Neil McCann

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Neil McCann
Personal information
Full name	Neil Docherty McCann
Date of birth	November 8, 1974 (1974-11-08) (age 33)
Place of birth	Greenock, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Falkirk
Number	TBA
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1996 1996-1998 1998-2003 2003-2006 2006-2008 2008-	Dundee Hearts Rangers Southampton Hearts Falkirk	079 0(5) 074 (19) 113 (19) 040 0(0) 022 0(0) 000 0(0)
National team
1998-2005	Scotland	026 0(3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 May 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Neil Docherty McCann (born 8 November 1974 in Greenock, Scotland) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Falkirk and has made 26 appearances for Scotland.

McCann started his career with Dundee before moving on to Hearts 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 famously scored two goals against Rangers' arch-rivals Celtic on 2 May 1999, to clinch the SPL title.

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 3 goals for Scotland, including 2 in consecutive matches in September 2003 during the qualifying rounds for Euro 2004. He continued to play regularly for Scotland until November 2005.

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. 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 Heart's 5-0 loss to Celtic in a violent tackle on Scott Brown. However Brown was sadly unharmed in the tackle.[1] On the 14th May 2008, it was announcedthat McCann will had signed for SPL rivals Falkirk.

[edit] Honours

With Heart of Midlothian

• Scottish Cup: 1997-98

With Rangers

• Scottish Premier League: 1998-99, 1999-00, 2002-03
• Scottish Cup: 1998-99, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2002-03
• Scottish League Cup: 2001-02, 2002-03

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

#	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.

[edit] External links

• Neil McCann career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at londonhearts.com

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Persondata
NAME	McCann, Neil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Scottish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 8, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Greenock, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH