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Rod McDonald

Rod McDonald

Defender - Centre-Back  at Notts County
Age34
CitizenshipEngland
Height1.88 m
Footleft
BornApril 11, 1992
at Notts County 693 days · joined 2024-07-01
👕200+ Apps
Market value €75k
Centre-Back Defender

Career snapshot

12
clubs played for
09/10
debut season
0.04
goals / match
Carlisle United
top club · 66 apps

Career highs

€125k
peak value · 2023
top transfer fee
3
best season · 14/15
6 / 0
int'l caps / goals
378Appearances
14Goals
5Assists
41Yellow cards
3Red cards
87Full matches (90′)
Full nameRod McDonald
Name in home countryRodney Troy McDonald
Date of birth1992-04-11 (34 yrs)
Place of birthLiverpool, England
CitizenshipEngland
PositionDefender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Footleft
Height188.00 m
Current clubNotts County
Joined2024-07-01
Contract expires2026-06-30
AgentRefuel Performance ...
Jul 2025
25/26 — Notts County
6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2024
24/25 — Notts County
24 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2024
Transfer: Harrogate Town → Notts County
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2023
23/24 — Harrogate Town
26 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2023
Transfer: Crewe Alexandra → Harrogate Town
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — Crewe Alexandra
36 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2022
Transfer: Carlisle United → Crewe Alexandra
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2021
21/22 — Carlisle United
35 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Aug 2020
Transfer: AFC Wimbledon → Carlisle United
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Carlisle United
31 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — AFC Wimbledon
16 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2018
Transfer: Coventry → AFC Wimbledon
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — AFC Wimbledon
30 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Coventry City
41 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Northampton → Coventry
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2016
16/17 — Northampton Town
9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2015
Transfer: Telford Utd → Northampton
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — Northampton Town
28 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — AFC Telford United
25 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: Hereford Utd. → Telford Utd
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — Hereford United (- 2014)
38 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2013
Transfer: Nantwich Town → Hereford Utd.
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — Hereford United (- 2014)
11 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Dec 2011
Transfer: Colwyn Bay → Nantwich Town
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2011
Transfer: Oldham Athletic → Colwyn Bay
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2011
11/12 — Colwyn Bay
15 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Mar 2011
Transfer: Nantwich Town → Oldham Athletic
10/11 · Return from loan
Feb 2011
Transfer: Oldham Athletic → Nantwich Town
10/11 · Loan
Nov 2010
Transfer: Stafford → Oldham Athletic
10/11 · Return from loan
Oct 2010
Transfer: Oldham Athletic → Stafford
10/11 · Loan
Aug 2010
Transfer: Stoke U18 → Oldham Athletic
10/11 · Transfer
Jul 2010
10/11 — Oldham Athletic
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Nov 2009
Transfer: Nantwich Town → Stoke U18
09/10 · Return from loan
Oct 2009
Transfer: Stoke U18 → Nantwich Town
09/10 · Loan
Jul 2009
09/10 — Stoke City U21
6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €125k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
7,816 min
Minutes played by club
Notts County 0.0%
Harrogate Town 1.2%
Crewe Alexandra 17.8%
Carlisle United 33.6%
AFC Wimbledon 0.0%
Coventry City 0.0%
Northampton Town 8.3%
AFC Telford United 15.4%
Hereford United (- 2014) 23.7%
Colwyn Bay 0.0%
Oldham Athletic 0.0%
Stoke City U21 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Notts County 2 24/25 25/26 30 0 0 0
Harrogate Town 1 23/24 23/24 26 1 0 90
Crewe Alexandra 1 22/23 22/23 36 2 1 1,393
Carlisle United 2 20/21 21/22 66 1 2 2,623
AFC Wimbledon 2 18/19 19/20 46 0 0 0
Coventry City 1 17/18 17/18 41 0 0 0
Northampton Town 2 15/16 16/17 37 3 1 651
AFC Telford United 1 14/15 14/15 25 3 0 1,204
Hereford United (- 2014) 2 12/13 13/14 49 4 1 1,855
Colwyn Bay 1 11/12 11/12 15 0 0 0
Oldham Athletic 1 10/11 10/11 1 0 0 0
Stoke City U21 1 09/10 09/10 6 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

1€31K2€63K3€94K4€125K11/1212/13 — 2 goals (Hereford United (- 2014))212/1313/14 — 2 goals (Hereford United (- 2014))13/14 — 1 assists313/1414/15 — 3 goals (AFC Telford United)314/1515/16 — 3 goals (Northampton Town)15/16 — 1 assists415/1616/1720/21 — 1 assists120/2121/22 — 1 goals (Carlisle United)21/22 — 1 assists221/2222/23 — 2 goals (Crewe Alexandra)22/23 — 1 assists322/2323/24 — 1 goals (Harrogate Town)123/2424/2525/2611/12 — €50K16/17 — €75K23/24 — €125K24/25 — €100K25/26 — €75KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

09/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 2212/1313/14: 2213/1414/15: 3314/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 2222/2323/24: 1123/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

09/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 1120/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 1122/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 EFL Cup Notts County 1 0 0 0 0 0
25/26 League Two Notts County 5 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 EFL Trophy Notts County 3 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 FA Cup Notts County 2 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 League Two Notts County 18 0 0 4 0 0
24/25 League Two Play-Offs Notts County 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 EFL Cup Harrogate Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 EFL Trophy Harrogate Town 2 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 FA Cup Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 0 90
23/24 League Two Harrogate Town 23 0 0 5 0 0
22/23 EFL Cup Crewe Alexandra 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 EFL Trophy Crewe Alexandra 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 FA Cup Crewe Alexandra 1 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 League Two Crewe Alexandra 33 2 1 3 1 1,393
21/22 EFL Cup Carlisle United 0 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 EFL Trophy Carlisle United 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 FA Cup Carlisle United 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 League Two Carlisle United 31 1 1 1 0 2,623
20/21 EFL Cup Carlisle United 1 0 0 1 0 0
20/21 EFL Trophy Carlisle United 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 League Two Carlisle United 29 0 1 2 1 0
19/20 EFL Cup AFC Wimbledon 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 League One AFC Wimbledon 15 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 EFL Cup AFC Wimbledon 2 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 EFL Trophy AFC Wimbledon 2 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 FA Cup AFC Wimbledon 3 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 League One AFC Wimbledon 23 0 0 1 0 0
17/18 EFL Cup Coventry City 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 FA Cup Coventry City 3 0 0 1 0 0
17/18 League Two Coventry City 37 0 0 8 1 0
17/18 League Two Play-Offs Coventry City 0 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 EFL Cup Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 EFL Trophy Northampton Town 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 FA Cup Northampton Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 League One Northampton Town 7 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 FA Cup Northampton Town 3 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 FL Trophy Northampton Town 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 League Cup Northampton Town 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 League Two Northampton Town 23 3 1 5 0 651
14/15 Conference AFC Telford United 22 2 0 2 0 934
14/15 FA Cup AFC Telford United 3 1 0 1 0 270
13/14 Conference Hereford United (- 2014) 37 2 1 4 0 1,610
13/14 FA Cup Hereford United (- 2014) 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Conference Hereford United (- 2014) 11 2 0 2 0 245
11/12 National League North Colwyn Bay 15 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 EFL Trophy Oldham Athletic 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 League One Oldham Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Reserve League South Stoke City U21 6 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
09/10 2009-10-01 Stoke U18 Nantwich Town Loan 0
09/10 2009-11-01 Nantwich Town Stoke U18 Return from loan 0
10/11 2010-08-02 Stoke U18 Oldham Athletic Transfer 0
10/11 2010-10-29 Oldham Athletic Stafford Loan 0
10/11 2010-11-29 Stafford Oldham Athletic Return from loan 0
10/11 2011-02-22 Oldham Athletic Nantwich Town Loan 50000
10/11 2011-03-22 Nantwich Town Oldham Athletic Return from loan 50000
11/12 2011-07-16 Oldham Athletic Colwyn Bay Transfer 50000
11/12 2011-12-01 Colwyn Bay Nantwich Town Transfer 50000
12/13 2013-01-28 Nantwich Town Hereford Utd. Transfer 50000
14/15 2014-07-01 Hereford Utd. Telford Utd Transfer 50000
15/16 2015-07-28 Telford Utd Northampton Transfer 50000
17/18 2017-07-01 Northampton Coventry Transfer 75000
18/19 2018-08-02 Coventry AFC Wimbledon Transfer 75000
20/21 2020-08-03 AFC Wimbledon Carlisle United Transfer 75000
22/23 2022-07-01 Carlisle United Crewe Alexandra Transfer 75000
23/24 2023-07-01 Crewe Alexandra Harrogate Town Transfer 125000
24/25 2024-07-01 Harrogate Town Notts County Transfer 100000

No recorded injuries.

Current€75k
Peak€125k
Low€50k
Δ since start+€25k
€50k€69k€88k€106k€125k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €125k
Jan 1, 1970 €125k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #31269 2 0 former national player
Team #23260 4 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Marc McNulty 2 0 0
Scott Wagstaff 1 0 0
Conor Thomas 1 0 0
Mitch Pinnock 1 0 0
Anthony Hartigan 1 0 0
Lee Burge 2 0 0
Jack Grimmer 2 0 0
Dan Agyei 1 0 0
Dan Walker 1 0 0
Jon Mellish 1 0 0
Brennan Dickenson 1 0 0
Chris Bush 1 0 0
Joe Pigott 1 0 0
Sam Smith 1 0 0
Joe Riley 1 0 0
Jack Armer 1 0 0
Kelvin Mellor 1 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
15/16 League Two Northampton Town 3 23
14/15 Conference AFC Telford United 2 22
12/13 Conference Hereford United (- 2014) 2 11

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
20/21 League Two Carlisle United 1 29
15/16 League Two Northampton Town 1 23
13/14 Conference Hereford United (- 2014) 1 37

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
10/11 2011-03-22 Nantwich Town Oldham Athletic Return from loan €50k
10/11 2011-02-22 Oldham Athletic Nantwich Town Loan €50k
10/11 2010-11-29 Stafford Oldham Athletic Return from loan
10/11 2010-10-29 Oldham Athletic Stafford Loan
09/10 2009-11-01 Nantwich Town Stoke U18 Return from loan
09/10 2009-10-01 Stoke U18 Nantwich Town Loan

Last 50 matches for Notts County while Rod McDonald was at the club (joined 2024-07-01). The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-12-29 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 1–1 Notts County Available
2025-12-26 GB4 Chesterfield FC 2–3 Notts County Available
2025-12-20 GB4 Notts County 1–1 Walsall FC Available
2025-12-13 GB4 Grimsby Town 0–3 Notts County Available
2025-12-09 GB4 Notts County 2–2 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-11-29 GB4 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Notts County Available
2025-11-22 GB4 Notts County 4–1 Colchester United Available
2025-11-15 GB4 Notts County 3–0 Harrogate Town Available
2025-11-10 GB4 Cheltenham Town 0–2 Notts County Available
2025-10-25 GB4 Notts County 2–0 Cambridge United Available
2025-10-21 GB4 Swindon Town 2–2 Notts County Available
2025-10-18 GB4 Barnet FC 0–1 Notts County Available
2025-10-04 GB4 Notts County 3–1 Oldham Athletic Available
2025-09-27 GB4 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 Notts County Available
2025-09-20 GB4 Notts County 4–0 Crawley Town Available
2025-09-13 GB4 Gillingham FC 1–0 Notts County Available
2025-09-06 GB4 Notts County 1–0 Fleetwood Town Available
2025-08-30 GB4 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Notts County Available
2025-08-23 GB4 Notts County 2–2 Bromley FC Available
2025-08-20 GB4 Notts County 4–1 Shrewsbury Town Available
2025-08-16 GB4 Barrow AFC 2–1 Notts County Available
2025-08-09 GB4 Notts County 1–2 Salford City Available
2025-08-02 GB4 Newport County 1–1 Notts County Available
2025-05-03 GB4 Notts County 1–2 Doncaster Rovers Available
2025-04-26 GB4 Harrogate Town 1–3 Notts County Available
2025-04-21 GB4 Notts County 1–2 Cheltenham Town Available
2025-04-17 GB4 Bradford City 1–1 Notts County Available
2025-04-11 GB4 Notts County 1–3 Salford City Available
2025-04-05 GB4 Colchester United 1–0 Notts County Available
2025-04-02 GB4 Notts County 3–0 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-03-29 GB4 Newport County 0–2 Notts County Available
2025-03-22 GB4 Notts County 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Available
2025-03-15 GB4 Notts County 1–2 Chesterfield FC Available
2025-03-11 GB4 Grimsby Town 0–2 Notts County Available
2025-03-08 GB4 AFC Wimbledon 2–0 Notts County Available
2025-03-04 GB4 Notts County 1–2 Barrow AFC Available
2025-03-01 GB4 Fleetwood Town 2–2 Notts County Available
2025-02-22 GB4 Notts County 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Available
2025-02-18 GB4 Notts County 1–1 Colchester United Available
2025-02-13 GB4 Port Vale FC 1–0 Notts County Available
2025-02-08 GB4 Notts County 2–0 Morecambe FC Available
2025-02-01 GB4 Gillingham FC 1–2 Notts County Available
2025-01-28 GB4 Notts County 1–0 Carlisle United Available
2025-01-25 GB4 Notts County 1–1 Bromley FC Available
2025-01-18 GB4 Accrington Stanley 0–3 Notts County Available
2025-01-04 GB4 Notts County 2–0 Swindon Town Available
2025-01-01 GB4 Notts County 1–2 Walsall FC Available
2024-12-29 GB4 Cheltenham Town 3–5 Notts County Available
2024-12-26 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 0–2 Notts County Available
2024-12-21 GB4 Notts County 3–0 Bradford City Available

Teams faced most often by Rod McDonald's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Stevenage FC 34 13 9 12 41 40 +1 38%
Crawley Town 32 14 10 8 42 35 +7 44%
Leyton Orient 32 7 9 16 38 60 -22 22%
Swindon Town 30 9 9 12 37 58 -21 30%
Colchester United 30 14 7 9 39 41 -2 47%
Tranmere Rovers 30 13 8 9 32 29 +3 43%
Walsall FC 30 9 13 8 28 30 -2 30%
Hartlepool United 29 16 6 7 51 33 +18 55%
Mansfield Town 28 10 9 9 33 41 -8 36%
Bradford City 28 9 7 12 26 29 -3 32%
Newport County 28 10 7 11 41 47 -6 36%
AFC Wimbledon 27 7 15 5 39 31 +8 26%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
09/10 Senior debut season
12/13 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 24 0 5 0 0 0
23/24 26 90 5 0 0 5
22/23 36 1,393 3 0 1 0.26
21/22 35 2,623 1 0 0 0.03
20/21 31 0 3 0 1 0
18/19 30 0 1 1 0 0
17/18 41 0 9 0 1 0
15/16 28 651 5 0 0 0.69
14/15 25 1,204 3 0 0 0.22
13/14 38 1,610 4 0 0 0.22
12/13 11 245 2 0 0 0.73

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

League Two
199 apps
6 G
4 A
Conference
70 apps
6 G
1 A
FA Cup
19 apps
2 G
0 A
League Cup
8 apps
0 G
0 A
FL Trophy
15 apps
0 G
0 A
League One
45 apps
0 G
0 A
National League North
15 apps
0 G
0 A
Reserve League South
6 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Rod McDonald

Who is Rod McDonald?

Rod McDonald is an England professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Notts County.

How old is Rod McDonald?

Rod McDonald is 34 years old. He was born on April 11, 1992 in Liverpool.

What position does Rod McDonald play?

Rod McDonald plays as a centre-back (Defender - Centre-Back).

What club does Rod McDonald play for?

Rod McDonald currently plays for Notts County.

How many career goals has Rod McDonald scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Rod McDonald has scored 14 goals in 378 appearances.

What is Rod McDonald's market value?

Rod McDonald's most recent reported market value is €75k.