Scott McDonald
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| Scott McDonald | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Scott Douglas McDonald | |
| Date of birth | August 21, 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Celtic | |
| Number | 27 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1997-1998 | Gippsland Falcons | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998-1999 2000-2002 2002 2003 2003 2004-2007 2007– |
Morwell Falcons Southampton → Huddersfield (loan) → Bournemouth (loan) Wimbledon Motherwell Celtic |
3 (0) 2 (0) 13 (1) 7 (1) 2 (0) 108 (42) 32 (25) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1999 2001-2003 2003-2004 2006– |
Australia U-17s Australia U-20s Australia U-23s Australia |
17 (13) 24 (16) 3 (0) 8 (0) |
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Scott Douglas McDonald (born 21 August 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian professional football player who currently plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League side Celtic.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
McDonald began his career at outer suburb club, Doveton, before joining Cranbourne. He made three appearances on loan from his Victorian State League club, Cranbourne, with Gippsland Falcons in the Australian National Soccer League, where he became the club's youngest ever NSL player, making his first team debut, aged just fourteen.
McDonald started off as a trainee with Southampton in 2001 where he only managed one first team start and two appearances 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 (at that time Wimbledon F.C.) on a rolling monthly contract.
[edit] Motherwell
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 which was instead won by their arch-rivals Rangers. His goal against Falkirk on the 25 November 2006 was the 5000th goal in the SPL since its formation in 1998.
After a £400,000 bid from Rangers was rejected in January 2007,[1] McDonald's former club Motherwell accepted a £700,000 offer from boyhood favourites[2] Celtic in March 2007, with McDonald moving to Celtic Park at the start of the 2007–08 season.[3]
[edit] Celtic
McDonald joined Celtic for the start of the 2007-08 season, agreeing a three year contract with them. This made him one of three Rangers targets to sign for Celtic within five months along with Paul Hartley and Scott Brown.[3]
McDonald made his competitive debut for Celtic in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying Round match against Spartak Moscow at Luzhniki Stadium. His first goal for the club came in the second leg of the of the tie at Celtic Park. A mistake by Spartak defender Roman Shishkin allowed McDonald to slip in and hit the ball first time past Stipe Pletikosa.
Just days later away to St. Mirren F.C., McDonald latched onto a long Gary Caldwell pass to lob over the keeper from a very tight angle and score his first SPL goal for Celtic. Impressive performances, most notably a hat-trick against Dundee United in the SPL have seen McDonald claim his place as first choice striker alongside Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink in the Celtic attack. He has since followed that up with the winning goal against AC Milan in the final minute of their UEFA Champions League clash.
In December 2007, McDonald was named BBC Sportsound Player of the Year for his eight man-of-the-match performances throughout the 2006/07 season.[4]
McDonald scored a double in Celtic's vital 3-2 victory over rivals Rangers on Sunday April 27th and won a penalty for the winning goal.
[edit] International career
McDonald 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 of Scottish heritage. He was a starter in the Australia squad that started off qualification for World Cup 2010 with a 3-0 over Qatar, setting up a goal for Mark Bresciano.
[edit] Honours
With Celtic F.C.:
SPL Championship: 2007–2008
[edit] Club career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup[5] | Europe | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Southampton | 2001-02 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | |
| Huddersfield | 2002-03 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 1 |
| Total | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 1 | |
| AFC Bournemouth | 2002-03 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 1 | |
| Wimbledon | 2003-04 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
| Motherwell | 2003-04 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 18 | 2 |
| 2004-05 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 15 | |
| 2005-06 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 38 | 12 | |
| 2006-07 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 37 | 16 | |
| Total | 108 | 42 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 125 | 45 | |
| Celtic | 2007-08 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 31 |
| Total | 32 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 31 | |
| Career Totals | 165 | 67 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 201 | 78 | |
[edit] References
- ^ "Rangers miss out on McDonald bid", BBC Sport website, February 1 2007.
- ^ "Scott McDonald Profile", Celtic FC website.
- ^ a b "Celtic agree terms for McDonald", BBC Sport website, March 28 2007.
- ^ Sportsound Player of the Year, BBC Sport, 23 December 2007, accessed 6 January 2008.
- ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Kris Boyd |
SPL Topscorer 2008 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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