Kieran MacDonald

For the English boxer, see Kiaran MacDonald.

Kieran MacDonald
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Rutherglen, Scotland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Edinburgh City
Youth career
Motherwell
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Clyde 51 (4)
2014–2015 Hamilton Academical 8 (0)
2014 → Dumbarton (loan) 13 (0)
2015–2016 East Fife 6 (0)
2016–2019 Airdrieonians 113 (1)
2019–2021 Raith Rovers 50 (3)
2021–2022 Hamilton Academical 32 (2)
2022– Edinburgh City 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:38, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Kieran MacDonald (born 21 July 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Edinburgh City.

Career

Born in Rutherglen,[1] MacDonald played youth football for Motherwell, but was released by the club in May 2012.[2]

Having featured as a trialist against Queen's Park, Macdonald signed for Clyde on 22 October 2012.[3] After two years at Clyde, he signed for Hamilton Academical in June 2014.[4] He later spoke about his transfer, stating he was looking forward to the challenge of playing at a higher level.[5] In August 2014, MacDonald moved on loan to Dumbarton[6] until the end of the calendar year.[7] He made his Scottish Premiership debut on 28 February 2015 in a 1-0 defeat for Accies away to St Mirren, and started a further six league fixtures in the campaign.[8] On 31 August 2015, having failed to make any appearances in the opening month of the 2015–16 season, he was released by Hamilton.[9]

MacDonald signed for East Fife in October 2015, with the contract running until January 2016,[10] at which point he was signed by Scottish League One side Airdrieonians on an initial short-term deal.[11] In May 2016, he signed a new two-year contract.[12]

In June 2019 he signed for Raith Rovers,[13] helping the club to win the curtailed 2019–20 Scottish League One title, followed by reaching the promotion play-offs at the end of the 2020–21 Scottish Championship season. In May 2021, he confirmed that he was leaving the Kirkcaldy club after "the best two years of my football career" as they were turning full-time, but that arrangement did not suit him as he wished to continue his part-time work in his family's engineering business and the full-time salary offered by Raith did not benefit him financially.[14][15]

He returned to Hamilton Academical in June 2021,[16] with the club (located close to his home) having agreed to accommodate his engineering career on a full-time contract.[17] He was released in June 2022.[18]

McDonald signed for Edinburgh City in July 2022.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 March 2018[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Clyde 2012–13[20] Third Division 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2013–14[21] League Two 34 4 4 1 1 0 3[a] 0 42 5
Total 51 4 4 1 1 0 3 0 59 5
Hamilton Academical 2014–15[8] Premiership 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2015–16[22] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Dumbarton (loan) 2014–15[8] Championship 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
East Fife 2015–16[22] League Two 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Airdrieonians 2015–16[22] League One 15 0 — 0 0 0 0 15 0
2016–17[23] 35 0 1 0 4 0 4[b] 0 44 0
2017–18[24] 31 0 1 0 4 0 1[c] 0 37 0
Total 81 0 2 0 8 0 5 0 96 0
Career total 159 4 8 1 9 0 8 0 184 5
  1. ^ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the League One play-offs
  2. ^ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Championship play-offs
  3. ^ Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

  1. ^ a b c Kieran MacDonald at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ^ "End of season contract news". Motherwell F.C. 11 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Squad Changes". Clyde F.C. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Hamilton Accies sign Michael McGovern and Kieran MacDonald". BBC Sport. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. ^ Andy McGilvray (18 July 2014). "Defender Kieran MacDonald is loving life at Hamilton Accies and hopes it can only get better". Daily Record. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Kieran moves to Sons on loan deal". Evening Times. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Kieran returns to Accies". Dumbarton F.C. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  8. ^ a b c "Games played by Kieran MacDonald in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Hamilton Accies: Kieran MacDonald leaves after a season". BBC Sport. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Kieran MacDonald". East Fife F.C. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  11. ^ "MacDonald joins the Diamonds". airdriefc.com. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Four more put pen to paper". Airdrieonians F.C. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Raith Rovers to sign Airdrie defender Kieran MacDonald for 'undisclosed fee'". www.fifetoday.co.uk. 3 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Kieran MacDonald confirms Raith Rovers departure as summer reshuffle continues". The Courier. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Hamilton Accies and Kilmarnock interested in signing Raith Rovers' Kieran MacDonald". Daily Record. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  16. ^ "MacDonald returns". Hamilton Academical FC. 11 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Hamilton Accies sign Kieran MacDonald from Raith Rovers". Daily Record. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  18. ^ @acciesfc (28 June 2022). "Defender Kieran MacDonald has been released today. Kieran scored twice in 37 apps last season, his 2nd spell here w…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ McNicol, Ben (7 July 2022). "FC Edinburgh sign ex-Hamilton defender Kieran MacDonald". msn.com. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Games played by Kieran MacDonald in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  21. ^ "Games played by Kieran MacDonald in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  22. ^ a b c "Games played by Kieran MacDonald in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  23. ^ "Games played by Kieran MacDonald in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  24. ^ "Games played by Kieran MacDonald in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.