Jamie MacDonald (footballer)
MacDonald playing for Hearts
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | James MacDonald | ||
| Date of birth | 17 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Broxburn, Scotland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Kilmarnock | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Musselburgh Athletic | ||
| 2003–2007 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2014 | Heart of Midlothian | 116 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Queen of the South (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Queen of the South (loan) | 34 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Falkirk | 36 | (0) |
| 2015– | Kilmarnock | 66 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2007–2008 | Scotland U21 | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:06, 9 September 2017 (UTC). |
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Jamie MacDonald (born 17 April 1986, in Broxburn) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock. MacDonald has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Queen of the South and Falkirk, and has also represented Scotland at under-21 level.
MacDonald first signed for Heart of Midlothian in 2003, moving from Musselburgh Athletic. A member of the club's under 21 team and having yet to feature for the first team MacDonald was sent out on loan in January 2007 to Queen of the South, in all he was there for 18 months.
MacDonald returned to Hearts for the 2008–09 season and, after playing regularly during pre-season fixtures, new manager Csaba Laszlo stated his intent to use him as back-up to first choice keeper Steve Banks. He made his competitive debut for Hearts against, Rangers, on 16 August 2008 at Ibrox. MacDonald had been selected to play following the announcement that Banks had taken up a coaching only role, having previously had a player-coach role. Hearts lost the game 2–0, the second goal a last minute penalty from Kris Boyd, who had scored twice against MacDonald in the 2008 Scottish Cup Final. Manager Laszlo said that he was happy with MacDonald's performance against Rangers but he then dropped him in favour of Slovakian loan signing Marian Kello. MacDonald said that in the absence of first team football, "If there's a chance to go out on loan, and the gaffer agrees, that would be better for me. Then I can come back and show the manager I'm ready to play for Hearts." He stayed at Hearts and in all he made 7 appearances in his debut season, going on to sign a new three-year contract extending his stay until 2012.
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