Kevin MacDonald (footballer)

Kevin MacDonald
MacDonald in 2011
Personal information
Full name Kevin Duncan MacDonald[1]
Date of birth (1960-11-22) 22 November 1960 (age 63)[1]
Place of birth Inverness, Scotland[1]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Inverness Caledonian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1984 Leicester City 138 (8)
1984–1989 Liverpool 40 (1)
1987Leicester City (loan) 3 (0)
1988Rangers (loan) 3 (0)
1989–1991 Coventry City 31 (0)
1990–1991Cardiff City (loan) 8 (0)
1991–1993 Walsall 53 (7)
Total 276 (16)
Managerial career
1994 Leicester City (caretaker)
1995–2012 Aston Villa Reserves
2006–2007 Republic of Ireland (assistant)
2010 Aston Villa (caretaker)
2013 Swindon Town
2015 Aston Villa (assistant)
2015 Aston Villa (caretaker)
2018 Aston Villa (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Duncan MacDonald (born 22 November 1960) is a Scottish former footballer who is the former manager of Swindon Town and caretaker manager of Aston Villa on three occasions. As a player MacDonald was a member of the Liverpool "double" winning side of 1986.

Prior to taking his first managerial job at Swindon MacDonald's career most notably included a spell as caretaker manager at Aston Villa following the resignation of Martin O'Neill on 9 August 2010. MacDonald also worked as assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland, with his ex-Liverpool teammate Steve Staunton, who he used to coach at Aston Villa.[3] In 1994, he also spent a short time as caretaker manager at Leicester City.

  1. ^ a b c "Kevin MacDonald". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ "Kevin MacDonald". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 26 August 2010.