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Biography of the player Gavin McCann
Gavin McCann’s full name is Gavin Peter McCann, born 10 January 1978, an English former football player, who played as a midfielder in the English Premier League. Now, he has put his football career on hold and become the First Team Coach of Hyde United.
General information about Gavin McCann footballer
| Full name | Gavin Peter McCann |
| Date of birth | 10 January 1978 (age 44) |
| Place of birth | Blackpool, England |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Position(s) | Midfielder |
| Appearances | 301 |
| Goals | 12 |
| Yellow Cards | 76 |
| Red Cards | 2 |
| Premier League Teams Played for | Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Sunderland |
| Current team | Hyde United (first team coach) |
| Youth career | |
| –1995 | Everton |
| Senior career | |
| 1995–1998 | Everton |
| 1998–2003 | Sunderland |
| 2003–2007 | Aston Villa |
| 2007–2010 | Bolton Wanderers |
| National team | |
| 2001 | England |
Gavin McCann’s playing career overview
McCann started his professional football career with the YMCA junior team at St Annes. After that, he signed with Everton and became an official student here. In 1998, he joined Sunderland and with the team won the Division One championship. This win lifted him to the Premiership with 105 points in 1999.
In 2003, Gavin McCann switched to signing with Aston Villa. And later, this became the darkest period of his football career when he constantly suffered injuries and failed in many tournaments. This drop in form makes it difficult for him to play in the first team. After scoring the only goal against Manchester City in a 3-1 defeat in the 2006–07 season, he decided to leave Villa Park a year later. In June 2007, he signed a five-year contract with Bolton Wanderers.
Six months after moving to Bolton, McCann footballer scored his first national goal against Red Star Belgrade in the UEFA Cup. That was followed by a goal in a 1-1 draw with Sporting Clube de Portugal at Reebok Stadium. On April 19, 2008, McCann scored another goal in a 1–0 win over Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium.
In November 2008, he was rated at the peak of his career by Bolton coach Gary Megson.
The end of June 2010 was the expiration date of McCann’s contract with Bolton. However, he had previously suffered a knee injury. He was judged that it would be easy to get a new contract soon after his recovery by Owen Coyle.
However, it is a pity that his injury was so bad that he had to retire in early 2011. This was confirmed by his teammate at the time – Kevin Davies via Twitter. During his time off, he remained the logistics supporter of Bolton’s junior team. Then, in early 2015, he moved back to work as manager of Hyde and started his professional coaching career. In addition, he also trains at Wrea Green FC every Sunday morning for the children’s team aged 6 and under.
By the end of 2015, McCann had returned to Bolton and became the club’s Under-15 coach. In 2018, he was promoted to coach of the U18 team. He then left Bolton on January 29, 2021.
In addition to playing for the Bolton team, before that, in 2001, he also played for the England national team in a friendly match against Spain at Villa Park.
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Premier League Playing Career
| Season | Club | Apps (Subs) | Goals |
| 1995/1996 | Everton | 0 (0) | 0 |
| 1996/1997 | Everton | 0 (0) | 0 |
| 1997/1998 | Everton | 11 (0) | 0 |
| 1998/1999 | Everton | 0 (0) | 0 |
| 1999/2000 | Sunderland | 24 (0) | 4 |
| 2000/2001 | Sunderland | 22 (0) | 3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sunderland | 29 (0) | 0 |
| 2002/2003 | Sunderland | 30 (0) | 1 |
| 2003/2004 | Aston Villa | 28 (0) | 0 |
| 2004/2005 | Aston Villa | 20 (0) | 1 |
| 2005/2006 | Aston Villa | 32 (0) | 1 |
| 2006/2007 | Aston Villa | 30 (2) | 1 |
| 2007/2008 | Bolton Wanderers | 31 (10) | 1 |
| 2008/2009 | Bolton Wanderers | 33 (3) | 0 |
| 2009/2010 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 (6) | 0 |
| 2010/2011 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 (0) | 0 |
Management career
In February 2008, Gavin McCann decided to set up his own football academy in Lytham St Annes. It was also the first football academy on the Fylde coast. This academy is specifically for ages 8-12 and attends King Edward VII and Queen Mary Schools.
He has teamed up with former Blackpool player Jamie Milligan, who has been at Fleetwood Town since 2004, and John Hills, who also signed for Fleetwood Town in August 2008. They were both born and raised in Blackpool.In October 2008, the academy received a sizable sponsorship deal with Northern Care. Training sessions at King Edward VII & Queen Mary School will take place every weekend, summer classes will last for 1 week. The academy also receives grants to encourage children to play “park football”.
In May 2012, Gavin McCann was appointed assistant manager and First team coach at Hyde along with manager Scott McNiven.
After a six-year return to Bolton, he returned to Hyde United as First Team coach in February 2022, once again reuniting with former Wanderers colleague Nicky Spooner.
Currently, Gavin McCann is living a full life with his wife and children in Lytham St Annes.
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