Donald Park was born on 19 July 1953 and is a Scottish football player and coach.
15 Facts About Donald Park
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Donald Park joined Highland League club Caledonian as a 16-year-old in 1969.
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Donald Park was good friends with George Campbell, who became a professional footballer for Aberdeen FC.
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Donald Park was capped several times at amateur international level by Scotland whilst with both Inverness Caledonian FC and Hearts FC.
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Donald Park turned professional when he signed for Heart of Midlothian in 1972.
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Donald Park spent six seasons at Tynecastle, initially as a winger then latterly as a central midfielder.
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Donald Park ended his career with short spells at Brechin City and Meadowbank Thistle.
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Donald Park left after a year, and then spent a short time as joint-manager of Arbroath with George Mackie in 1994, before joining Hibs as a coach in July of that year.
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Donald Park served as a youth coach under managers Alex Miller and Alex McLeish, and became the interim manager when McLeish left for Rangers in 2001.
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When Franck Sauzee was appointed as McLeish's successor, Donald Park was promoted to the position of the assistant manager.
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Donald Park was credited with the development of young players including Derek Riordan, Kenny Miller, Ian Murray, Tam McManus and Garry O'Connor.
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Donald Park resigned as Caley Thistle assistant manager in August 2007 to move back to the Central Belt.
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Donald Park initially took a job with Raith Rovers before being appointed as Mixu Paatelainen's assistant at Hibernian in January 2008.
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Donald Park served in this role for 18 months before being appointed as Head of Coach Education by the SFA.
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Donald Park was appointed coach of the Scotland under-19 team in August 2017, a position he held until May 2018.