Neil McCann

Neil McCann
Neil McCann
Personal information
Full name Neil Docherty McCann
Date of birth 8 November 1974 (1974-11-08) (age 37)
Place of birth Greenock, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current club Partick Thistle
Youth career
Greenock Morton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1996 Dundee 79 (5)
1996–1998 Heart of Midlothian 74 (19)
1998–2003 Rangers 113 (19)
2003–2006 Southampton 40 (0)
2006–2008 Heart of Midlothian 25 (0)
2008–2009 Falkirk 24 (1)
2011 Dundee (trial) 3 (1)
2011- Partick Thistle 0 (0)
Total 358 (45)
National team
1998–2005 Scotland 26 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Neil Docherty McCann (born 8 November 1974 in Greenock, Inverclyde) is a Scottish professional footballer who is currently playing for Partick Thistle

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Club career

McCann started his career with Dundee before moving on to Heart of Midlothian in 1996. He helped the Tynecastle side win the Scottish Cup in 1998, their first trophy in 36 years, before moving to Rangers later that year. He scored two goals against Rangers' arch-rivals Celtic, the team he supported as a child, on 2 May 1999 to clinch the SPL title. In 2003 Rangers' were forced to sell him due to their financial problems.[1]

He joined Southampton on 5 August 2003, for £1.5 million, but a series of injuries made it difficult for him to maintain his place in the team, scoring only once in the League Cup against Northampton Town.[2]

On 17 January 2006 he rejoined former club Hearts after his contract with Southampton was terminated by mutual consent. He sustained a serious injury while playing in his first match since returning to Hearts against Kilmarnock.

He returned from injury for the UEFA Champions League qualifier against Široki Brijeg of Bosnia. However, on 25 August 2007, he suffered a double leg break during Hearts' loss to Celtic in a tackle on Scott Brown. Brown was unharmed in the tackle.[3]

On 14 May 2008, it was announced that McCann had signed for SPL rivals Falkirk. He scored on his debut against former club Hearts,[4] and then went on to score twice for Falkirk in the League Cup against Queen of the South[5] and Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[6] He was released on 22 August 2009 after managerial changes at Falkirk, with outgoing manager John Hughes (the manager that signed him) being replaced by Eddie May.

On 12 February 2011, McCann announced he was coming out of retirement to help Dundee stave-off relegation while on trial at the club. He scored a last minute goal in his first appearance against Raith Rovers.[7]

International career

He made his debut for Scotland on 5 September 1998, as a late substitute for Ally McCoist in a 0–0 draw away to Lithuania. His first appearance in the starting line-up was on 31 March 1999 in a 2–1 home defeat to the Czech Republic. He scored three goals for Scotland, including two in consecutive matches in September 2003 during the qualifying rounds for Euro 2004. He continued to play regularly for Scotland until November 2005.

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 September 2000 Skonto Stadions, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 1-0 1-0 2002 WC Qualifying
2 6 September 2003 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Faroe Islands 1-0 3-1 UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.
3 10 September 2003 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany  Germany 1-2 1-2 UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.

Media work

After leaving Falkirk, McCann has become a pundit for Sky Sports providing analysis on their SPL coverage.[8]

Honours

Heart of Midlothian
Rangers
Falkirk

References

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