Kevin MacDonald (footballer)
McDonald in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Duncan MacDonald | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Inverness, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Inverness Caledonian | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1984 | Leicester City | 138 | (8) |
| 1984–1989 | Liverpool | 40 | (1) |
| 1987 | → Leicester City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1988 | → Rangers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | Coventry City | 31 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Walsall | 53 | (7) |
| Total | 276 | (16) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994 | Leicester City (Caretaker) | ||
| 1995–2012 | Aston Villa Reserves | ||
| 2006–2007 | Republic of Ireland (Assistant) | ||
| 2010 | Aston Villa (Caretaker) | ||
| 2013 | Swindon Town | ||
| 2015 | Aston Villa (Assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Aston Villa (Caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kevin Duncan MacDonald (born 22 November 1960 in Inverness, Scotland) is a Scottish former footballer who is the former manager of Swindon Town and caretaker manager of Aston Villa on two occasions. As a player MacDonald was a member of the Liverpool "double" winning side of 1986.
Prior to taking his first managerial job at Swindon MacDonald's career most notably included a spell as caretaker manager at Aston Villa following the resignation of Martin O'Neill on 9 August 2010. MacDonald also worked as assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland, with his ex-Liverpool team-mate Steve Staunton, who he used to coach at Aston Villa. In 1994, he also spent a short time as caretaker manager at Leicester City.
MacDonald was discovered by Leicester City while playing for his home town club, Inverness Caledonian, in the Highland League. Alex Ferguson, then manager of Aberdeen, watched Macdonald on several occasions while he played for Inverness Caledonian, but no business was done.
MacDonald joined Liverpool from Leicester for £400,000 in November 1984. He never commanded a regular spot at Anfield, but he was in the team at the right time, helping Liverpool to the First Division title in 1986 and then to the "double" (only the third in the 20th century) when he helped them beat Everton in the 1986 FA Cup Final at Wembley.
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