1. Scott Douglas McDonald was born on 21 August 1983 and is an Australian former professional footballer and is the current head coach for National Premier Leagues club Gold Coast Knights.
26 Facts About Scott McDonald
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Scott McDonald subsequently played for a wide range of clubs, including representing Southampton in the Premier League and Celtic and Motherwell in the Scottish top flight.
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Scott McDonald was a member of the squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, where Australia finished second, as well as the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship and 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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Scott McDonald was born in Dandenong, and began his career at Doveton, before joining Casey Comets.
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Scott McDonald made three appearances on loan from his Victorian State League club, Cranbourne Comets, with Gippsland Falcons in the ANSL, where he became the club's youngest ever NSL player, replacing Jason Marsh, when making his first-team debut aged just fifteen.
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Scott McDonald started off as a trainee with Southampton in 2001 where he managed only three appearances, being loaned to Huddersfield Town where again he had chances to play first team football.
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Scott McDonald had talks with Drogheda United in 2003 but failed to agree terms.
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Just days later in an away league match against St Mirren, Scott McDonald latched onto a long Gary Caldwell pass to lob Chris Smith from a tight angle and score his first SPL goal for the club.
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In total, Scott McDonald scored 31 times in his first season at Parkhead.
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Scott McDonald wore the number 27 shirt in his first season with Celtic, but in July 2008 he was given number 7, which he wore at Motherwell.
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Only three days later, Scott McDonald continued to haunt his former club Motherwell with a low strike from outside the penalty area.
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Scott McDonald joined up with Gordon Strachan, whom he played under at Celtic and Southampton, and rejoined four of his former teammates, Willo Flood, Barry Robson, Chris Killen and Stephen McManus.
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Scott McDonald followed this by scoring twice in two games, in two draws against Ipswich Town and Barnsley.
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On 23 July 2013, Scott McDonald signed a two-year contract with Millwall.
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Scott McDonald left Millwall on 24 January 2015, with the club cancelling his contract.
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On 21 July 2015, Scott McDonald signed a new one-year contract, with the option of a second.
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On 1 July 2016, Scott McDonald signed a new one-year contract to stay at Motherwell.
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In May 2017, Motherwell announced that Scott McDonald would be leaving the club after he had decided not to take up the option of another year on his contract.
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On 15 February 2019, Scott McDonald came out of retirement to sign for Partick Thistle until the end of the season.
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Scott McDonald left the club at the end of the season to return to Australia.
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On 16 January 2020, Scott McDonald joined Brisbane Roar under Robbie Fowler, signing an 18-month contract.
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Scott McDonald left on 24 April 2021 after a two-week absence from Roar fixtures.
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Scott McDonald played in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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On 11 May 2010 Scott McDonald was named by Australian coach Pim Verbeek in a provisional 31-man squad for the 2010 World Cup.
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Scott McDonald never scored for Australia during his international career.
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Shortly after turning 38 years old, Scott McDonald started his coaching career with National Premier Leagues club Gold Coast Knights, after being named their head coach on 26 August 2021.