Brad McDonald
| Brad McDonald | ||
 McDonald before a game for Fury (2010)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Bradley James McDonald | |
| birthday | 17th February 1990 | |
| place of birth | Kudijip , Papua New Guinea | |
| size | 171 cm | |
| position |
Full-back (left) Midfielder (left) |
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| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2005-2006 | Queensland Academy of Sport | |
| 2008-2009 | Queensland Roar | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| Brisbane City FC | ||
| 2010 | Brisbane Strikers | 20 (3) |
| 2010-2011 | North Queensland Fury | 25 (0) |
| 2011 | Brisbane Strikers | (1) |
| 2011-2013 | Central Coast Mariners | 1 (0) |
| 2013-2014 | Central Coast Mariners Academy | |
| 2014 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | |
| 2015 | Manly United | 22 (1) |
| 2016-2017 | Central Coast Mariners | 8 (0) |
| 2017-2018 | Davao Aguilas FC | 32 (2) |
| 2019– | Manly United | 18 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2014– | Papua New Guinea | 1 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of January 20, 2015 2 As of January 20, 2015 |
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Bradley James "Brad" McDonald (born February 17, 1990 in Kudijip , Papua New Guinea ) is an Australian - Papua New Guinea football player who played for the North Queensland Fury and the Central Coast Mariners in the A-League for 26 years between 2010 and 2013 came. In 2014 he made his debut for the national team of Papua New Guinea .
Career
Born in Papua New Guinea to a local and an Australian, McDonald grew up in Mount Hagen for the first five years of his life before the family moved to Brisbane, Australia . There McDonald attended the Queensland Academy of Sport from 2005 to 2006 and later played for Brisbane City in the Brisbane Premier League , before joining the 2008/09 season with Mitch Bevan and Josh McVey as one of three City players for the Queensland youth team Roar was signed for the first-ever National Youth League . After one season for the youth team, he moved to the 2010 season in the Queensland State League to the Brisbane Strikers , where McDonald, who worked professionally as a fitness trainer, became a top performer on the left.
After three goals in 20 appearances for the Strikers and shortly before the championship finals, he was appointed by Stuart McClaren , assistant coach at the A-League club North Queensland Fury and previously coach at the Brisbane Strikers, in preparation for the 2010/11 season Trial training invited. McDonald also convinced head coach František Straka and received a one-year contract as a professional. At Fury, he came mostly as a left full-back to 25 missions over the course of the season, but the team's performance collapsed in the second half of the season when there were increasing signs that the club will not continue beyond the end of the season. After the end of the season, North Queensland was revoked due to financial problems and McDonald returned to the Brisbane Strikers to keep himself fit in the semi-professional State League.
In April 2011 he was presented by the Central Coast Mariners together with Adriano Pellegrino as a newcomer for the A-League season 2011/12 and received a one-year contract. McDonald stayed in his first season for the Mariners without a competitive appearance in the professional team, but was regularly in the left midfield for the youth team in the National Youth League and won the championship there. In February 2012 he extended his contract for another year. In the 2012/13 season he came on the last day of the regular season against Melbourne Heart for the first time in a competitive game for the Mariners, this was also his only league appearance of the season. His teammates subsequently won the Australian championship by beating the Western Sydney Wanderers 2-0 . McDonald also came to a brief appearance in the 2013 AFC Champions League against Guizhou Renhe FC . After his contract expired, he joined the Central Coast Mariners Academy , the Mariners' farm team , in mid-2013 .
In October 2011 McDonald was unexpectedly named by Aurelio Vidmar in the Australian U-23 selection and sat on the bench in a qualifying match for the 2012 Olympic Games against Uzbekistan. He had previously been contacted by Frank Farina , coach of the Papua New Guinea national team , for whom he would also be eligible to play under FIFA rules. For a change of association, McDonald would have to give up his Australian citizenship, which he does not want to do so far. In September 2014, McDonald finally made his debut for his country of birth. In a 2-1 defeat against Singapore he was substituted on by the new national coach Wynton Rufer after 56 minutes and prepared the goal for the final score.
Web links
- Brad McDonald in the database of weltfussball.de
- Personal homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ socceraust.co.uk: Queensland State League 2011 - Scorers - Brisbane Strikers
- ↑ a b c foxsports.com.au: Brad McDonald called up to Olyroos training camp but could still play for Papua New Guinea (23 Oct 2011)
- ↑ brisbanestrikers.com.au: Indirect Free Kick: Brad McDonald (June 6, 2010) ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ brisbaneroar.com.au: Vidosic finalises Roar Youth team (14 Aug 2008) ( Memento of the original from 26 February 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ townsvillebulletin.com.au: McDonald sucks it in (Sep. 9, 2010)
- ↑ brisbanestrikers.com.au: Fury Snaps Up McDonald (12 Aug 2010) ( Memento of the original from 20 April 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ tribalfootball.com: McDonald joins North Queensland Fury from Brisbane Strikers (12 Aug 2010) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ footballaustralia.com.au: NQ Fury sign Brad McDonald (12 Aug 2010) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ au.fourfourtwo.com: Mariners Swoop On New Signings (April 15, 2011)
- ↑ footballaustralia.com.au: McDonald to remain a Mariner (February 16, 2012) ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ footballnsw.com.au: Mariners Academy snap up Pellegrino and McDonald (June 5, 2013)
- ↑ the-afc.com: FIFA OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2012 MATCH SUMMARY AUSTRALIA - UZBEKISTAN
- ↑ fourfourtwo.com: Five things we learned from Singapore 2-1 Papua New Guinea: More expected from Lions (Sep. 8, 2014)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McDonald, Brad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McDonald, Bradley James (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th February 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kudijip , Papua New Guinea |