{{Short description|Scottish footballer (born 1994)}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Reece Donaldson | image = | fullname = | height = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1994|1|9}} | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Edina Hibs | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Raith Rovers | position = Defender | years1 = 2010–2014 | clubs1 = Raith Rovers | caps1 = 39 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2013 | clubs2 = → Peterhead (loan) | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2014–2015 | clubs3 = Peterhead | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2015–2016 | clubs4 = East Stirlingshire | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2016–2017 | clubs5 = Linlithgow Rose }}
'''Reece Donaldson''' (born 9 January 1994) is a Scottish former footballer. He has previously played for Raith Rovers and Peterhead.
==Career== Donaldson joined Raith aged 14 as a member of their youth academy, from Edina Hibs youth team.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/sport/football/raith-rovers/teenage_defender_s_contract_is_extended_1_1784579 | title=Teenage defender's contract is extended | publisher=Fife Today | date=11 August 2011 | accessdate=20 August 2011}}</ref> He was promoted to the senior squad in June 2010, signing a full-time contract<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.raithroversfc.com/cgi-bin/players.cgi?id=244 | title=Reece Donaldson Profile | publisher=Raith Rovers | accessdate=20 August 2011 | archive-date=15 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115104748/http://www.raithroversfc.com/cgi-bin/players.cgi?id=244 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He made his first team debut aged 17, on 7 May 2011, as a substitute in Raith Rovers' 3–0 defeat against Partick Thistle in the Scottish First Division.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13303102 | title=Partick Thistle 3–0 Raith Rovers |publisher=BBC Sport | date=7 May 2011 | access-date=20 August 2011}}</ref> Having firmly broken into the first team at the start of the following season, Donaldson was given a two-year contract extension confirming his stay until 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Sport/Football/article/16390/new-deal-for-raith-rovers-rookie-reece-donaldson.html | title=New deal for Raith Rovers rookie Reece Donaldson | work=The Courier | date=11 August 2011 | accessdate=20 August 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019175154/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Sport/Football/article/16390/new-deal-for-raith-rovers-rookie-reece-donaldson.html | archivedate=19 October 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> At the end of his contract he was released by the club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coming and Goings|url=http://www.raithrovers.net/14796/coming-and-goings.htm|publisher=Raith Rovers F.C.|date=22 May 2014|accessdate=11 August 2014}}</ref>
Donaldson joined Peterhead on loan on 14 November 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.buchanobserver.co.uk/sport/local-sport/football-toon-sign-defender-donaldson-1-3189354 | title=Football: Toon sign defender Donaldson | work=Buchan Observer | date=14 November 2013 | accessdate=14 November 2013}}</ref> He made his debut on 16 November 2013, as Peterhead drew 1–1 with East Stirlingshire.<ref>{{cite web|title=McInally praises new boy Donaldson|url=http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/sport/football/spfl/mcinally-praises-new-boy-donaldson-1.154765|publisher=Evening Express|date=18 November 2013|accessdate=11 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228124115/http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/sport/football/spfl/mcinally-praises-new-boy-donaldson-1.154765|archivedate=28 February 2014}}</ref> He scored his first goal on 7 December 2013, in a 3–1 win away at Clyde.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clyde 1–3 Peterhead|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/25164936|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 December 2013|access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref> His loan ended early when he was recalled by Raith Rovers on 31 December 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peterhead loanee Reece Donaldson returns to Raith Rovers|url=http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/sport/football/spfl/peterhead-loanee-reece-donaldson-returns-to-raith-rovers-1.171149|publisher=Evening Express|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=11 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210348/http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/sport/football/spfl/peterhead-loanee-reece-donaldson-returns-to-raith-rovers-1.171149|archivedate=12 August 2014}}</ref>
After his release by Raith Rovers, Donaldson agreed a deal to sign for Peterhead on a permanent basis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peterhead FC: Raith's Reece set for Balmoor return|url=http://www.buchanobserver.co.uk/sport/local-sport/peterhead-fc-raith-s-reece-set-for-balmoor-return-1-3415275|publisher=Buchan Observer|date=19 May 2014|accessdate=11 August 2014}}</ref> At the end of the 2014–15 season, Donaldson was released by Peterhead<ref>{{cite web|title=Squad Update |url=http://www.peterheadfc.com/news/item/1194-squad-update |publisher=peterheadfc.com |date=20 May 2015 |accessdate=20 May 2015}}</ref> and within a few days of leaving ''The Blue Toon'', Donaldson signed for Scottish League Two side East Stirlingshire.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reece Signs For Shire |url=http://www.eaststirlingshirefc.com/2015/05/22/reece-signs-for-shire/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525141711/http://www.eaststirlingshirefc.com/2015/05/22/reece-signs-for-shire/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 May 2015 |date=22 May 2015 |accessdate=25 May 2015 }}</ref>
Donaldson had a loan spell at Linlithgow Rose in 2016-2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tudopelofutebol.com.br/escocia/sfa-cup-2016-17/jogo/5p9jnh0md424k2oi | title=Linlithgow Rose 0 x 3 Stirling}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|11 August 2014}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/reece-donaldson/141122/ | title=Soccerway Stats | publisher=Soccerway | accessdate=20 August 2011}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |+ Club statistics |- ! rowspan=2 | Club ! rowspan=2 | Season ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Scottish Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Other ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! App ! Goals ! App ! Goals ! App ! Goals ! App ! Goals ! App ! Goals |- align=center |rowspan=5 | Raith Rovers |2010–11 |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- align=center |2011–12 |21||0||1||0||2||0||2||0||26||0 |- align=center |2012–13 |7||0||2||0||1||0||1||0||11||0 |- align=center |2013–14 |10||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||12||0 |- align=center !Total !39!!0!!4!!0!!3!!0!!4!!0!!50!!0 |- align=center |rowspan=1 | Peterhead (loan) |2013–14 |7||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||1 |- align=center |rowspan=1 | Peterhead |2014–15 |1||0||0||0||1||0||1||0||3||0 |- align=center !colspan=2|Career total !47!!1!!4!!0!!4!!0!!5!!0!!60!!1 |- |}
==Honours== '''Raith Rovers''' *Scottish Challenge Cup: 2013–14<ref>{{cite web|title=Raith Rovers 1–0 Rangers|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26807030|work=BBC Sport|last=Southwick|first=Andrew|date=6 April 2014|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Donaldson, Reece}} Category:1994 births Category:Footballers from Edinburgh Category:Living people Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Raith Rovers F.C. players Category:Peterhead F.C. players Category:East Stirlingshire F.C. players Category:Linlithgow Rose F.C. players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Scottish Professional Football League players Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen