Cody McDonald
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cody Darren John McDonald | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Witham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Gillingham | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| 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) |
| 2011–2013 | Coventry City | 43 | (7) |
| 2013 | → Gillingham (loan) | 7 | (4) |
| 2013– | Gillingham | 151 | (48) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 April 2017 (UTC). |
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Cody Darren John McDonald (born 30 May 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Gillingham.
McDonald was born in Witham, Essex. He started his career playing for Valley Swifts in the Braintree & North Essex Sunday League before being spotted by Witham Town. He made his debut at Witham aged 16 and stayed at the club for more than four years.
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 and in his short 4-month stay at Princes Park he made 17+3 appearances scoring 19 goals in all competitions, 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.
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".
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. 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. 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. 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!". 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.
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