Jordan McGhee

Jordan McGhee (born 24 July 1996)[4] is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Dundee as a defender. He began his career at Heart of Midlothian and had a spell on loan at Middlesbrough. He then spent two years at Falkirk, and was team captain from January 2019 until his departure.

Jordan McGhee

Personal information
Full name	Jordan McGhee
Date of birth	(1996-07-24) 24 July 1996
Place of birth	East Kilbride, Scotland
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Dundee
Number	3
Youth career
2007–2013	Heart of Midlothian
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2017	Heart of Midlothian	58	(3)
2016–2017	→ Middlesbrough (loan)	0	(0)
2017–2019	Falkirk	65	(6)
2019–	Dundee	24	(2)
National team^‡
2011	Scotland U15[1]	2	(0)
2011–2012	Scotland U16[2]	9	(1)
2013	Scotland U18[3]	1	(1)
2013–2017	Scotland U21	20	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:53, 7 March 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2019

Club career

Heart of Midlothian

McGhee signed for Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) in 2007, having previously played for Claremont Boys Club.[5] In July 2012, he signed a three-year professional contract, tying him to the club until 2015.[5] A member of the club's under-20 squad[6] McGhee made his first team debut[7] aged 16,[8] on 4 May 2013, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute at Tynecastle in a Scottish Premier League match against St Mirren, replacing Mehdi Taouil in a 3–0 win.[9] The following season on 24 August 2013, in only his second substitute appearance,[10] he scored his first professional goal,[11] an 88th-minute winner in a 2–1 win over Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership.[12] The following week he made his first start against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, in a 2–0 defeat.[13]

In January 2015, McGhee signed a contract with Hearts that was due to run until the end of the 2016–17 season.[14] Ipswich Town made two offers of around £250,000 for McGhee in August 2015, but these were both rejected by Hearts.[15]

In January 2016 McGhee almost moved to Middlesbrough on loan but the move collapsed after paperwork failed to be completed in time.[16] In July 2016, Middlesbrough returned to sign McGhee on a season-long loan to play in the club's development team.[17][18]

Falkirk

McGhee moved to Scottish Championship club Falkirk in August 2017 for an undisclosed transfer fee.[19] He made his debut two days later on 2 September 2017, starting at centre-back as his new side defeated Sligo Rovers in the Challenge Cup 2-1.[20] McGhee was named as team captain in January 2019. Despite the team's best efforts, the Bairns were relegated to the Scottish League One at the end of the 2018–19 season.

Dundee

In June 2019, McGhee signed a two-year deal with Dundee, who had been relegated to the Championship the previous season.[21] McGhee became a key figure for the Dark Blues, impressing in a variety of different positions, scoring two important goals in consecutive games, and playing in every game until getting surgery on his hand in February 2020, which sidelined him for a couple of weeks.[22] McGhee would be voted by his teammates as Dundee's Player's Player of the Year at the end of the season.[23] At the beginning of July, McGhee would be announced as team captain.[24]

International career

McGhee earned caps at under-15, under-16 and under-18 level before earning a call up to the Scotland under-21 squad aged just 17 after some impressive performances for Hearts.

After establishing himself as a regular at centre back alongside Stuart Findlay, he captained the Scotland under-21 side for the first time in a friendly against Switzerland on 18 November 2014 which ended in a 1–1 draw.[25]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 March 2020 [26]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Heart of Midlothian	2012–13[27]	Scottish Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2013–14[28]	Scottish Premiership	17	1	1	0	2	0	—		20	1
	2014–15[29]	Scottish Championship	18	2	0	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	21	2
	2015–16[30]	Scottish Premiership	22	0	3	0	3	1	—		28	1
	2016–17[31]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2017–18[32]		0	0	0	0	3	0	—		3	0
	Total		58	3	4	0	9	1	2	0	73	4
Falkirk	2017–18[32]	Scottish Championship	32	2	3	0	3	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	41	2
	2018-19[33]		33	4	1	0	3	0	1	0	38	4
	Total		65	6	4	0	6	0	4	0	79	6
Dundee	2019–20[34]	Scottish Championship	24	2	1	0	4	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	30	2
	2020–21[35]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			147	10	9	0	19	1	7	0	182	11

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Heart of Midlothian

• Scottish Championship: 2014–15

References

1. "Jordan McGhee Under-15 Scotland Profile". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
2. "Jordan McGhee Under-16 Scotland Profile". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
3. "Jordan McGhee Under-18 Scotland Profile". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
4. "Jordan McGhee". hydc.co.uk. Heart of Midlothian Youth Development Committee. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
5. "Jordan's joy at three-year Hearts deal". eastkilbridenews.co.uk. East Kilbride News. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
6. "Gary Locke could give teenager Jordan McGhee debut". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
7. "Hearts 3–0 St Mirren: Buddies fall at Tynecastle". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
8. "Hearts exact revenge for League Cup misery". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
9. "Hearts 3–0 St Mirren". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
10. "17-year-old McGhee hits winner to continue Jambos fightback". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
11. "Gary Locke lavishes praise on Jordan McGhee". bbc.co.uk/sport/. BBC Sport. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
12. "Jordan McGhee is the hero as brave Hearts stun Dons with late winner". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
13. "Inverness remain top of the Scottish Premiership following a convincing victory over 10 man Hearts". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
14. "Hearts: Defender Jordan McGhee commits to new deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
15. Lamont, Alasdair (4 August 2015). "Hearts reject Ipswich Town bids for Jordan McGhee". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
16. Anderson, Barry (1 February 2016). "Jordan McGhee's move from Hearts to Middlesbrough collapses". Edinburgh Evening News.
17. "Hearts: Jordan McGhee heads for Middlesbrough as Viktor Noring is offered deal". BBC Sport. 4 July 2016.
18. "Boro Take Scotland U21 Captain On Season Long Loan". Middlesbrough FC. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
19. "Falkirk sign defenders Jordan McGhee and Conrad Balatoni". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
20. "Sligo v Falkirk line ups". Falkirk FC. 2 September 2017.
21. "Jordan Signs". Dundee FC Official Website. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
22. Cran, George (7 February 2020). "Injury bombshell for Dundee after key defensive pair go under knife". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
23. "Jordan wins Player's Player". Dundee FC. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
24. "Jordan McGhee appointed club captain". Dundee FC. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
25. "Switzerland 1–1 Scotland". Scottish Football Association. 18 November 2014.
26. Jordan McGhee at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
27. "Games played by Jordan McGhee in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
28. "Games played by Jordan McGhee in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
29. "Games played by Jordan McGhee in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
30. "Games played by Jordan McGhee in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
31. "Games played by Jordan McGhee in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
32. "Games played by Jordan McGhee in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
33. "Games played by Jordan McGhee in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
34. "Games played by Jordan McGhee in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
35. "Games Played by Jordan McGhee in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

External links

• Jordan McGhee on Twitter