Brad McDonald

Last updated

Brad McDonald
Brad McDonald.jpg
McDonald playing for Central Coast Mariners in 2012
Personal information
Full name Bradley James McDonald
Date of birth (1990-02-17) 17 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2007–2008 Brisbane City
2008–2009 Brisbane Roar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010 Brisbane Strikers 20 (0)
2010–2011 North Queensland Fury 25 (0)
2011 Brisbane Strikers 6 (1)
2011–2013 Central Coast Mariners 1 (0)
2013 CCM Academy 10 (2)
2014 APIA Leichhardt 20 (4)
2015 Manly United 22 (1)
2016–2017 Central Coast Mariners 8 (0)
2017–2018 Davao Aguilas 47 (3)
2019–2020 Manly United 21 (0)
2021 Central Coast United 1 (0)
International career‡
2014 Papua New Guinea 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2014

Bradley James McDonald (born 17 February 1990) is a Papua New Guinean international footballer who last played as a defensive midfielder for Central Coast United in the NSW NPL 3.

Contents

Born in Mount Hagen, McDonald played youth football in Australia after moving there at a young age. He played for a number of Australian clubs at senior level, including in the A-League for North Queensland Fury and Central Coast Mariners.

Career

After moving to Australia at the age of 5, McDonald began his career with the Brisbane Roar in their youth system before heading to the Brisbane Strikers in the QSL competition.

On 12 August 2010, McDonald was signed by the North Queensland Fury. [1] McDonald made his debut for the club against Adelaide United coming off the bench. He has been a regular started since his debut. [2]

On 15 April 2011, he signed for A-League outfit Central Coast Mariners. [3] He made only one first team league appearance for the side, starting in a 2–1 win over Melbourne Heart on 30 March 2013. [4] He also appeared in one AFC Champions League match, coming on as a late substitute in a loss to Guizhou Renhe in April 2013. [5]

In January 2016, McDonald returned to the Mariners, having spent three seasons playing in the National Premier Leagues. [6] He was released by the club one year later. [7]

International

McDonald in 2010 Brad McDonald NQF.png
McDonald in 2010

McDonald was called up by Aurelio Vidmar for an Australia U-23 training camp in October 2011. At the time, he stated that he was still potentially interested in playing for Papua New Guinea as an alternative to Australia. [8]

In September 2014, McDonald made his debut for Papua New Guinea, coming on as a substitute and setting up a goal in a 2–1 loss to Singapore. [9] In January 2016, he stated his commitment to representing Papua New Guinea and that he was in the process of obtaining citizenship which is necessary to appear in competitive matches for the country. He hoped to have the paperwork completed in time to compete in the 2016 OFC Nations Cup. [10] However, he was not part of the final roster for the tournament. [11]

Honours

Club

Central Coast Mariners:

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Justin Pasfield</span> Australian soccer player

Justin Pasfield is an Australian professional goalkeeper who plays for Wollongong Olympic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ian Ferguson (footballer, born 1967)</span> Scottish footballer (born 1967)

Ian Ferguson is a Scottish football coach and retired professional player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australian rules football in Papua New Guinea</span>

Australian rules football in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a developing team sport which was initially introduced by Australian servicemen during World War II. The governing body for the sport is the PNG Rules Football Council, with the development body being AFL PNG. The junior development version is known locally as Niukick. Regionally, AFL PNG is affiliated with AFL Oceania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Aiton</span> Papua New Guinean international rugby league footballer

Paul Aiton is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who is the current head-coach of the PNG Hunters in the Queensland Cup and assistant-coach of the PNG Kumuls.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel McBreen</span> Association football player

Daniel James McBreen is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in the Romanian Divizia A for Universitatea Craiova, in the Scottish Premier League for Falkirk, in the Football League for Scunthorpe United, in the A-League for North Queensland Fury, Perth Glory and Central Coast Mariners, in the Chinese Super League for Shanghai Dongya and in the Hong Kong Premier League for South China. He is the formerly head coach of the Newcastle Jets youth team.

The 2008–09 A-League was the 32nd season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the fourth season of the A-League competition since its establishment in 2004. Two new clubs, North Queensland Thunder and Gold Coast Galaxy had received tentative licences from the FFA but these were revoked for the 2008–09 season on 12 March 2008. Expansion plans are on hold until the 2009–10 season. Based on their 2007–08 performances, the Central Coast Mariners and the Newcastle Jets competed in the 2009 AFC Champions League for the first time.

The 2009–10 A-League was the 33rd season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the fifth season of the A-League competition since its establishment in 2004. The season marked the addition of two new teams from Queensland. Gold Coast United FC and the North Queensland Fury FC made their A-League debuts at the start of the season. Because of this, Queensland Roar were renamed to Brisbane Roar, as they were no longer the only A-League club from Queensland. With the inception of the two new clubs, many club transfers took place both within Australia and New Zealand, and around the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isaka Cernak</span> Australian soccer player

Isaka Aongor Čerňák-Okanya is an Australian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Olympic FC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcos Flores</span> Argentine professional footballer

Marcos Abel Flores Benard is an Argentine former professional footballer who last played for, and captained, Adelaide City.

The 2010–11 A-League was the 34th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the sixth season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season began on 5 August 2010 and concluded on 13 February 2011. The addition of Melbourne Heart brought the total number of teams to 11. Brisbane Roar finished Premiers with two games remaining in the season following an Australian record unbeaten run, and later completed the Premiership and Championship double by beating the Central Coast Mariners in the Grand Final.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Panny Nikas</span>

Panagiotis "Panny" Nikas is a former Australian footballer and current manager of Sutherland Sharks FC. He is most notable for playing for A-League clubs Central Coast Mariners FC and North Queensland Fury FC.

The 2010–11 season was North Queensland Fury's second, and final, season in the Hyundai A-League

The 2011–12 A-League was the 35th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the seventh season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. At the end of the previous season, the North Queensland Fury were cut from the competition by the governing body, Football Federation Australia, due to financial reasons.

The 2012–13 Central Coast Mariners season was the Central Coast Mariners's eighth A-League season. It included the 2012–13 A-League season as well as the 2013 AFC Champions League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nene Macdonald</span> Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer

Nene Macdonald is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or centre for the Salford Red Devils in the Super League and Papua New Guinea at international level.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jai Ingham</span> Australian footballer

Jai Emile Mau'u Ingham is a professional footballer who plays a winger for National Premier Leagues club South Melbourne. Born in Australia and of New Zealand and Samoan descent, Ingham has represented the New Zealand internationally.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jessie Joe Parker</span> PNG international rugby league footballer

Jessie Joe Nandye, also commonly known by his former name Jessie Joe Parker, is a Papua New Guinean former rugby league footballer who last played as a centre for Whitehaven in Betfred League 1.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kato Ottio</span> PNG international rugby league footballer (1994–2018)

Benkato "Kato" Ottio was a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer. Primarily playing as a centre, Ottio represented Papua New Guinea, most notably at the 2017 World Cup.

Dylan Wenzel-Halls is an Australian footballer who plays as a striker for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League.

Hewago Paul Oea is a Papua New Guinean professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the Papua New Guinea national team.

References

  1. ↑ "NQ Fury sign Brad McDonald". North Queensland Fury. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  2. ↑ John Duerden. "Hyundai A-League Home – Hyundai A-League". Hyundai A-League. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "News Display". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011. Mariners make double signing
  4. ↑ "Central Coast Mariners 2-1 Melbourne Heart: Coasters charge into finals". Goal.com. 30 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Proud Mariners undone by Guizhou late show". Football Federation Australia. 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Breaking News: Brad McDonald returns to Mariners". Central Coast Mariners FC. 16 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Fruci, Joel (14 January 2017). "Central Coast Mariners bid farewell to duo". Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  8. ↑ Simon Hill (23 October 2011). "Brad McDonald called up to Olyroos training camp but could still play for Papua New Guinea". Fox Sports (Australia).
  9. ↑ Nick Measures (7 September 2014). "Singapore make heavy going of victory over Papua New Guinea". Goal.com.
  10. ↑ Huguenin, Michael. "McDonald's Mariners return to spark PNG career". Goal. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Home advantage vital for PNG". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.