Kieran MacDonald

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

Kieran MacDonald
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-07-21) 21 July 1993
Place of birth Rutherglen, Scotland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Left back, midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Raith Rovers
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– Raith Rovers 24 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:46, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

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]

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Clyde 2012–13[14] Third Division 170000000170
2013–14[15] League Two 34441103[lower-alpha 1]0425
Total 514411030595
Hamilton Academical 2014–15[8] Premiership 8000000080
2015–16[16] 0000000000
Total 8000000080
Dumbarton (loan) 2014–15[8] Championship 130000000130
East Fife 2015–16[16] League Two 6020000080
Airdrieonians 2015–16[16] League One 150000000150
2016–17[17] 35010404[lower-alpha 2]0440
2017–18[18] 31010401[lower-alpha 3]0370
Total 810208050960
Career total 15948190801845
  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. 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. "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.
  14. "Games played by Kieran MacDonald in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  15. "Games played by Kieran MacDonald in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  16. "Games played by Kieran MacDonald in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  17. "Games played by Kieran MacDonald in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  18. "Games played by Kieran MacDonald in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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