Jonathan André McDonald Porras (born October 28, 1987) is a Costa Rican professional

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for

Liga FPD The Primera División of Costa Rica, commonly known as Liga de Fútbol de Primera División (Liga FPD), and Liga Promerica for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional association football division in Costa Rica. It is administered by the Uni ...

club Herediano.

Career

Club

McDonald made his professional debut as a 16-year-old with AD Carmelita, making three appearances in his first season. In 2006, he moved to top Costa Rican side

CS Herediano Club Sport Herediano (), commonly known as Herediano and nicknamed El Team, is a Costa Rican sports club, multisport club based in Heredia, Costa Rica, Heredia, Heredia Province, Heredia province. Although they compete in a number of different sp ...

. During his stay with Herediano he appeared in 41 First Division matches, scoring 17 goals. McDonald joined the

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on August 5, 2010. He made his Whitecaps debut as a second-half substitute coming on for striker

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during a 1-0 victory at

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on August 14, and made his first start for Vancouver on September 11 in 3-0 victory at

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. On October 19, 2010, the

released McDonald, along with five fellow players, citing their need to purge certain players in preparation for their upcoming promotion to

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. On November 14, 2011,

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announced they had signed McDonald on a three-year contract, starting January 2012. On 13 November 2019, Al Ahli has signed McDonald for one seasons from

Alajuelense Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, ), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Al ...

International

McDonald has represented his native

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at both the U-20 and U-23 Olympic levels, and made his debut for the senior side in August 2011, against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.''

Trivia

As a marketing gag, McDonald changed his name on his jersey during a match (a 0-2 loss on 31 May 2020 against

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) to ''

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Honours

Alajuelense *

: Clausura 2011, Apertura 2011 Individual *

Top Scorer: 2017–18

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McDonald, Jonathan 1987 births Living people Footballers from San José, Costa Rica Costa Rican people of Jamaican descent Men's association football forwards Costa Rican men's footballers 21st-century Costa Rican sportsmen Costa Rica men's international footballers A.D. Carmelita footballers C.S. Herediano footballers Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers Allsvenskan players Kalmar FF players Liga FPD players Al Ahli SC (Doha) players Qatar Stars League players USSF Division 2 Professional League players Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Canada Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Qatar 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Pan American Games competitors for Costa Rica Costa Rica men's under-20 international footballers