Shaun MacDonald
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shaun Benjamin MacDonald[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bournemouth | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Swansea City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2011 | Swansea City | 24 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| 2009 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 11 | (4) |
| 2011– | Bournemouth | 81 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Wales U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2006–2010 | Wales U21 | 25 | (2) |
| 2010– | Wales | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:34, 21 March 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Shaun Benjamin MacDonald (born 17 June 1988) is a Welsh professional footballer who currently plays for Football League Championship side Bournemouth. A product of the Swansea City youth team, he also has two caps for Wales and is the current record caps holder for the Wales Under 21 team with 25 caps.
Club career
MacDonald was born in Swansea, and began his career with his home side Swansea City, making his way up through the youth ranks before being making his first-team debut on 31 August 2005 in a 3–1 defeat to Reading in the League Cup.[2] He went on to make a total of 13 appearances in all competitions during his first season, including playing four times in the Football League Trophy as Swansea went on to win the trophy.[3]
He scored his first goals for the club during the 2008–09 season against Brentford in the League Cup on 12 June 2008 but,[4] after making just six appearances during the season, he was allowed to join League One side Yeovil Town on a one-month loan deal on 27 January 2009.[5] On his debut for the side, MacDonald scored the only goal of the game in a 1–0 win over Huddersfield Town,[6] going on to make a total of four appearances before returning to Swansea.
After making just three appearances during the start of the 2009–10 season, MacDonald returned to Yeovil Town on a three-month loan deal on 21 September.[7] MacDonald impressed for Yeovil in his three-month loan spell starting all 12 of Yeovil's league games and grabbing 2 goals.
Once he returned to Swansea, negotiation began with Yeovil regarding a loan deal back at Yeovil until the end of the 2009–10 season. The loan deal was agreed on 31 December 2009.[8]
In late August 2010, MacDonald returned to Yeovil on loan for the fourth time in less than two years until January 2011.
He joined Yeovil on loan for the fifth time on 17 March 2011, until the end of the 2010–11 season.[9] He scored a first half hat-trick on 26 March 2011 in a 5–1 win over Leyton Orient.
MacDonald signed for Bournemouth on 25 August 2011, for a fee believed to be in the region of £125,000.[10]
International career
MacDonald is a Wales Under-21 international and has also represented his country at under-19 level. In June 2009 he was called into the full national squad for the World Cup qualifier in Azerbaijan in Baku. After playing his 22nd game at under-21 level he surpassed the Welsh appearance record previously set by James Thomas.
MacDonald made his full international debut on 12 October 2010 against Switzerland in Basel and earned his second cap against Israel in a 2016 European Championship Qualifying Match in 2015.
Career statistics
- As of 21 March 2015.[11]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Swansea City | 2005–06[12] | League One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2006–07[13] | League One | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2006–07[14] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2008–09[15] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10[16] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11[17] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Yeovil Town (loan) | 2008–09[15] | League One | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009–10[16] | League One | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
| 2010–11[17] | League One | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | |
| Total | 61 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 9 | ||
| Bournemouth | 2011–12[18] | League One | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 26 | 2 |
| 2012–13[19] | League One | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 31 | 2 | |
| 2013–14[20] | Championship | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15[21] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 81 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 92 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 166 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 196 | 16 | ||
Honours
- Swansea City
- Football League Trophy Winner: 1
- 2005–06
References
- ↑ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ↑ "Reading 3–1 Swansea (aet)". BBC Sport. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ↑ "Carlisle 1–2 Swansea". BBC Sport. 2 April 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ↑ "Swansea 2–0 Brentford". BBC Sport. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ↑ "Yeovil Town make double signing". BBC Sport. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ↑ "Yeovil 1–0 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ↑ "Welcome back Mac". ytfc.co.uk. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ↑ "Return of the Macs". ytfc.co.uk. 31 December 2009.
- ↑ "Swan Shaun MacDonald joins Yeovil in a fifth loan spell". BBC Sport. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ↑ "MacDonald Commits Future To Cherries". AFCB.co.uk. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ↑ "Shaun MacDonald". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ "Games played by Shaun MacDonald in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ "Games played by Shaun MacDonald in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ "Games played by Shaun MacDonald in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Games played by Shaun MacDonald in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Games played by Shaun MacDonald in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Games played by Shaun MacDonald in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ "Games played by Shaun MacDonald in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ "Games played by Shaun MacDonald in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ "Games played by Shaun MacDonald in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ "Games played by Shaun MacDonald in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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