celtic striker is australia's best export

Paul Cuddihy
WITH 25 goals already to his name this season, Scott McDonald is Scotland’s top scorer and one of the front-runners for this season’s Player of the Year Awards. And now his goalscoring exploits have been rewarded back in his homeland.

Because the Celtic striker has won Australian FourFourTwo magazine’s Overseas Player of the Year Award.

The 24-year-old beat out fellow countrymen Tim Cahill (Everton), Mark Bresciano (Palermo), Lucas Neill (West Ham United) and Mark Viduka (Newcastle United) for the award.


Editor-in-chief of Australian FourFourTwo Paul Hansford, said McDonald’s emergence this season has given an unexpected boost to Australian football.

“Scott’s talent has been evident for a number of seasons,” he said, “but many have questioned whether he had what it takes to take that next step.

“This season he can’t stop scoring goals - the strongest possible answer to any doubters.

“Mark Viduka’s achievements for Celtic earned him the Scottish Premier League Player of the Year award, and I’m sure Scott’s efforts will bring similar rewards for him, as well as for Celtic and Australia.”