Gary McDonald

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Personal information
Gary McDonald
Full name	Gary McDonald
Date of birth	April 10, 1982 (1982-04-10) (age 26)
Place of birth	Irvine, Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Aberdeen
Number	TBA
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2006 2006–2008 2008–	Kilmarnock Oldham Athletic Aberdeen	106 0(11) 078 0(11) 000 00(0)
National team²
2005	Scotland B	001 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:50, 4 April 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 23 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Gary McDonald (born 10 April 1982) is a professional footballer currently playing for English League One club Oldham Athletic.

He started his career at Kilmarnock, making his debut in the 2001-02 season and has been capped by Scotland at Under-21 level.

Gary McDonald was also capped in a Scotland B international against Poland at his home ground, Rugby Park in 2005, scoring the opening goal in a 2-0 victory. In July 2006, McDonald became John Sheridan's first signing as Oldham manager. On 5 January 2008, McDonald scored from 23 metres (25 yd) in Oldham's 1-0 win over Premier League side Everton in the third round of the FA Cup.^[1] Interviewed on Match of the Day after the match, McDonald described the goal as the best of his career.

In late April 2008, McDonald agreed a pre-contract agreement to sign for Aberdeen in the summer.^[2]

[edit] Career statistics

**All-Time Club Performance**
Country	Club	Season	Domestic League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Country	Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	Kilmarnock	2001–06	106	11	6	2	4	1	114	14
	Oldham Athletic	2006–08	78	11	9	2	2	0	89	13
	Aberdeen	2008–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals^[1]			184	22	15	4	6	1	205	27

[edit] References

^ Phil McNulty Everton 0-1 Oldham, BBC Sport, 5 January 2008, accessed 5 January 2008
^ "Aberdeen sign Oldham midfielder", BBC Sport website, 2008-04-30. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.

[edit] External links

Gary McDonald career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Aberdeen F.C. – current squad

1 Langfield • 5 Diamond • 6 Severin • 7 J. Smith • 10 Mackie • 11 Duff • 14 Foster • 15 Touzani • 16 Miller • 17 D. Smith • 18 Mair • 19 Young • 21 Considine • 22 Maguire • 24 de Visscher • 33 S. Smith • Bossu • Stewart • McDonald • Manager: Calderwood