Personal information | |||
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Full name | Grant Samuel McCann[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 14 April 1980||
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 |
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.
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.