Grant McCann

Football player infobox
playername = Grant McCann


fullname = Grant Samuel McCann
height = height|meters=1.78
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|4|14
cityofbirth = Belfast
countryofbirth = Northern Ireland
currentclub = Scunthorpe
clubnumber = 17
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = West Ham United
years = 1998-2003
1999
2000
2000-2001
2002
2003-2007
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-
clubs = West Ham United
→ Livingston (loan)
→ Notts County (loan)
→ Cheltenham Town (loan)
→ Cheltenham Town (loan)
Cheltenham Town
→ Barnsley (loan)
Barnsley
Scunthorpe United
caps(goals) = 004 0(0)
003 0(0)
002 0(0)
030 0(3)
008 0(0)
155 (31)
007 0(1)
034 0(3)
014 0(1)
nationalyears = 2001-
nationalteam = Northern Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 015 0(1)
ntupdate = 22:40, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
pcupdate = 09:14, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Grant McCann (born 14 April, 1980 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish footballer who currently plays for Scunthorpe of Coca-Cola League One in England.

McCann, a midfielder, who played for the same boys club as the likes of Steven Davis and Kieth Gillespie, St Andrews, started his professional career at West Ham United. A product of the club's Academy of Football, he failed to cement a place in the senior squad, and made just four substitute appearances for the East London club.

McCann had loan spells at Livingston and Notts County before moving to Cheltenham Town, in another loan deal, in 2000.

He made his debut for the Northern Ireland national team on 6 October 2001 in a 1-0 away win against Malta.

After another loan deal took him back to Cheltenham in 2002, the move was made permanent during the January 2003 transfer window. McCann went on to make 155 league appearances for the Gloucestershire club.

He joined Barnsley on loan deadline day, 23 November 2006, in a contract that expired on 1 January 2007. On his debut against Ipswich he scored a 92nd minute winner in Simon Davey's first ever game as caretaker boss. The two clubs agreed a fee of £100,000 and McCann moved to Barnsley permanently on 2 January 2007. At the time this was a record fee for an outbound player at Cheltenham.

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In January 2008, McCann left Barnsley to sign for Championship rivals Scunthorpe for a six-figure undisclosed fee.

He opened his goalscoring account for Northern Ireland by scoring the last goal, a header, in the 4-1 away win against Liechtenstein on 24 March, 2007.

References

* [http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10442~10948,00.html Grant McCann player profile] at scunthorpe-united.co.uk
* [http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10309~10948,00.html Grant McCann player profile] at barnsleyfc.co.uk
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