Harry Maguire is a football player who is the current club captain of Manchester United and an England international defender who was part of the 2018 World Cup squad which reached the semi-finals.
Maguire became the world’s most expensive defender when United bought him for 80 million pounds from Leicester City in 2019.
Career
Sheffield-born Maguire came through the ranks at his local club Sheffield United as a junior, making more than 100 first-team appearance and winning the club’s Player of the Year three times as they competed in England’s League One until his move to Hull City in 2014.
| Team |
Manchester United
|
| Position | Defender |
| Born | 5 Mar 1993 |
| Nationality |
England
|
| Nickname | Slabhead |
| Team History | |
|
Man Utd
|
2019 - present |
Leicester City
|
2017 - 2019 |
Hull City
|
2014 - 2017 |
Wigan Athletic
|
2015 (loan) |
Sheffield
|
2011 - 2014 |
He spent three years with Hull, during which they were a Premier League club, although he was loaned to second tier Wigan Athletic, before the Tigers got relegated from the top flight. Maguire was a more significant figure as they promotion via the playoffs in 2017 and was voted the club’s Player of the Year by the fans and the players.
Maguire left Hull in 2017 for Leicester on a five-year deal and he played every minute of the 2017-18 season, earning the club’s Player of the Season gong, along with World Cup selection with England.
In July 2019, Manchester United approached Leicester to sign Maguire, eventually landing him with a 80 million pound offer on a six-year contract with the option of a further year. In January 2020, despite some criticism, he was named club captain at Old Trafford.
