Scott McDonald

• The Australian striker has been outstanding since joining from Motherwell in June 2007. Scott scored total of 45 goals in 127 appearances for Motherwell.
• At the end of his debut season at the club, Scott was crowned Scotland’s leading goalscorer with 31 goals from 52 appearances, including 25 league goals.
• Scott was the first Celtic player to net 20 league goals in a season since John Hartson hit 25 in 2004/05.
• In 2008, he became the club's new No.7, switching to the talismanic shirt number after starting his Celtic career as number 27.
• He scored his first ever career hat-trick in Celtic’s 3-0 victory over Dundee United in September 2007 and then netted another hat-trick against his former club a month later.
• A lifelong Celtic fan whose parents are both Scottish, Scott has also won eight caps for Australia.
• In March 2008 he was named Australian FourFourTwo magazine's Overseas Player of the Year.
• He was also one of the four nominees for the SPFA Player of the Year Award in 2007/08, along with Barry Robson, Carlos Cuellar and eventual winner Aiden McGeady.
• Scott finished the 2008/09 season as Celtic's top scorer with 19 goals. He hit his 50th goal for the club against Aberdeen.

Born	21/08/1983
Birthplace	Melbourne, Australia
Height	5ft 8in
Weight	12st 4lbs

Signed	30/07/2007
Last Club	Motherwell
Other Clubs	MK Dons, Bournemouth, Huddersfield, Southampton

Appearances	93 plus 6 as sub
Goals	50
National Team	Australia
Caps	8

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