Scott Douglas McDonald (born 21 August 1983 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League side Celtic and the Australian national team.
McDonald began his career at outer suburb club, Doveton, before joining Casey Comets. He made three appearances on loan from his Victorian State League club, Cranbourne Comets, with Gippsland Falcons in the Australian National Soccer League, wher...
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Scott Douglas McDonald (born 21 August 1983 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League side Celtic and the Australian national team.
McDonald began his career at outer suburb club, Doveton, before joining Casey Comets. He made three appearances on loan from his Victorian State League club, Cranbourne Comets, 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 (scoring once against Tranmere) and Bournemouth (scoring once against Shrewsbury) where again he had chances to play first team football. Upon reaching the end of his contract with Southampton he signed for Wimbledon on a rolling monthly contract. Before signing for Motherwell...
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