Robert Roderick McDonald (born 22 January 1959) is an English former professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker or
midfielder
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for
Hull City
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,
SC Cambuur
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,
FC Wageningen
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Its first success came on 18 June 1939, when the team w ...
,
Willem II Tilburg
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,
FC Groningen
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PSV Eindhoven
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Sporting Clube de Portugal
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,
Racing Jet de Bruxelles
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,
Ikast FS
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Newcastle United
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,
Beşiktaş
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and
BV Veendam
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.
McDonald also enjoyed a career in football management, with DOVO,
De Graafschap
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It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...
,
Ajax Cape Town
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,
SC Cambuur
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, VVOG,
Sligo Rovers
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The club was founded in 1928 ...
and
AS Trenčín
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. As manager of Sligo Rovers, McDonald tried to sell
Séamus Coleman
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whom he did not rate as a footballer. McDonald was sacked shortly afterwards and barely two seasons later Coleman was signed by English Premier League side
Everton whom he would go on to captain as well as becoming captain of the
Republic of Ireland national team.
He returned at amateurs
DOVO, based in
Veenendaal
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, in April 2010, accepting an offer to become the club's interim coach until the end of the season. He joined amateurs
VV Nunspeet
VV Nunspeet is a football club from Nunspeet, Netherlands. Nunspeet plays in the 2017–18 Eerste Klasse
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in January 2013, and stayed with the club on the following season as well; in November 2013, it was confirmed he would leave the club by the end of the season.
Honors
PSV Eindhoven
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Eredivisie
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:
1985-86
References
External links
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Beijen.net CV
at Voetbal International
KHScott.org profile*
{{DEFAULTSORT:McDonald, Rob
1959 births
Living people
Footballers from Kingston upon Hull
Association football midfielders
Association football forwards
English footballers
Hull City A.F.C. players
SC Cambuur players
FC Wageningen players
Willem II (football club) players
FC Groningen players
PSV Eindhoven players
Sporting CP footballers
Racing Jet Wavre players
Ikast FS players
Newcastle United F.C. players
Beşiktaş J.K. footballers
SC Veendam players
English Football League players
Eredivisie players
Primeira Liga players
Süper Lig players
English football managers
Ajax Cape Town F.C. managers
Sligo Rovers F.C. managers
AS Trenčín managers
VV DOVO managers
PEC Zwolle non-playing staff
English expatriate footballers
English expatriate football managers
English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
English expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate footballers in Portugal
English expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
English expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Expatriate footballers in Denmark
English expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
English expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa
English expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Expatriate football managers in Slovakia
English expatriate sportspeople in Ireland
Expatriate football managers in the Republic of Ireland