Martin Canning

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Martin Canning
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Canning playing for Hamilton Academical
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-12-03) 3 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Clydebank [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2006 Ross County 111 (9)
2001–2002 → Peterhead (loan) 21 (0)
2006–2008 Gretna 41 (1)
2008 Hibernian 12 (0)
2008–2017 Hamilton Academical 215 (8)
Total400(18)
Managerial career
2015 Hamilton Academical (caretaker)
2015–2019 Hamilton Academical
2022 Sunderland (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Canning (born 3 December 1981) is a Scottish football player and coach. Canning played as a central defender for Ross County, Peterhead, Gretna, Hibernian and Hamilton Academical.

Contents

Playing career

Canning became Gretna's record signing in January 2006 after joining from Ross County in a £60,000 deal. [1] He made 46 appearances for Gretna, scoring once against Livingston, and helped them to promotion to the Scottish Premier League in the 2006–07 season. He was cup tied for their run to the 2006 Scottish Cup Final. [2]

His contract with Gretna was terminated by mutual consent on 31 January 2008 due to the ensuing financial crisis at Gretna. [3] Canning had to waive money he was due by Gretna to ensure that he was released from his contract [4] and he was subsequently named in a creditors list published by Gretna's administrator in April 2008. [5]

In February 2008, Canning signed a 16-month contract [4] on 16 February 2008 with Hibernian after impressing in two reserve games while on trial. [6] Canning made 12 league appearances for Hibs, but was released on 1 September 2008 to make way for new signing Souleymane Bamba. [7] Canning then signed for Hamilton Academical on the same day. [8]

Canning started coaching Hamilton's under-17 team, while continuing his playing career, in the 2012–13 season. [9] He signed a new one-year contract with Hamilton in May 2013. [10] A year later, he was part of the Accies team which won promotion to the Scottish Premiership, via a play-off win over his previous club Hibernian. [11] Canning maintained his playing registration after being appointed Hamilton manager in 2015. Despite only making three first team appearances in the 2015–16 season due to injury, he extended his playing contract by another year in May 2016. [12]

Coaching career

Canning became interim player-manager of Hamilton Academical in January 2015, after Alex Neil left to join Norwich City. [13] He was appointed manager on a permanent basis later that month, despite having lost all three matches as caretaker manager. [14]

Hamilton finished 11th in the 2016–17 Scottish Premiership, then avoided relegation by winning a play-off against Dundee United. [15] [16] Hamilton again avoided relegation in 2017/18 by finishing in 10th place. Canning left Hamilton in January 2019 by mutual consent. [17] [18]

Since departing Hamilton, Canning has been at Real Betis, Celtic, Leicester City, Preston North End, Aberdeen and Sunderland to assist with coaching. [19]

In August 2019, Canning took on the role as Head of Coaching at North Kelvin United on an interim basis. In November 2019, he was appointed permanently. [20]

Canning was appointed assistant manager of Stoke City in September 2022. [21] He left Stoke in December 2023. [22]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ross County 1999–2000 [23] Scottish Second Division 6000002 [lower-alpha 1] 020
2000–01 [24] Scottish First Division 6100000061
2001–02 [25] Scottish First Division7000000070
2002–03 [26] Scottish First Division25200302 [lower-alpha 1] 0302
2003–04 [27] Scottish First Division150000000150
2004–05 [28] Scottish First Division33430204 [lower-alpha 1] 1425
2005–06 [29] Scottish First Division19210202 [lower-alpha 1] 0242
Total1119407010113210
Peterhead (loan) 2001–02 [25] Scottish Third Division 210000000210
Gretna 2005–06 [29] Scottish Second Division6000000060
2006–07 [30] Scottish First Division34120003 [lower-alpha 2] 0391
2007–08 [31] Scottish Premier League 1000000010
Total411200030461
Hibernian 2007–08 [31] Scottish Premier League 110000000110
2008–09 [32] Scottish Premier League1000001 [lower-alpha 3] 020
Total120000030130
Hamilton Academical 2008–09 [32] Scottish Premier League301200000321
2009–10 [33] Scottish Premier League371201000401
2010–11 [34] Scottish Premier League230201000260
2011–12 [35] Scottish First Division32120101 [lower-alpha 1] 0361
2012–13 [36] Scottish First Division331302000381
2013–14 [37] Scottish Championship 34110304 [lower-alpha 4] 0421
2014–15 [38] Scottish Premiership 233103000273
2015–16 [39] Scottish Premiership3000000030
Total2158130110502448
Career total4001819018019145619
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ↑ One Appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup and two in UEFA Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in Scottish Championship play-offs

Managerial statistics

As of match played 27 August 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Hamilton Academical (caretaker) Flag of Scotland.svg 9 January 201523 January 20153003210−8000.00
Hamilton Academical Flag of Scotland.svg 23 January 201529 January 2019176424490185294−109023.86
Sunderland (caretaker) Flag of England.svg 26 August 202230 August 2022100101−1000.00
Total180424494187305−118023.33

Honours

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