Paul McDonald (Scottish footballer)

Paul McDonald

Personal information
Full name	Paul Thomas McDonald
Date of birth	(1968-04-20) 20 April 1968
Place of birth	Motherwell, Scotland
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1985–1986	Merry Street BC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1993	Hamilton Academical	215	(26)
1993–1996	Southampton	3	(0)
1995–1996	→Burnley (loan)	9	(1)
1996–1997	Brighton & Hove Albion	52	(5)
1998	Dunfermline Athletic	3	(0)
1998–1999	Partick Thistle	30	(3)
2000–2001	Greenock Morton	33	(3)
2001–2003	Hamilton Academical	41	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Thomas McDonald (born 20 April 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. 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.

External links

• Paul McDonald career statistics at Soccerbase

• B.J. Hugman, The 1996–97 Official PFA Footballers Fact File, Harpenden: Queen Anne Press, 1996, p. 153
• Paul McDonald profile at Scottish Football Association website