Adam McDonnell

Adam McDonnell
	Adam McDonnell playing for Ipswich Town in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Adam Patrick McDonnell
Date of birth	14 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Dunboyne, Republic of Ireland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Aldershot Town
Number	4
Youth career
0000–2011	Home Farm
2011–2014	Shelbourne
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014	Shelbourne
2014–2018	Ipswich Town
2017	→ Aldershot Town (loan)
2018–	Aldershot Town
International career‡
2012	Republic of Ireland U16
2014	Republic of Ireland U17
2014–2015	Republic of Ireland U18
2014–2015	Republic of Ireland U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:36, 7 June 2018 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:54, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Adam Patrick McDonnell (born 14 May 1997) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League side Aldershot Town.

Playing career

McDonnell signed with Ipswich Town from Shelbourne in August 2014, having previously had trials at Manchester United and Bolton Wanderers.^[2] However, he was unable to feature for the "Tractorboys" until his 18th birthday due to FIFA regulations, much to manager Mick McCarthy's annoyance.^[3] He made his debut on 25 August 2015, in a 4–1 League Cup victory over Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium.^[4] On August 30, McDonnell was loaned out to Vanarama National League side Aldershot Town where he made 14 appearances and scored 4 goals. McDonnell was recalled from loan in December 2017 due to injury problems at Ipswich Town. He featured on the bench in a EFL Championship game against Wolverhampton Wanderers which Ipswich Town went on to lose 1-0 at the Molineux Stadium.^[5]

On 26 January 2018, following his release from Ipswich, McDonnell returned to Aldershot Town on a one-and-half-year deal.^[6]

As of match played 2 May 2018

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shelbourne	2014^[7]	League of Ireland First Division	7	1	0	0	0	0	—		7	1
Ipswich Town	2015–16^[8]	Championship	1	0	0	0	1	0	—		2	0
	2016–17^[9]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2017–18^[10]	Championship	1	0	0	0	2	0	—		3	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	3	0	—		5	0
Aldershot Town (loan)	2017–18^[10]	National League	16	3	2	0	—		1	0	19	3
Aldershot Town	2017–18^[10]	National League	14	2	0	0	—		1	0	15	2
Career total			39	6	2	0	3	0	2	0	46	6

^ "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Shelbourne Youngster Joins Academy". twtd.co.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ Wilson, Stuart (16 July 2015). "McCarthy glad 'ridiculous' FIFA red-tape preventing Adam McDonnell from playing has finally been lifted". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ "Ipswich scored three goals in extra time to beat Doncaster and book a third-round Capital One Cup trip to Manchester United". BBC Sport. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ https://www.theshots.co.uk/ipswich-recall-mcdonnell/
^ "Adam McDonnell Joins Until 2019". Aldershot Town Official Site. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ Adam McDonnell at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
^ "Games played by Adam McDonnell in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^ "Games played by Adam McDonnell in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Games played by Adam McDonnell in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 October 2017.