England’s defender Harry Maguire scored an own goal against rivals Scotland in a heritage match. in September 2023. The match was played at Hampden Park. The occasion was held to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first match between both teams.
Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham gave England a two-goal lead earlier in the match. But the Scotts were able to half the deficit with the help of an own goal from Harry Maguire in the second half. The defender conceded a weird own goal in the 67th minute of the game. As the player reached out to defend a cross from Scotland’s Andy Robertson, he instead booted it into his own net past England’s goalkeeper.
However, this is not the first occasion, when the centre-back has been involved in an own goal. As per the stats of the English defender, so far he has two own goals to his name in his career. Apart from the one against Scotland he also has one for his Premier League club Manchester United.
The United player scored an own goal in a match against Everton in the Premier League. A Dominic Calvert-Lewin shot deflected off Maguire and the ball found its way into the bottom right corner. The player also accidentally started to celebrate his own goal. Also, the 31-year-old has three direct goal-conceding errors in his career so far in the Premier League.
Other Manchester United players with own goals to their name
Former United defender Eric Bailly has one own goal to his name in his stint with the club. Another player who has scored an own goal while playing for the Red Devils was the midfielder, Fred. The Brazilian has an own goal while playing in the season 2021/2022.
Recently during the season 2023/2024 in Manchester United’s 2-0 loss to Tottenham Hotspur the Argentinian Lisandro Martinez scored an own goal. Initially, while trying to clear a low cross from one of the Spurs’ players, Martinez swept the ball into his own net.
Meanwhile, the French International Raphael Varane has also been involved in an own-goal incident while playing for United. This happened during one of his matches for the club in the 2022/2023 season.
However, for the most prolific own-goal scorer in a United jersey, we will have to way back. According to worldfootball.net, Billy Foulkes and Nobby Stiles, who represented United in the 1960s, scored five own goals. For more recent names, Wes Brown, Phil Jones, and John O’Shea have all scored three own goals each for the club.