Scott McDonald

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Personal information
Scott McDonald
Full name	Scott Douglas McDonald
Date of birth	August 21, 1983
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Motherwell
Number	7
Youth clubs
	Gippsland Falcons
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1998-1999 2001-2003 2002 2003 2003 2004-	Gippsland Falcons Southampton → Huddersfield Town (loan) → Bournemouth (loan) MK Dons Motherwell	3 (0) 2 (0) 13 (1) 7 (1) 2 (0) 88 (34)
National team**
2006 -	Australia	2 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 13, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of November 13, 2006.

Scott Douglas McDonald (born 21 August 1983, Melbourne, Australia) is a professional football (soccer) player who currently plays for Motherwell Football Club as a striker.

Scott McDonald is managed by well known Australian FIFA Agent Lou Sticca and his partner in UK, former Rangers and Hearts legend Dave McPherson.

1 Career

[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

Another product to emerge from the famed Gippsland Falcons youth setup, where he became the club's youngest ever player when he made his full first team debut, aged just 14.

Started off as a trainee with Southampton in 2001 where he only managed one first team start and two appearance as a substitute, being loaned to Huddersfield Town and Bournemouth where again he had chances to play first team football. Upon reaching the end of his contract with Southampton he signed for the MK Dons on a rolling monthly contract.

[edit] Achieving recognition

After joining Motherwell he had a slow start, scoring only 2 goals during the second half of the 2003/04 season despite impressive performances. The following season he proceeded to score 15 goals. McDonald famously scored two late goals against Celtic at the end of season 2004-05 to deny them the Scottish Premier League championship. His goal against Falkirk on the 25 November 2006 was the 5000th goal in the SPL since its formation in 1998.

[edit] International career

He made his international debut for Australia against Bahrain on February 22, 2006 in an Asian Cup qualifier and has also represented Australia at U/17, U/20 and U/23 levels.

He played in 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. Until this point, Scott had also been eligible to play for Scotland, as both of his parents are immigrant Scots.

Motherwell F.C. - Current Squad
1 Smith \| 2 Corrigan \| 4 Kerr \| 5 Craigan \| 6 McLean \| 7 McDonald \| 8 McCormack \| 9 Foran \| 10 O'Donnell \| 11 Paterson \| 12 Clarkson \| 14 McGarry \| 15 Kinniburgh \| 17 McBride \| 18 Meldrum \| 19 Quinn \| 20 Fitzpatrick \| 21 Fagan \| 22 Lasley \| 23 Smith \| 24 Donnelly \| 25 Calder \| 26 Connolly \| 27 Coakley \| 28 Soutar \| 29 Maguire \| 30 Reynolds \| 31 Elliot \| Manager: Malpas