Honours
Club
- Sydney FC
- Sydney United
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National Premier Leagues NSW Championship: 2020 [13]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joshua Robert Macdonald | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Wollongong, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wollongong Wolves | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Unanderra Hearts | |||
| Sutherland Sharks | |||
| 2012 | NSWIS | ||
| 2012–2014 | Sydney FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Albion Park White Eagles | 14 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | Western Sydney Wanderers NPL | 8 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Wollongong Wolves | 45 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | Central Coast Mariners | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Sydney United 58 | 32 | (2) |
| 2022– | Wollongong Wolves | 32 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Australia U-17 | 12 | (6) |
| 2013 | Australia U-20 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 August 2015 | |||
Joshua Robert Macdonald (born 25 January 1996) is an Australian professional footballer, who plays for Wollongong Wolves in the National Premier Leagues NSW. [1]
Born in Wollongong, Macdonald played youth football with Sydney FC youth and Nottingham Forest before making his senior debut for Western Sydney Wanderers. He returned to Wollongong to play for Wollongong Wolves in 2016. Macdonald signed with Central Coast Mariners in 2018.
Macdonald has represented Australia at youth level, for both the under-17 and under-20 sides, including at the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship
In February 2013, Macdonald had a trial with Nottingham Forest. [2] He signed for the club's development side in September 2014. [3] He played a brief stint for Albion Park White Eagles in the Illawarra Premier League in preparation for the move to England. [4] He left Nottingham at the end of the 2014–15 Professional U21 Development League. [5]
Following his release from Forest, Macdonald had a chance meeting with ex-Western Sydney Wanderers football operations manager Matt Phelan, eventually resulting in Macdonald trialling with the Wanderers. [6] On 10 August 2016, Macdonald signed a youth contract to play for the Wanderers National Youth League team. [7] The next day, Macdonald made his professional senior debut for Western Sydney in the 2015 FFA Cup against Brisbane Roar, including winning a penalty in a 1–0 win. [8]
In May 2016, Macdonald signed for hometown side Wollongong Wolves to play in the National Premier Leagues. [9]
Macdonald was named in the Australian under-20 squad for 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification in October 2013. [10] He made his debut for the side in a 3–0 win over Chinese Taipei. [11] He came on at halftime in the team's next match, a 5–1 loss to Vietnam. [12]
National Premier Leagues NSW Championship: 2020 [13] 
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