Charlie MacDonald

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Charlie MacDonald
Personal information
Full name Charles Lea MacDonald
Date of birth February 13, 1981 (1981-02-13) (age 27)
Place of birth    Southwark, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Southend United
Number 10
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998–2002
2001
2002
2002
2002
2002–2003
2003–2005
2005–2007
2007–
Charlton Athletic
Cheltenham Town (loan)
Torquay United (loan)
Colchester United (loan)
Margate
Stevenage Borough
Crawley Town
Gravesend & Northfleet
Southend United
08 0(1)
08 0(2)
05 0(0)
04 0(1)
05 0(1)
16 0(3)
30 (10)
61 (39)
25 0(1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 12:29, 21 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Charles Lea "Charlie" MacDonald (born February 13, 1981 in Southwark, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Southend United. At the end of the 2006-07 season, he had scored 27 goals for Gravesend & Northfleet making him the second highest goal scorer in the Conference league for the season.

[edit] Football career

MacDonald played for the Millwall youth team before joining Charlton Athletic as a trainee, turning professional in August 1998. He made his Charlton debut on January 3, 2000, as a late substitute for Martin Pringle in a 3-0 win at home to Nottingham Forest. He started the FA Cup tie against Queens Park Rangers the following weekend, scoring the only goal as Charlton progressed to the fourth round. He made two further appearances as substitute that season amd won the Charlton Young Player of the Year Award.

He joined Cheltenham Town on loan in March 2001, scoring twice in seven games. He returned to the Charlton first team squad later that year and scored his first ever Premiership goal when scoring the late equaliser in the 1-1 draw with Newcastle United at The Valley. However, that was his last involvement with the Charlton first team and in February 2002 he joined Torquay United on loan, playing five games without scoring. In March 2002 he joined Colchester United on loan, but made just one appearance as a substitute and netting one goal, in a 2-2 draw with Wigan Athletic, before returning to his parent club at The Valley.

He was released by Charlton in May 2002 and joined Conference side Margate in August. The following month he moved to Conference rivals Stevenage Borough. In August 2003 he moved to Crawley Town, scoring 10 times in 30 Conference games. In May 2005 he moved to Gravesend and soon settled in as a regular in the Gravesend team and a regular on the scoresheet. His contract with Gravesend and Northfleet ended at the close of the 2006-07 season and has since put pen-to-paper on a two-year deal with Southend United, arriving at Roots Hall on a free transfer.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Shrimpers capture Fleet striker", BBC Sport, 2007-06-09. Retrieved on 2007-06-09. 

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