Paul McDonald (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Paul McDonald
fullname = Paul Thomas McDonald [B.J. Hugman, "The 1996-97 Official PFA Footballers Fact File", Harpenden: Queen Anne Press, 1996, p. 153]
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|4|20
cityofbirth = Motherwell
countryofbirth = Scotland
height = height|ft=5|in=6
currentclub = retired
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears = 1985-1986
youthclubs = Merry Street BC
years = 1986-1993
1993-1996
1995-1996
1996-1997
1998
1998-1999
2000-2001
2001-2003
clubs = Hamilton Academical
Southampton
→Burnley (loan)
Brighton & Hove Albion
Dunfermline Athletic
Partick Thistle
Greenock Morton
Hamilton Academical
caps(goals) = 215 (26)
3 (0)
9 (1)
52 (5)
3 (0)
30 (3)
33 (3)
41 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =

Paul Thomas McDonald (born April 20, 1968 in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former football defender.

After playing for a local boy's club in his hometown McDonald was spotted by Hamilton Academical and signed for the club in June 1986. McDonald, who usually featured on the left wing played at the club during a period of comparative success, picking up winners medals for the First Division in 1987-88 and the B & Q Cup in 1992 and 1993. [Hugman, op cit] After a long spell at the Accies he was signed by Southampton for £75,000 in the summer of 1993. McDonald failed to make an impact at The Dell, although a successful loan spell at Burnley prompted Brighton & Hove Albion to pay £25,000 for his services in 1996. He left the club the following year and returned to Scottish football, with spells at Dunfermline Athletic, Partick Thistle and Greenock Morton before returning to Hamilton for a final two season run in 2001.

After this spell with the Accies McDonald, who had also been serving the club as Youth Development Manager from 2002, retired from playing and became the SFA community coach at Kilmarnock. [ [http://www.footballcentral.org/sfa/index.cfm?A0F292B4-CE7C-07C1-6FAD-0BF69628BB5C Paul McDonald profile] at Scottish Football Association website]

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