Jacob Harry Maguire (born 5 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.

Maguire moved to Manchester United in 2019 for a fee believed to be £80 million, a world-record amount for a defender, and within six months was appointed club captain, a role he held until 2023.

[12][13] Having cemented his place in the first team, Maguire scored his first goal for United in a 2–0 win away Oldham Athletic on the opening day of the 2011–12 League One season.

[17] Maguire went into the following season as first choice in the centre of defence and his good form continued as he scored twice on 17 October 2012 in a 4–1 away victory over Notts County in the Football League Trophy.

[24] He did not make his Premier League debut until 20 December, when he replaced the injured Curtis Davies for the final 13 minutes of a home loss by the same score against Swansea City.

[35] He made his debut on 11 August as the season began with a 4–3 loss away to Arsenal,[36] and eight days later he scored his first goal for Leicester, heading in Riyad Mahrez's corner to conclude a 2–0 home win over Brighton & Hove Albion.

[39] In July 2019, Manchester United made a £70 million bid for Maguire, a year after the club backed down from a deal because the same fee was considered too high.

The fee surpassed the £75 million Liverpool paid for Virgil van Dijk in January 2018, making Maguire the world's most expensive defender.

[43] On 17 January 2020, Maguire was named as club captain by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær following Ashley Young's departure to Inter Milan.

[46] On 27 June, after the three-month delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, United's FA Cup run resumed with a quarter-final tie against Norwich City which finished 2–1, Maguire scoring the winning goal deep into extra time.

[48] On 17 October 2020, Maguire scored his first goal of the season, equalising in the 23rd minute in a league match against Newcastle United that eventually ended in a 4–1 away win.

[50] When several teammates received racist threats following the loss, Maguire joined other past and present United players condemning the abuse.

He was unable to break the record, for owing to an ankle injury, he had to be substituted in the 72nd minute of the subsequent game on 9 May, a 3–1 home win over Aston Villa.

[59] In the 2022–23 season, Maguire started only eight Premier League matches as new manager Erik ten Hag used Raphaël Varane and Lisandro Martínez as his first-choice central defensive partnership.

[61] Maguire subsequently lifted the trophy with on-field captain Bruno Fernandes, having agreed to do so beforehand providing United won the final.

[68] On 16 August, West Ham announced that there would be no transfer as Maguire wished to stay at Manchester United and fight for his place in the team.

[69] After a number of games in the 2023–24 season, Maguire replaced Raphaël Varane in manager Erik ten Hag's preferred centre-back pairing.

[70] On 7 October 2023, Maguire provided an assist for Scott McTominay to score his second goal in late stoppage time to give United a 2–1 comeback win against Brentford.

During the 2024-25 season, Maguire started regularly in a 3-centre-back system for new United head coach Ruben Amorim, stating in an interview with MUTV "I feel like I’ve been in a good place for 18 months to two years.

On 8 February 2025, Maguire scored a last-minute headed goal against former club Leicester to send Manchester United through to the fifth-round of the FA Cup.

"[78] Maguire duly made his England under-21 debut as a substitute in the 60th minute, coming on for Liverpool's Andre Wisdom in a 2–0 win against Northern Ireland Under-21s at Bloomfield Road.

[79] On 24 August 2017, England manager Gareth Southgate included Maguire in his squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Malta and Slovakia.

[80] He made his debut when starting in England's 1–0 away win over Lithuania, which was the team's final match in their successful World Cup qualification campaign.

[108] On 25 August, Maguire was convicted of all charges, and found guilty of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and attempted bribery by a court on the island of Syros.

[111][112] On 5 March 2021, it was reported that Maguire's appeal was unlikely to take place that year, and that while the prosecution are keen for the case to be resolved as quickly as possible, proceedings could theoretically be delayed until 2028.