23]] \|[[Scottish Premiership]] \|32\|\|8\|\|1\|\|1\|\|2\|\|0\|\|2{{efn\|Appearances in [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]~~\|name=statsUECL~~}}\|\|0\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|37\|\|9 \|- \|rowspan="3"\|[[Aberdeen F.C.\|Aberdeen]] \|[[2023–24 Aberdeen F.C. season\|2023–24]] \|[[Scottish Premiership]] \|1434\|\|49\|\|03\|\|01\|\|3\|\|0\|\|8{{efn\|2Two appearances in [[UEFA Europa League]], ~~& 6~~six appearances, 1and one goal in [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]}}\|\|1\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|2548\|\|511 \|- \|[[2024–25 Aberdeen F.C. season\|2024–25]] \|Scottish Premiership \|2\|\|2\|\|0\|\|0\|\|4\|\|1\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|colspan="2"\|—\|\|6\|\|3 \|- !colspan="2"\|Total !36!!11!!3!!1!!7!!1!!8!!1!!colspan="2"\|—!!54!!14 \|- !colspan="3"\|Career total !~~239~~261!!3845!!2326!!67!!3337!!1011!!23!!1!!9!!2!!~~327~~356!!5766 \|} {{notelist}} Line 204 ⟶ 216: ==Honours== '''St Patrick's Athletic''' * [[FAI Cup]] ~~(1)~~: [[2014 FAI Cup\|2014]] * [[League of Ireland Cup]] ~~(2)~~: [[2015 League of Ireland Cup\|2015]], [[2016 League of Ireland Cup\|2016]] * [[Leinster Senior Cup (association football)\|Leinster Senior Cup]] ~~(1)~~: [[2014 Leinster Senior Cup\|2014]] '''Dundalk''' * [[League of Ireland Premier Division]] ~~(2)~~: [[2018 League of Ireland Premier Division\|2018]], [[2019 League of Ireland Premier Division\|2019]] * FAI Cup: [[2018 FAI Cup\|2018]] * League of Ireland Cup ~~(2)~~: [[2017 League of Ireland Cup\|2017]], [[2019 League of Ireland Cup\|2019]] * [[President of Ireland's Cup]] ~~(1)~~: [[2019 President of Ireland's Cup\|2019]] * [[Champions Cup (All-Ireland)\|Champions Cup]] ~~(1)~~: [[Champions Cup (All-Ireland)\|2019]] '''Wigan Athletic''' Line 257 ⟶ 269: [[Category:People from Athboy]] [[Category:Aberdeen F.C. players]] [[Category:Irish expatriate men's association footballers]] [[Category:Irish expatriate sportspeople in England]] [[Category:Irish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland]] [[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England]] [[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland]]