James McDonald
James McDonald For Melbourne
Personal information
Full name	James McDonald
Date of birth	5 October 1976 (1976-10-05) (age 33)
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)
1 Playing statistics to end of 2009 season . 2 State and International statistics correct as of 2006.

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

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