John McGinn, born on 18 October 1994 (age 31), is a Scotland midfielder best known for his long spell at Aston Villa. A centre midfielder wearing the No 7 shirt, he has become one of those players whose career is now difficult to separate from the club where he has spent the bulk of his senior years.
Aston Villa is where the work has piled up. McGinn has made 278 league appearances for the club across nine seasons, scoring 28 league goals. His most productive league campaign came in 2018-19, when he scored six times in 40 appearances, and he has remained part of the first-team picture rather than drifting into the margins.
That has continued into 2026-27. He has made five Premier League appearances, along with outings in the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Super Cup and Champions League, scoring once in Europe. His current market value is around £13m, according to Transfermarkt.
McGinn has also stayed involved with Scotland this season, with appearances in World Cup matches, European World Cup qualifiers and the Nations League, scoring in both World Cup and Nations League duty. At club and international level, his career has been built less on novelty than on staying useful.
Now in his early thirties, McGinn remains a regular Aston Villa midfielder and a Scotland international. His career is defined chiefly by durability, output and a long Villa spell that continues to shape how he is viewed.
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