| James McDonald | ||
 James McDonald For Melbourne
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | James McDonald | |
| Date of birth | 5 October 1976 | |
| Recruited from | Ballarat/Old Xaverians | |
| Height/Weight | 180cm / 75kg | |
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Melbourne | |
| Number | 23 | |
| Playing career1 | ||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) |
| 1997- | Melbourne | 235 (51) |
| International team honours | ||
| 2006 | Australia | 1 (0) |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 2009 season . |
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James McDonald (born 5 October 1976) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
Nicknamed "Junior", James is the brother of former AFL players Anthony McDonald and Alex McDonald. He is noted as a hard working in and under midfielder. In addition to this, he is also used as a tagger.
In 1995, McDonald suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome with his VAFA side Old Xaverians. He debuted in the AFL in 1997 with the Melbourne Football Club after being promoted off the Rooke List.
McDonald had one of his most consistent years in 2006, being named on the interchange bench in the All Australian side and the only Demons player to make this list in that year. He laid a league high and record high 143 tackles during season 2006, [1] breaking the previous record held by Tony Liberatore (although Brett Kirk would break McDonald's record the following season), and capped off the season with a win in Melbourne's Best & Fairest.
McDonald also Played in the International Rules Series in 2006.
McDonald won the Melbourne Best & Fairest in 2007 for the second time.
2008
James played his 200th game in a devastating loss to the Western Bulldogs in Round 2. He is part of the Demons' Leadership Group, along with Cameron Bruce, Russell Robertson, Adem Yze and Brad Miller and was named co captain alongside Bruce in the absence of skipper David Neitz. However, after Neitz announced his retirement, no captain has been selected yet. After the 2008 Home & Away Season, James signed a one year deal to continue playing with Melbourne.
2009
On the 11th of January, the Herald Sun reported that McDonald would captain the club in 2009. McDonald kicked his 50th goal in the 2009 season.
| Preceded by Travis Johnstone |
Melbourne FC Best and Fairest winner 2006 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Cameron Bruce |
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