Scott McDonald

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Scott McDonald
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Scott McDonald (2010)
before a game with the Australian national team
Personnel
birthday August 21, 1983
place of birth Melbourne ,  Australia
size 173 cm
position Center Forward
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1998-1999 Gippsland Falcons 3 0(0)
2000-2002 Southampton FC 2 0(0)
2002 →  Huddersfield Town  (loan) 13 0(1)
2003 →  AFC Bournemouth  (loan) 7 0(1)
2003 Wimbledon FC 2 0(0)
2004-2007 Motherwell FC 108 (42)
2007-2010 Celtic Glasgow 88 (51)
2010-2013 Middlesbrough FC 116 (37)
2013-2015 Millwall FC 56 0(5)
2015-2017 Motherwell FC 83 (24)
2017-2018 Dundee United 34 (15)
2019 Partick Thistle 12 0(6)
2019– Western United 0 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1999 Australia U17 17 (13)
2001-2003 Australia U-20 24 (16)
2003-2004 Australia U-23 3 0(0)
2006–2012 Australia 26 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of May 29, 2019

Scott McDonald (born August 21, 1983 in Melbourne ) is an Australian football player .

Career

As a center forward, McDonald, son of Scottish parents, began his career in 1998 with the Gippsland Falcons . In 2001 he moved to the island for the then second division club Southampton FC . McDonald was loaned to Huddersfield Town for a short time in 2002 but came back to Southampton that same year. In March 2003 he moved to AFC Bournemouth before he was signed by Wimbledon FC in August 2003 . However, he moved to Motherwell FC in the Scottish Premier League six months later, in winter 2004 .

Motherwell

When he arrived at his new club, he managed only one goal in the second half of the 2003/04 season. In the following season 2004/05 he got 15 hits. In addition, McDonald ensured on the last match day with two goals in the 88th and 90th minute against his later club Celtic Glasgow (final score 2-1 for Motherwell) that Celtic's arch-rivals, the Glasgow Rangers , could still win the championship in Scotland . In the following two seasons he hit again regularly, 11 hits in the 2005/06 season, and another 15 hits in his final season with Motherwell.

Celtic Glasgow

In the summer of 2007, McDonald finally moved to Celtic Glasgow . This was a great wish of his as he is an avowed Celtic fan. With his goal to make it 2-1 in the 90th minute on October 3, 2007 in the Champions League against AC Milan, McDonald scored his most important career goal. McDonald was the top scorer with 25 league goals. Since the 2008/09 season he wore the legendary jersey number 7, which players like Jimmy Johnstone and Henrik Larsson once wore before him . This season he got 16 hits again, which put him in second place in the scorers list.

Middlesbrough FC

Shortly before the transfer market closed, McDonald transferred to Middlesbrough FC in the championship on February 1, 2010 . There he meets his former teammates Stephen McManus , Willo Flood , Chris Killen and Barry Robson as well as coach Gordon Strachan , who also moved to Middlesbrough a few weeks ago. The transfer fee for McDonald is said to be around £ 3.5 million pounds.

Milwall FC

For the 2013/2014 season he moved to the league rivals Millwall FC .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andrew Lomax: Scotland wanted Australian Scott McDonald. In: The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited, February 4, 2009, accessed July 8, 2018 .
  2. ^ Middlesbrough and Celtic agree a deal for McDonald
personal data
SURNAME McDonald, Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne , Australia