Gavin McCann

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Gavin McCann

Full name	Gavin Peter McCann
Date of birth	10 January 1978 (1978-01-10) (age 30)
Place of birth	Blackpool, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bolton Wanderers
Number	19
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1998 1998–2003 2003–2007 2007–	Everton Sunderland Aston Villa Bolton Wanderers	011 (0) 116 (8) 110 (3) 031 (1)
National team²
2001	England	001 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:07, 23 May 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 28 August, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Gavin Peter McCann (born 10 January 1978 in Blackpool) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder.He curently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He has one England cap to his name, playing against Spain at Villa Park in 2001.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Coaching
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Club career

McCann played junior football for Y.M.C.A juniors in Lytham St Annes. He signed for Everton where he was a product of their academy. In 1998 he moved to Sunderland where he was a member of the side which won the Division One title and promotion to the Premiership with 105 points in 1999.

He signed for Aston Villa in 2003, where he had numerous injury setbacks. He scored one goal in the 2006-07 season in a 3–1 home loss to Manchester City. He became a cult player with the Holte End faithful because of his hard tackling and non-stop running.^{[citation needed]} He was no longer guaranteed first team football, so decided to leave Villa Park,^{[citation needed]} and in June 2007, he signed a five year contract with Bolton Wanderers.

McCann scored his first goal for Bolton in their 1–0 UEFA Cup group win over Red Star Belgrade in December 2007 and followed this up with a goal in a 1–1 draw with Sporting Clube de Portugal at the Reebok Stadium three months later in the knockout stages of the cup. He scored his first league goal for Bolton in a 1–0 victory over Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium on 19 April 2008.

[edit] International career

McCann has played once for the England national team, in a friendly against Spain at Villa Park in 2001.

[edit] Coaching

In February 2008, McCann launched his own football academy in Lytham St Annes, the first one on the Fylde coast. The academy is aimed at 8 to 12 year olds and runs at at King Edward VII and Queen Mary School. McCann teamed up with former Blackpool players, Jamie Milligan ( now at Fleetwood Town) and John Hills, both of whom were also born on the Fylde coast, to create the academy.^[1]