Reece McGinley (born 1 March 2000) is a Northern Irish former footballer who last played for

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Career

After graduating from the academy, McGinley signed professionally for

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in April 2018. He had previously made his competitive debut for the club, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–0 win away at

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in the

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in November 2017. On 2 January 2019, McGinley was loaned out to

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Crusaders FC Crusaders Football Club is a semi-professional Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premiership. The club, founded in 1898, is based in north Belfast and plays its home matches at Seaview. Crusaders originally played as a junior ...

on a loan deal for the rest of the season. At the end of the 2018–19 season, McGinley was released by Rotherham United after his contract expired. He returned to Crusaders for the new season, and in December 2019 signed a two-year contract. McGinley left Crusaders by mutual consent in April 2021, to focus on his personal training business.

International career

He has represented Northern Ireland at under 15s, 17s and 19s level.

Career statistics

Honours

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: 2018–19

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