Grant McCann
Northern Irish football player and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Grant Samuel McCann (born 14 April 1980) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder in the Football League. He is currently the manager of EFL League Two club Doncaster Rovers.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Grant Samuel McCann[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1980-04-14) 14 April 1980 (age 44)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Doncaster Rovers (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1996 | Distillery | ||
1996–1998 | West Ham United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2003 | West Ham United | 4 | (0) |
1999 | → Livingston (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2000 | → Notts County (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2000–2001 | → Cheltenham Town (loan) | 30 | (3) |
2002 | → Cheltenham Town (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2003–2007 | Cheltenham Town | 155 | (31) |
2006–2007 | → Barnsley (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Barnsley | 34 | (3) |
2008–2010 | Scunthorpe United | 99 | (18) |
2010–2015 | Peterborough United | 160 | (29) |
2015 | Linfield | 5 | (1) |
Total | 508 | (86) | |
International career | |||
2000–2001 | Northern Ireland U21 | 11 | (3) |
2001–2012 | Northern Ireland | 39 | (4) |
Managerial career | |||
2015 | Peterborough United (caretaker) | ||
2016–2018 | Peterborough United | ||
2018–2019 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
2019–2022 | Hull City | ||
2022–2023 | Peterborough United | ||
2023– | Doncaster Rovers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Belfast, McCann played in the Distillery youth system from 1995 until signing for the West Ham United Academy of Football in 1996, where he started his professional career.[2][3] He made his debut on 19 May 2001 in a 2–1 away defeat to Middlesbrough.[4] McCann also won 39 caps for Northern Ireland after making his senior debut against Malta in 2001, with the last of his 39 caps won in a 6–0 friendly defeat against the Netherlands in June 2012.