Dylan MacDonald

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Dylan MacDonald
Personal information
Full name Dylan Angus MacDonald [1]
Date of birth (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth East Kilbride, Scotland [1]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Airdrieonians
Number 2
Youth career
St Mirren
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 East Kilbride
2024– Airdrieonians 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 August 2024

Dylan Angus MacDonald (born 19 September 2003) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a right back for Scottish Championship club Airdrieonians.

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Career

Raised in the Lindsayfield neighbourhood in East Kilbride, [2] MacDonald was a youth player at St Mirren but made no appearances for their senior side – he featured for the Paisley club's B-team in the 2021–22 Scottish Challenge Cup – before being released in the summer of 2022 aged 18.

He was signed by hometown club East Kilbride and was a regular for two seasons in the semi-professional Lowland Football League, culminating in a title success in 2023–24 [2] [3] which provided an opportunity for E.K. to attempt to gain promotion to the Scottish Professional Football League, but they lost narrowly to Stranraer (over two legs, after extra time) in the play-off. [4] MacDonald played every minute of that tie, and individually he did make the step up to the SPFL, moving up three divisions in joining Airdrieonians in June 2024. [5] [2]

After making his debut for Airdrie in the 2024–25 Scottish League Cup [3] (coincidentally against his old club, in an 8–0 victory which contributed to their subsequent qualification from the group stage of the competition), he then scored the winning goal on his Scottish Championship debut and was named Player of the Match as the Diamonds defeated Raith Rovers. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. 1 2 3 Dylan can make mark at Airdrie, East Kilbride News, 12 June 2024, via PressReader
  3. 1 2 Airdrie new boy bags debut goal then sets sights on old side East Kilbride in Premier Sports Cup, Paul Thomson, Daily Record, 2 July 2024
  4. ↑ McGilvray, Andy (18 May 2024). "Stranraer 3, East Kilbride 1 (agg 5-3): Blues break Kilby hearts". Daily Record . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  5. ↑ MacDonald becomes first summer signing, Airdrieonians FC, 1 June 2024
  6. ↑ Macdonald shines bright for Diamonds, Sunday Post , 4 August 2024, via PressReader
  7. ↑ Airdrie ace Dylan MacDonald earns high praise after Championship debut goal, Paul Thomson, Daily Record, 4 August 2024
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