- Phil McGuire
Football player infobox
playername = Phil McGuire
fullname = Phillip McGuire
height =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|3|4
cityofbirth =Glasgow
countryofbirth =Scotland
currentclub = Inverness CT
clubnumber = 5
position = Defender
years = 1997-2005
2005-2006
2006-2008
2007-2008
2008-present
clubs = Aberdeen
Doncaster Rovers
Dunfermline Athletic
→ Inverness CT (loan)
Inverness CT
caps(goals) = 153 (10)
011 0(0)
015 0(1)
015 0(0)
pcupdate = 5 January 2008Phil McGuire (born
4 March 1980 inGlasgow ) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing forScottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle.Career
McGuire, a left sided central defender or midfielder, started his career with Aberdeen where he made 181 appearances, scoring 10 goals. He joined Doncaster Rovers in July 2005 for a free transfer and played 14 games for the English League One club.
After only one injury hit season in
England , he returned to Scotland in July 2006, signing a two year deal with Dunfermline. On31 August 2007 he signed for Inverness Caledonian Thistle on loan until January 13th. [cite web |url=http://www.caleythistleonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=522&Itemid=1 | title=Transfer Window | publisher=Caleythistleonline | date=2007-08-31]On the 14th of January 2008, McGuire signed a two-and-a-half year deal with Inverness after Caley Thistle and the Pars agreed a nominal fee. [cite web |url=http://msnsport.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_3046672,00.html|title=Caley seal McGuire capture|publisher=
Sky Sports | date=2008-01-17]Personal life
In June 2006, McGuire was ordered to complete 100 hours of
community service for attacking his wife at their West Yorkshire home on7 May that year. Although childhood sweethearts since the age of 16, an argument which began via text, resulted in McGuire "kicking, punching and grabbing" his wife after a booze-fuelled evening out. McGuire admitted common assault and was sentenced accordingly. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/5049506.stm | title=Footballer admits assaulting wife | publisher=BBC News Online | date=2006-06-05]ee also
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Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season 2007-08 References
External links
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