Centre-Forward · Forward

#24 Sean Maguire

Cork City First Division · Ireland Republic

Date of birth / Age: 1 May 1994 (32)
Height · Weight: 1.75 m · 75 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Forward
Citizenship: England, Ireland
Joined club: 1 May 2025
Contract until: 2028
International: Republic of Ireland · 11 caps, 1 goals

Date of birth / Age: 1 May 1994 (32)
Height · Weight: 1.75 m · 75 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Forward
Citizenship: England, Ireland
Joined club: 1 May 2025
Contract until: 2028
International: Republic of Ireland · 11 caps, 1 goals

Season 2026

Appearances: 23
Starting eleven: 20
Goals: 12
Assists: 5
Yellow cards: 3
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,780

Starting eleven87%

20 of 23 appearances

Minutes played1,780

77 per appearance

Goal involvement17

12 goals · 5 assists

Positions played

226 matches · since 2016

DMCMRWLWAMCF

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Forward	148	41	9
Attacking Midfield	54	8	5
Left Winger	11	2	1
Right Winger	10	1	0
Other · CM, DM	3	0	2

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · strikers with 900+ minutes

World rank: #1944; striker in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #673; among strikers aged 30+
In his league: 88%; of First Division strikers rank below him
Finishing: −1.0; goals below expected · better than 45% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

23 Expected

138 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

5 Expected

3.8

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	First Division	Cork City	23	20	12	5	3	0	0	1,780
2025	Premier Division	Cork City	24	20	5	0	5	0	0	1,596
2025	FAI Cup	Cork City	4	4	2	–	0	–	0	356
2023/24	League One	Carlisle United	32	18	2	–	2	–	0	1,665
2024	First Division	Cork City	8	6	7	0	0	0	0	577
2023/24	Carabao Cup	Carlisle United	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	44
2023/24	EFL Vertu Trophy	Carlisle United	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	14
2024	FAI Cup	Cork City	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2022/23	Championship	Preston North End	10	4	0	–	0	–	0	320
2022/23	Championship	Coventry City	7	1	0	–	0	–	0	99
2022/23	Central League Cup	Preston North End Reserves	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2021/22	Championship	Preston North End	26	15	1	2	2	0	0	1,330
2021/22	Carabao Cup	Preston North End	4	2	1	–	0	–	0	260
2021/22	FA Cup	Preston North End	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2020/21	Championship	Preston North End	29	15	3	1	4	0	0	1,358
2020/21	Carabao Cup	Preston North End	3	2	1	–	0	–	0	183
2020/21	FA Cup	Preston North End	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	15
2020/21	UEFA Nations League - League B	Republic of Ireland	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	72
2019/20	Championship	Preston North End	44	36	5	2	1	0	0	3,158
2018/19	Championship	Preston North End	26	21	3	3	3	0	0	1,823
2018/19	FA Cup	Preston North End	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	19
2020	UEFA European Championship Qualifiers	Republic of Ireland	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	106
2018/19	UEFA Nations League - League B	Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	30
2017/18	Championship	Preston North End	24	19	10	3	3	0	0	1,677
2017/18	UEFA Europa League	Cork City	4	4	3	–	0	–	0	360
2017/18	Carabao Cup	Preston North End	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	25
2017	Premier Division	Cork City	21	21	20	0	3	0	0	1,810
2016/17	UEFA Europa League	Cork City	6	6	3	–	0	–	0	501
2017	FAI President's Cup	Cork City	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	90
2017	League Cup	Cork City	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	33
2018	UEFA World Cup Qualifiers	Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	7
2016	Premier Division	Cork City	30	28	18	1	1	0	0	2,467
2016	FAI Cup	Cork City	3	3	6	–	1	–	0	292
2016	League Cup	Cork City	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	80
2016	FAI President's Cup	Cork City	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	85
2014/15	League Two	Accrington Stanley	33	29	7	–	3	–	0	2,501
2015	Premier Division	Dundalk	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	118
2014/15	UEFA Europa League	Sligo Rovers	2	0	0	–	1	–	0	25
2015	FAI Cup	Dundalk	1	0	1	–	0	–	0	4
2014	Premier Division	Sligo Rovers	18	11	1	–	0	–	0	913
2013/14	U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)	West Ham United U21	4	0	0	–	0	–	0	109
2014	Setanta Cup	Sligo Rovers	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	160
2014	League Cup	Sligo Rovers	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2012/13	U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)	West Ham United U21	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	103
2012	Play-offs 1/2	Waterford FC	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
2013	UEFA U19 Championship	Republic of Ireland U19	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	14
2012	First Division	Waterford FC	26	22	13	–	1	–	0	2,041
2012	League Cup	Waterford FC	1	1	1	–	1	–	0	90
2011	First Division	Waterford FC	8	4	1	–	0	–	0	404
2011	FAI Cup	Waterford FC	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	33

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			459	327	128	17^*	35	0^*	0	29,287

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Championship	166	22	11
Premier Division	99	44	1
First Division	65	33	5
League Two	33	7	–
League One	32	2	–
UEFA Europa League	12	6	–
FAI Cup	10	9	–
Carabao Cup	9	2	–
Republic of Ireland	8	0	–
U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)	7	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

May 2025 May 2025 · Free Transfer – Cork City Free Transfer
Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Free Agent Carlisle United – Free Agent
Jul 2023 Jul 2023 · Transfer Coventry City Carlisle United Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2023 Jan 2023 · Transfer Preston North End Coventry City Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Transfer Cork City Preston North End Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2016 Jan 2016 · Transfer Dundalk Cork City Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Transfer West Ham United Dundalk Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
May 2015 May 2015 · Back from Loan Accrington Stanley West Ham United Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2015 Jan 2015 · Loan West Ham United Accrington Stanley Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2015 Jan 2015 · Back from Loan Accrington Stanley West Ham United Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Sept 2014 Sept 2014 · Loan West Ham United Accrington Stanley Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2014 Aug 2014 · Back from Loan Sligo Rovers West Ham United Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription

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Player data from the TSH database, updated every week. Spotted something wrong? Tell us · Updated 2026-10-26