Full name Martin Canning Years Team Weight 75 kg Name Martin Canning Date joined 2008 | Playing position Role Football player Number 5 Height 1.90 m | |
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Date of birth (1981-12-03) 3 December 1981 (age 34) Similar People Ali Crawford, Michael McGovern, Ziggy Gordon, Alex Neil, Jason Scotland | ||
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Martin Canning (born 3 December 1981) is a Scottish football coach and former player, who is the manager of Scottish Premiership side Hamilton Academical. Canning has previously played for Ross County, Peterhead, Gretna and Hibernian.
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- Playing career
- Coaching career
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Playing career
Canning became Gretna's record signing in January 2006 after joining from Ross County in a £60,000 deal. 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.
His contract with Gretna was terminated by mutual consent on 31 January 2008 due to the ensuing financial crisis at Gretna. Canning had to waive money he was due by Gretna to ensure that he was released from his contract and he was subsequently named in a creditors list published by Gretna's administrator in April 2008.
In February 2008, Canning signed a 16-month contract on 16 February 2008 with Hibernian after impressing in two reserve games while on trial. Canning made 12 league appearances for Hibs, but was released on 1 September 2008 to make way for new signing Souleymane Bamba. Canning then signed for Hamilton Academical on the same day.
Canning started coaching Hamilton's under-17 team, while continuing his playing career, in the 2012–13 season. He signed a new one-year contract with Hamilton in May 2013. 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, Canning extended his playing contract by another year in May 2016.
Coaching career
Canning became temporary player-caretaker manager of Hamilton Academical in January 2015 despite not winning any of his games while in temporary charge , after Alex Neil left to join Norwich City. He was appointed manager on a permanent basis later in January, despite having lost all three matches as caretaker manager. Hamilton finished 11th in the 2016–17 Scottish Premiership, then avoided relegation by winning a play-off against Dundee United.