Scott McDonald

Scott McDonald ( 2010) before a game with the Australian national team

Scott McDonald ( born August 21, 1983 in Melbourne) is an Australian football player who is active for the English second division Millwall FC.

Career

As a center forward, he began his career in 1998 with the Gippsland Falcons. In 2001 he moved to the island to today's second division Southampton FC. McDonald was briefly loaned to Huddersfield Town in 2002, but came in the same year returned to Southampton. In March 2003 he joined AFC Bournemouth before he was hired in August 2003 by FC Wimbledon. However, he changed just six months later, in the winter of 2004 to Motherwell FC in the first Scottish league.

Motherwell

Arrived at his new club, he succeeded in the second half of the season 2003/ 04 only a single hit. However, in the following season 2004/ 05 he scored 15 goals already. In addition, McDonald made ​​on the final day with two goals in the 88th and 90th minute against his future club Celtic Glasgow ( Full Time 2-1 Motherwell) nor that archrival Celtics, winning the Glasgow Rangers, but still the championship in Scotland could. In the following two seasons, he struck again on a regular basis, 11 goals in the season 2005/ 06, and a further 15 goals in his final season at Motherwell.

Celtic Glasgow

In summer 2007, McDonald finally then moved to Glasgow Celtic. This was a big request from him because he is a self-confessed Celtic fan. With his goal to make it 2-1 in the 90th minute on 3 October 2007 in the Champions League against AC Milan McDonald scored his most important Karrieretor. McDonald was top scorer with 25 league goals. Since the 2008/ 09 season he wore the legendary jersey number 7, who once worn players like Jimmy Johnstone and Henrik Larsson before him. This season he again reach 16 goals, which he finished second in the scoring charts.

Middlesbrough FC

Shortly before the closure of the transfer market, McDonald transferred on 1 February 2010 Middlesbrough FC in the Championship. There he meets his former teammate Stephen McManus, Willo Flood, Chris Killen and Barry Robson as well as manager Gordon Strachan, who are also changed a few weeks ago to Middlesbrough. The transfer fee for McDonald is said to be around £ 3.5 million pounds.

FC Milwall

For the 2013/2014 season he moved to league rivals Millwall FC.