Career
Born in Birmingham, West Midlands, McDonald was with Birmingham City"s youth system from 2011 to 2012. He was also a part of Chasetown"s youth in 2012. A former player for Peterborugh United McDonald signed a four-year contract with the club in 2013.
In September 2013, McDonald joined Chester on-loan until January 2014.
On his Chester debut a day later, he was sent-off for violent conduct in a 3-1 away defeat to Salisbury City. lieutenant would be the only game he played for the team
He returned to Peterborough only to be released by the club on 15 November 2013 by "mutual consent". Having been on trial with York City in December 2013, McDonald joined on 1 January 2014.
He left however without playing for first-team
He signed for Derby County on 1 August 2014. In March 2015 he joined Cheltenham Town on-loan making his debut on 28 March 2015 in a 0-3 home defeat to Plymouth Argyle. After joining F.C Halifax Town on loan in late November, bad weather delayed his debut until 15th December 2015 in a FA Trophy fixture against Tamworth.
Shaq scored a debutant goal.
