Donald Love
Donald Love is a defender currently playing for Sunderland.
| Donald Love | |||||||||||||
| Full Name | Donald Alistair Love | ||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | 2 December 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Age | 30 years | ||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Rochdale, England | ||||||||||||
| Position | Right back | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Scottish | ||||||||||||
| Current club | Sunderland | ||||||||||||
| Previous club/s | Manchester United | ||||||||||||
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Youth career
Donald is a right back who started his career at Manchester United. Injuries disrupted his availability and as such he was seldom a regular in any side at United in his early days. However, when fit his performances were good and he was rewarded with a professional contract in 2013.
He found opportunities hard to come by in 2014/15 but forced his way into the Under-21 side in the second half of the season, often playing in a new centre back role.
On 2nd October 2015, Donald joined Wigan on a two month loan. He got injured in November but still did enough to have his loan extended by a month. In February 2016, Donald joined the first team away to Sunderland due to injuries and came on as a first half substitute. In April 2016, Donald scored his first goal at Under-21 level.
Donald joined Sunderland in August 2016 for a fee of £500k, signing a four year contract.
International
Donald has represented Scotland at Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 levels. He is eligible for England too.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | Under-21 | First Team | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Subs | Goals | Assists | Starts | Subs | Goals | Assists | Starts | Subs | Goals | Assists | ||
| Manchester United | 2013-14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014-15 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2015-16 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Career total | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
