Cody McDonald
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cody Darren John McDonald[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Witham, Essex, England[2] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Coventry City | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Valley Swifts | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (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– | Coventry City | 43 | (7) |
| 2013 | → Gillingham (loan) | 7 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:37, 29 April 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Cody Darren John McDonald (born 30 May 1986) is an English footballer who plays for Coventry City, as a striker. He previously played for Norwich City and had an earlier loan spell with Gillingham, during which he scored 25 goals in 41 games.
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[edit] Club career
McDonald started his career playing for Valley Swifts[3] in the Braintree & North Essex Sunday League[4] before being spotted by Witham Town.[5] He made his debut at Witham aged 16 and stayed at the club for more than four years.[6]
[edit] 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 20 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]
[edit] 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.[12] 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!".[13] 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.
[edit] 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.[14][15] On 21 April 2011, McDonald was named the ESPN PFA Fans' Player of the Year for the Football League Two.[16] 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.[17] On 19 May 2011, McDonald revealed that he would not be returning to Gillingham.[18]
[edit] Coventry City
On 31 August 2011 he signed for Coventry City for an undisclosed fee.[19] He made his debut on 10 September in a 2–0 win against Derby County at the Ricoh Arena.[20] He scored his first goal on 22 October in a 2–1 home defeat against Burnley.[21] 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.[22] On 31 March he scored in a 2–0 win against Hull City.[23] He scored again in the following game; a 2–2 draw against Peterborough United.[24] He scored his first goal of the following season on the opening day, opening the scoring in a 1–1 draw against Yeovil Town.[25] On 28 August, he scored in a 3–2 win in the League Cup against midlands rivals Birmingham City.[26] 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 16th March he scored the first and only goal of a 1-0 win over Hartlepool United.
[edit] 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.[27]
[edit] Career statistics
- Updated 29 April 2013.[28]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Witham Town | 2003–08 | Isthmian League | 83 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 48 |
| Total | 83 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 48 | ||
| Maldon & Tiptree | 2008 | Isthmian League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dartford | 2008–09 | Conference South | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 |
| Total | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | ||
| Norwich City | 2008–09 | Championship | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2009–10 | League One | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 4 | |
| 2010–11 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gillingham (loan) | 2010–11 | League Two | 41 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 25 |
| Norwich City Total | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 5 | ||
| Coventry City | 2011–12 | Championship | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| 2012–13 | League One | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 | |
| Gillingham (loan) | 2012–13 | League Two | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Coventry City Total | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 8 | ||
| Career totals | 215 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 229 | 105 | ||
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including substitutes) in the Football League Trophy.
[edit] References
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 265. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
- ^ http://www.bnesl.co.uk/vs.htm
- ^ http://m6live.gazette-news.co.uk/sport/football/nonleaguefootball/4106575.Witham_to_ban_Sunday_football
- ^ http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/football/Witham-chairman-backs-McDonald/article-688635-detail/article.html
- ^ http://www.halsteadgazette.co.uk/sport/countywide/4079870.Cody_set_for_League_chance_/
- ^ http://m6live.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/sport/3685065. Awesome_Arms_see_off_Casuals
- ^ http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/Sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=NOED02%20Feb%202009%2015%3A10%3A39%3A110 Dartford Stats
- ^ http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/Sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=NOED02%20Feb%202009%2015%3A10%3A39%3A110 McDonald watched by Championship clubs
- ^ http://www.dartfordfc.co.uk/managersnotes.htm
- ^ "City swoop for McDonald". Norwich City F.C. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ a b "McDonald scores on debut". Norwich City F.C. 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ "Cody on 'keeper role". Norwich City F.C. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
- ^ "Stockport 1–5 Gillingham". BBC News. 8 January 2011.
- ^ "McDonald wants to stay with Gills". BBC News. 28 March 2011.
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/909806/raul-meireles-named-espn-pfa-fans'-player-of-the-year?cc=5901
- ^ http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/sport/2011/may/9/gills_player_of_the_year.aspx
- ^ "On-loan striker Cody McDonald confirms Gillingham exit". BBC News. 19 May 2011.
- ^ "Norwich City striker Cody McDonald joins Coventry City" BBC Sport. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ "Coventry 2–0 Derby" BBC Sport. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ "Coventry 1–2 Burnley" BBC Sport. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ "Coventry 1–1 Crystal Palace" BBC Sport. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "Hull 0–2 Coventry" BBC Sport. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "Coventry 2–2 Peterborough" BBC Sport. 7 April 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "Yeovil 1–1 Coventry" BBC Sport. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "Coventry 3–2 Birmingham" BBC Sport. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "The return of the Mac". Gillingham FC. 25 January 2013.
- ^ Cody McDonald career stats at Soccerbase
[edit] External links
- Cody McDonald profile at ccfc.co.uk
- Cody McDonald career stats at Soccerbase
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