Grant McCann

West Ham and loans

Born in Belfast, McCann played for Lisburn Youth and 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. He made his debut on 19 May 2001 in a 2–1 away defeat to Middlesbrough. Finding it hard to break into the West Ham first team, McCann had loan spells at Livingston and Notts County before moving to Cheltenham Town, in another loan deal, in 2000. He made a handful of substitute appearances for West Ham and never starting a game. He scored an own goal during a 1–7 away defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 14 October 2001; after coming off the bench, he attempted a clearance from inside his own penalty area but the ball somehow spun backwards behind him and past Shaka Hislop in the West Ham goal. This turned out to be McCann's final appearance for West Ham.

Cheltenham Town

After another loan deal took him back to Cheltenham in 2002, the move was made permanent during the January 2003 transfer window when he moved from West Ham for £50,000, a record transfer fee for Cheltenham Town. McCann went on to make 155 league appearances for the Gloucestershire club. He had made only four substitute appearances for The Hammers.

Barnsley

He joined Barnsley on loan deadline day, 23 November 2006, in a contract that expired on 1 January 2007. On his debut against Ipswich Town, he scored a 92nd-minute winner in Simon Davey's first game as caretaker boss.…

Peterborough United

On 16 May 2016, McCann was appointed Peterborough United manager on a four-year contract. He was named League One Manager of the Month for August 2017, after his team got off to a flying start at the beginning of the season. On 25 February 2018, he was dismissed after no wins in seven matches.

Doncaster Rovers

On 27 June 2018, McCann was announced as the new Doncaster Rovers manager. He led them to the play-offs on the final day of the season, 4 May 2019, with a 2–0 win over Coventry City. They finished in sixth place in the League One table. They lost to Charlton Athletic in the play-off semi-final stages. After two legs the aggregate score was 4–4 with Charlton winning 4–3 on penalties.

Hull City

McCann was appointed as head coach of Championship club Hull City on 21 June 2019 on a one-year rolling contract. City vice-chairman and son of owner Assem Allam, Ehab Allam said of McCann's appointment, "Grant has been a standout candidate with a playing style and philosophy aligned to that of the Club. With a great team of existing staff in their support and of the squad too, I hope for an exciting season ahead." On 14 July 2020, Hull lost 8–0 at Wigan Athletic, equalling their record loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers in November 1911. The result put Hull in the bottom three by one point having won once in their past 18 games with 14 defeats. Hull were relegated to League One in 24th and bottom place following a 3–0 defeat by Cardiff…

He made his debut for the Northern Ireland national team on 6 October 2001 in a 1–0 away win against Malta. 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. The last of his 39 caps was won in a 6–0 friendly defeat against the Netherlands in June 2012.

International goals

Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first.

Playing statistics

Managerial statistics

As of match played 19 September 2026