Clayton McDonald

Clayton McDonald
McDonald in 2011
Personal information
Full name Clayton Rodney McDonald
Date of birth (1988-12-26) 26 December 1988
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1999–2008 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Manchester City 0 (0)
2008Macclesfield Town (loan) 2 (0)
2009Chesterfield (loan) 2 (0)
2009Walsall (loan) 26 (1)
2009–2011 Walsall 14 (0)
2011–2013 Port Vale 52 (0)
2013Bristol Rovers (loan) 6 (0)
2013–2014 Grimsby Town 20 (1)
2014 Tranmere Rovers 1 (0)
2014 Southport 12 (0)
2015 Redditch United
2015–2016 Worcester City 7 (0)
2015–2016Corby Town (loan) 12 (1)
2016 Redditch United 14 (0)
2016–2017 Altrincham 3 (0)
2017 Droylsden
2017–2020 Nantwich Town 34 (1)
2018Whitchurch Alport (dual)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Clayton Rodney McDonald (born 26 December 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.

He graduated from the Manchester City youth academy in 2008. He spent the 2008–09 season on loan at League Two sides Macclesfield Town and Chesterfield. He spent the start of the 2009–10 season on loan at Walsall before the deal was made permanent in December 2009. At the end of the 2010–11 campaign, he was released by the club, at which point he signed with Port Vale. He joined Bristol Rovers on loan in January 2013. Port Vale secured promotion out of League Two in 2012–13. He signed with Grimsby Town in July 2013 before briefly joining Tranmere Rovers a year later. He signed with Southport in September 2014 and moved to Redditch United in February 2015 and then Worcester City in June 2015. He was loaned out to Corby Town in the 2015–16 season before rejoining Redditch United in June 2016. He signed with Altrincham in December 2016 and then switched to Droylsden the following month. He signed with Nantwich Town for the 2017–18 season and also signed with Whitchurch Alport on dual registration forms in September 2018.