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{{Short description|Footballer (born 1977)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jamie Pace
| image = Pace, Jamie.jpg
| caption = 
| fullname = Jamie Pace MacDonald
| height = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1977|1|1}}
| birth_place = [[Hammersmith]], England
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1995–1998
| clubs1 = [[Tooting & Mitcham United F.C.|Tooting & Mitcham]]
| caps1 = 72
| goals1 = 42
| years2 = 1998–1999
| clubs2 = [[Sutton United F.C.|Sutton United]]
| caps2 = 23
| goals2 = 16
| years3 = 1999–2000
| clubs3 = [[Barton Rovers F.C.|Barton Rovers]]
| caps3 = 51
| goals3 = 21
| years4 = 2000–2001
| clubs4 = [[Carshalton Athletic F.C.|Carshalton Athletic]]
| caps4 = 18
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2001–2003
| clubs5 = [[Pietà Hotspurs F.C.|Pietà Hotspurs]]
| caps5 = 44
| goals5 = 8
| years6 = 2003
| clubs6 = → [[Sliema Wanderers F.C.|Sliema Wanderers]] (loan)
| caps6 = 10
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2004
| clubs7 = → [[Valletta F.C.|Valletta]] (loan)
| caps7 = 7
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2004–2008
| clubs8 = [[Marsaxlokk F.C.|Marsaxlokk]]
| caps8 = 77
| goals8 = 7
| years9 = 2008–2013
| clubs9 = [[Valletta F.C.|Valletta]]
| caps9 = 52
| goals9 = 8
| years10 = 2012–2013
| clubs10 = → [[Balzan Youths F.C.|Balzan]] (loan)
| caps10 = 20
| goals10 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2005–2011
| nationalteam1 = [[Malta national football team|Malta]]
| nationalcaps1 = 48
| nationalgoals1 = 3
}}
'''Jamie Pace MacDonald''' (born 1 January 1977) is a retired professional footballer who played as a [[midfielder]]. Born in England, he played for the [[Malta national football team|Malta national team]] at international level.

==Club career==
Pace joined [[Marsaxlokk F.C.|Marsaxlokk]] in 2005 from [[Valletta F.C.|Valletta]], during his time in Malta he has also played for [[Sliema Wanderers F.C.|Sliema Wanderers]] and [[Pietà Hotspurs F.C.|Pietà Hotspurs]]. He played with various clubs in [[London]] before coming to [[Malta]] including 1997–98 with [[Barton Rovers F.C.|Barton Rovers]] making 51 appearances and scoring 21 goals, [[Tooting & Mitcham United F.C.|Tooting & Mitcham]] during 1999–2001. Pace had his first trial with [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] at the age of 17.

==International career==
Pace had a three-way option of which nation he wished to play his international football for. He could have chosen England, his country of birth, through his Maltese mother Maria-Teresa Pace or Jamaica through his father (the late Keith McDonald), who played for [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]. Jamie is the first cousin of ex under-21 Malta international and Marsaxlokk left back Andrew Spiteri.

Pace decided to declare his nationality to Malta after he settled in Malta and learnt the language. In 2005, he received a call up to join the [[Malta national football team|Malta national team]], and made his debut on 9 February 2005 against [[Norway national football team|Norway]].

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pace goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Jamie Pace
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 2 September 2006 || [[Ta' Qali Stadium]], [[Ta' Qali]], Malta || {{fb|BIH}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–5 || [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 23 March 2008 || Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta || {{fb|LIE}} || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || style="text-align:center"|7–1 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 2 September 2010 || [[Ramat Gan Stadium]], [[Ramat Gan]], Israel || {{fb|ISR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–3 || [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Marsaxlokk'''
* [[Maltese Premier League]]: 2006–07

'''Valletta'''
* Maltese Premier League: 2010–11

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|235244|Jamie Pace}}
* {{Soccerbase}}
* {{NFT player|9985}}

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[[Category:1977 births]]
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[[Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]
[[Category:People from Hammersmith]]
[[Category:Naturalised citizens of Malta]]<!-- [[Category:Citizens of Malta through descent]] -->
[[Category:Maltese men's footballers]]
[[Category:Malta men's international footballers]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople of Jamaican descent]]
[[Category:Carshalton Athletic F.C. players]]
[[Category:Pietà Hotspurs F.C. players]]
[[Category:Sliema Wanderers F.C. players]]
[[Category:Marsaxlokk F.C. players]]
[[Category:Valletta F.C. players]]
[[Category:Maltese expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Black British sportsmen]]
[[Category:Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. players]]
[[Category:Sutton United F.C. players]]
[[Category:Barton Rovers F.C. players]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]