Cody McDonald

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Cody McDonald
Personal information
Full name Cody Darren John McDonald [1]
Date of birth (1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 (age 37) [1]
Place of birth Witham, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Valley Swifts
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2008 Witham Town 83 (48)
2008 Maldon Town 2 (1)
2008–2009 Dartford 15 (14)
2009–2011 Norwich City 24 (4)
2010–2011 → Gillingham (loan) 41 (25)
2011–2013 Coventry City 43 (7)
2013 → Gillingham (loan) 7 (4)
2013–2017 Gillingham 153 (48)
2017–2018 AFC Wimbledon 32 (5)
2018–2020 Ebbsfleet United 12 (3)
Total412(159)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Cody Darren John McDonald (born 30 May 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Contents

Club career

Early career

McDonald was born in Witham, Essex. [1] He started his career playing for Valley Swifts [2] in the Braintree & North Essex Sunday League [3] before being spotted by Witham Town. [4] He made his debut at Witham aged 16 and stayed at the club for more than four years. [5] Throughout his football career McDonald has featured sporadically as a batsman for the first XI of Witham Cricket Club. [6]

Dartford

McDonald continued to turn out for Valley Swifts even after his move from Witham to Maldon Town in July 2008, before signing for Isthmian League Premier Division side Dartford in October 2008. Dartford put a stop to his Sunday League exploits [7] and in his short 4-month stay at Princes Park he made 17+3 appearances scoring 19 goals in all competitions, [8] including a hat-trick against Canvey Island on 30 December 2008. It was form such as this which attracted interest from higher league clubs such as Norwich and reportedly Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Reading. [9]

On 26 January 2009, McDonald was accompanied by Dartford manager Tony Burman to Norwich City's training ground at Colney for a two-day trial at the club and the Darts' boss later commented that "he (McDonald) enjoyed the experience and in my opinion did not look out of place over the two days". [10]

Norwich City

On 2 February 2009, it was announced that McDonald had joined Norwich City on a one-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee. [11] His first appearance for the club came three weeks later in the reserves' 3–0 win over Great Yarmouth Town, in which he scored the third goal. [12] He made his professional first team debut on 10 March 2009, as a substitute against Cardiff City at Carrow Road and scored in injury time. [13] In a League Cup tie against Sunderland on 24 August 2009, McDonald played as a goalkeeper for the final few minutes as Norwich had had a player sent off, goalkeeper Ben Alnwick injured and had used all available substitutions. Commenting after the match on organising his defence, he admitted; "If I'm being honest I didn't really know what I was doing!". [14] McDonald signed a new two-year deal with the club in March 2010. In the 2009–10 season he helped Norwich to the League One title, having been mainly used as an impact substitute.

Gillingham

McDonald signed on loan for Gillingham for a season, in the deal which took Simeon Jackson to the Canaries. McDonald was handed the number 10 jersey, which had been vacated by Jackson's departure. He picked up a niggling injury in pre-season, but upon his recovery scored four goals in eight appearances. He scored the first professional hat-trick of his career against Stockport County on 8 January 2011, his contribution helping Gills to a 5–1 away win and expressed his desire to stay at the Kent club. [15] [16] On 21 April 2011, McDonald was named the ESPN PFA Fans' Player of the Year for the Football League Two. [17] McDonald also won Gillingham's Player of the Year, Player's Player of the Year, Sponsor's Player of the Year and Goal of the Season at the end of season awards ceremony held on Sunday 8 May 2011. [18] On 19 May 2011, McDonald revealed that he would not be returning to Gillingham. [19]

Coventry City

On 31 August 2011 he signed for Coventry City for an undisclosed fee. [20] He made his debut on 10 September in a 2–0 win against Derby County at the Ricoh Arena. [21] He scored his first goal on 22 October in a 2–1 home defeat against Burnley. [22] His second goal came on 6 March 2012, where he came off the bench to score a late equaliser in a 1–1 draw against Crystal Palace. [23] On 31 March he scored in a 2–0 win against Hull City. [24] He scored again in the following game; a 2–2 draw against Peterborough United. [25] He scored his first goal of the following season on the opening day, opening the scoring in a 1–1 draw against Yeovil Town. [26] On 28 August, he scored in a 3–2 win in the League Cup against midlands rivals Birmingham City. [27] and he scored the winner in the 90th minute in Coventry's 1–0 against Oldham Athletic which was Coventry's first win on the season, However, when Coventry appointed Mark Robins He was deemed surplus to requirements and Robins made him available for transfer and his future at Coventry was left in doubt. But when Robins left for Huddersfield Town he was given a chance to prove himself to new manager Steven Pressley, on 16 March he scored the first and only goal of a 1–0 win over Hartlepool United.

Gillingham

In January 2013 McDonald rejoined Gillingham on a loan deal until the end of the season with the option of a callback after one month by Coventry. He scored on his début for the Gills against York City on 26 January, [28] but was recalled to Coventry in early February. In July 2013, however, he signed a two-year contract with the "Gills" after Coventry agreed to terminate his contract. He signed a two-year contract extension on 12 March 2015 that would keep him with the Gills until the summer of 2017.

AFC Wimbledon

On 22 June 2017, McDonald joined League One side AFC Wimbledon on a free transfer. [29] He scored his first goal for Wimbledon in an EFL Trophy tie against Barnet on 29 August 2017. [30] On 2 August 2018, the club announced that his contract had been terminated by mutual consent. [31]

Ebbsfleet United

On 26 November 2018, McDonald joined National League side Ebbsfleet United. [32] McDonald's contract with the club was terminated at the end of 2019. [33]

Career statistics

As of 21 February 2021 [34]
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupFootball League TrophyTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Witham Town 2003–08 Isthmian League 83480000008348
Witham Town Total83480000008348
Maldon & Tiptree 2008 Isthmian League 2100000021
Maldon & Tiptree Total2100000021
Dartford 2008–09 Isthmian League Premier Division 15140000001514
Dartford Total15140000001514
Norwich City 2008–09 Championship 7100000071
2009–10 League One 173202041254
2010–11 Championship 0000000000
Norwich City Total244202041325
Gillingham (loan) 2010–11 League Two 41251000104325
Coventry City 2011–12 Championship 234000000234
2012–13 League One 203102110244
Coventry City Total437102110478
Gillingham (loan) 2012–13 League Two 7400000074
Gillingham 2013–14 League One 44172010104817
2014–15 43161010424918
2015–16 225101020265
2016–17 [35] 44102131105012
Gillingham Total2017771619222381
AFC Wimbledon 2017–18 League One325311041407
AFC Wimbledon Total325311041407
Ebbsfleet United 2018–19 National League 113000000113
Ebbsfleet United Total113000000113
Career total411159131112184453166

Honours

Norwich City

Individual

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