O'Neill Donaldson
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| O'Neill Donaldson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | O'Neill Donaldson | |
| Date of birth | November 24, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1990-1991 1991-1994 1994-1995 1994 1995-1998 1998 1998 1998-2001 2001 |
Hinckley Shrewsbury Town Doncaster Rovers → Mansfield Town (loan) Sheffield Wednesday → Oxford United (loan) Stoke City Torquay United Halesowen Town Total |
? (?) 28 (4) 9 (2) 4 (6) 14 (3) 6 (2) 2 (0) 28 (1) ? (?) 91 (18) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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O'Neill McKay Donaldson (born November 24, 1969 in Birmingham) is an English former footballer.
Donaldson began his career at non-league Hinckley United F.C. where his form attracted the attention of Football League scouts, leading to him ultimately signing for Shrewsbury Town F.C. in November 1991. Donaldson did not gain a regular first team spot at the club, most often appearing as a substitute and was given a free transfer to Doncaster Rovers F.C. in 1994. Although he did not gain a regular first team place at Rovers either, Donaldson's reputation grew from a brief but goal-heavy spell on loan at Mansfield Town F.C. and it was his form at that club which convinced Sheffield Wednesday F.C. to sign him for £50,000.[1]
Donaldson made his debut for the Owls as a sub against Manchester City F.C. on March 18th 1995.[2] However he quickly faded from the first team picture at a time when Wednesday boasted the likes of Mark Bright and David Hirst up front and Donaldson was forced to settle for a reserve role at the Hillsborough club. He largely imprssed during a loan spell at Oxford United F.C., although then manager Malcolm Shotton blamed the player's agent for blocking a deal that would have brought Donaldson to the Manor Ground on a permanent basis.[3] Indeed such was the desire to see Donaldson remain at the club full-time that a local fanzine editor even wrote to the player in an attempt to convince him to reconsider.[4]
Ultimately Donaldson was released by Wednesday in March 1998 for a frustrating two month spell at Stoke City F.C., before he spent a further three years at Torquay United F.C. where injury and a lack of form conce again denied him a regular first team place. He left the league in 2001 for a brief spell at Halesowen Town F.C. in the Western Division of the Southern Football League before retiring from football.
