Dean McDonald

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Dean McDonald
Full name	Dean McDonald
Date of birth	February 19, 1986 (1986-02-19) (age 22)
Place of birth	Lambeth, England
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Youth clubs
2002-2003 2003-2005	Arsenal Ipswich Town
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-2006 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008	Ipswich Town Hartlepool United (loan) Gillingham Inverness Caledonian Thistle	14 (1) 05 (1) 26 (6) 05 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Dean McDonald (born 19 February 1986) is an English professional footballer currently unattached and without a club after leaving Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

McDonald was noticed for his skill rather than size when signed by Ipswich Town from Arsenal where he started his career as a youth player. He opened his account with Ipswich Town against Crewe Alexandra,with Ipswich going on to win the game 2-1.

McDonald is primarily an attacking midfielder, although he can play in a more of a striker role. He spent a month on loan with Hartlepool United, scoring one goal, before bring recalled due to an injury crisis at Ipswich, with Ipswich rejecting a fee for the player.

On 22 May 2006 he signed for Gillingham on a two year contract. On his debut for his new club on 5 August he scored the winner in a 2-1 win over Huddersfield Town.

On 3 July 2007 it was announced that, despite having a year left on his contract with the Kent club, McDonald had agreed terms for a move to Inverness Caledonian Thistle.^[1] He scored in his first pre-season match for his new club, a 2-0 win over Qatar's U-21 team, on 11 July 2007.

Following the arrival of Craig Brewster at the club, he was restricted to just substitute appearances and was on trial at several clubs during January 2008, including Gillingham and Toronto. These trials proved to be unsucessful but he was told he would be free to leave the club at the end of the season. Despite having a year left on his contract he was released by Inverness at the end of the 2007–08 season.