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Cody McDonald Personal information Full name Cody Darren John McDonald[1] Date of birth 30 May 1986 Place of birth Chelmsford, England Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Coventry City Number 14 Youth career Valley Swifts Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003–2008 Witham Town 83 (48) 2008 Maldon Town 2 (1) 2008–2009 Dartford 15 (14) 2009–2011 Norwich City 25 (4) 2010–2011 → Gillingham (loan) 41 (25) 2011- Coventry City 5 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:28, 22 October 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Cody Darren John McDonald (born 30 May 1986) is an English footballer who plays for Coventry City as a striker. He previously played for Norwich City and Gillingham, on loan where he made a name for himself scoring 25 goals in 41 games.
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Club career
McDonald started his career playing for Valley Swifts[2] in the Braintree & North Essex Sunday League[3] before being spotted by Witham Town.[4] He made his debut at Witham aged 16 and stayed at the club for more than four years.[5]
Dartford
McDonald continued to turn out for Valley Swifts even after his move from Witham to Maldon Town in July 2008, before signing for Isthmian League Premier Division side Dartford in October 2008. Dartford put a stop to his Sunday League exploits[6] and in his short 4 month stay at Princes Park he made 20 appearances scoring 19 goals in all competitions,[7] including a hat-trick against Canvey Island on 30 December 2008. It was form such as this which attracted interest from higher league clubs such as Norwich and reportedly Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Reading.[8]
On 26 January 2009, McDonald was accompanied by Dartford manager Tony Burman to Norwich City's training ground at Colney for a two day trial at the club and the Darts boss later commented that "he (McDonald) enjoyed the experience and in my opinion did not look out of place over the two days".[9]
Norwich City
On 2 February 2009, it was announced that McDonald had joined Norwich City on a one-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee.[10] His first appearance for the club came three weeks later in the reserves' 3–0 win over Great Yarmouth Town, in which he scored the third goal.[11] He made his professional first team debut on 10 March 2009, as a substitute against Cardiff City at Carrow Road and scored in injury time.[11] In a League Cup tie against Sunderland on 24 August 2009, McDonald played as a goalkeeper for the final few minutes as Norwich had had a player sent off, goalkeeper Ben Alnwick injured and had used all available substitutions. Commenting after the match on organising his defence, he admitted; "If I'm being honest I didn't really know what I was doing!".[12] McDonald signed a new two-year deal with the club in March 2010. In the 2009–10 season he helped Norwich to the League One title, having been mainly used as an impact substitute.
Gillingham
McDonald signed on loan for Gillingham for a season, in the deal which took Simeon Jackson to the Canaries. McDonald was handed the number 10 jersey, which had been vacated by Jackson's departure. He picked up a niggling injury in pre-season, but upon his recovery scored four goals in eight appearances. He scored the first professional hat-trick of his career against Stockport County on 8 January 2011, his contribution helping Gills to a 5-1 away win and has since expressed his desire to stay at the Kent club.[13][14] On 21 April 2011, McDonald was named the ESPN PFA Fans' Player of the Year for the Football League Two.[15] McDonald also won Gillingham's Player of the Year, Player's Player of the Year, Sponsor's Player of the Year and Goal of the Season at the end of season awards ceremony held on Sunday 8 May 2011.[16] On 19 May 2011, McDonald revealed that he would not be returning to Gillingham.[17]
Coventry City
On 31 August 2011 he signed for Coventry City for an undisclosed fee, becoming Andy Thorn's first outfield signing. He made his debut in a 2–0 win against Derby County on 10 September 2011.[18]
References
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 265. ISBN 9781845966010.
- ^ http://www.bnesl.co.uk/vs.htm
- ^ http://m6live.gazette-news.co.uk/sport/football/nonleaguefootball/4106575.Witham_to_ban_Sunday_football
- ^ http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/football/Witham-chairman-backs-McDonald/article-688635-detail/article.html
- ^ http://www.halsteadgazette.co.uk/sport/countywide/4079870.Cody_set_for_League_chance_/
- ^ http://m6live.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/sport/3685065. Awesome_Arms_see_off_Casuals
- ^ http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/Sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=NOED02%20Feb%202009%2015%3A10%3A39%3A110 Dartford Stats
- ^ http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/Sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=NOED02%20Feb%202009%2015%3A10%3A39%3A110 McDonald watched by Championship clubs
- ^ http://www.dartfordfc.co.uk/managersnotes.htm
- ^ "City swoop for McDonald". Norwich City F.C. 2009-02-02. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0,,10355~1540431,00.html. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ a b "McDonald scores on debut". Norwich City F.C. 2009-02-23. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/Reserves/0,,10355~1567589,00.html. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ "Cody on 'keeper role". Norwich City F.C. 2009-08-28. http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0,,10355~1767841,00.html. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
- ^ "Stockport 1-5 Gillingham". BBC News. 8 January 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/9344326.stm.
- ^ "McDonald wants to stay with Gills". BBC News. 28 March 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/12881095.stm.
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/909806/raul-meireles-named-espn-pfa-fans'-player-of-the-year?cc=5901
- ^ http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/sport/2011/may/9/gills_player_of_the_year.aspx
- ^ "On-loan striker Cody McDonald confirms Gillingham exit". BBC News. 19 May 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gillingham/9491508.stm.
- ^ http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10269~2437891,00.html
External links
- Cody McDonald profile at ccfc.co.uk
- Cody McDonald career stats at Soccerbase
Coventry City F.C. – current squad 1 Murphy · 2 Keogh · 3 Hussey · 4 Clingan · 6 McPake · 7 Bell · 8 Baker · 9 Jutkiewicz · 10 Eastwood · 11 McSheffrey · 12 Deegan · 13 Dunn · 14 McDonald · 15 Cranie · 19 O'Donovan · 22 Platt · 23 Ireland · 24 Wood · 26 Clarke · 27 Jeffers · 28 Wilson · 30 Cameron · 31 Christie · 32 Thomas · 33 Burge · 34 Bigirimana · 35 Ruffels · 36 Phillips · 37 Willis · Manager: Thorn
Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- English people of Scottish descent
- English footballers
- Norwich City F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Maldon & Tiptree F.C. players
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