PLAYER PROFILE / Central Midfield
Ali McCann.
Preston North End · Northern Ireland
TM 450714 · Current player profileAge today26
Recorded moves7
Peak recorded value€2.80m
Current market value€2.20m
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- Alistair Edward McCann
- Born
- 04 Dec 1999
- Nationality
- Northern Ireland
- Position
- Central Midfield
- Preferred foot
- right
- Height
- 176
- Joined current club
- 31 Aug 2021
- Contract expires
- 30 Jun 2029
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- St. Johnstone FCLast recorded move · 31 Aug 2021
- Stranraer FCLast recorded move · 05 May 2019
- St. Johnstone FC U20Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2017
- St. Johnstone FC U17Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2016
- St. Johnstone FC YouthLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2014
- Hutchison Vale BCLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2012
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2026 | 26 | Preston North End | €2.20m |
| 03 Dec 2025 | 25 | Preston North End | €2.20m |
| 27 May 2025 | 25 | Preston North End | €2.20m |
| 30 Dec 2024 | 25 | Preston North End | €2.20m |
| 24 May 2024 | 24 | Preston North End | €2.20m |
| 21 Dec 2023 | 24 | Preston North End | €2.20m |
| 01 Jun 2023 | 23 | Preston North End | €2.80m |
| 27 Oct 2022 | 22 | Preston North End | €2.50m |
| 13 May 2022 | 22 | Preston North End | €1.50m |
| 24 Nov 2021 | 21 | Preston North End | €1.20m |
| 28 Jun 2021 | 21 | St. Johnstone FC | €1.20m |
| 18 Jan 2021 | 21 | St. Johnstone FC | €700k |
| 21 Jul 2020 | 20 | St. Johnstone FC | €600k |
| 05 Feb 2020 | 20 | St. Johnstone FC | €300k |
| 20 Aug 2019 | 19 | St. Johnstone FC | €50k |
| 03 Jan 2019 | 19 | St. Johnstone FC | €50k |
| 08 Aug 2018 | 18 | St. Johnstone FC | €50k |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2021 | St. Johnstone FC | Preston North End | Transfer | €1.40m |
| 05 May 2019 | Stranraer FC | St. Johnstone FC | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 14 Feb 2019 | St. Johnstone FC | Stranraer FC | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 01 Jul 2017 | St. Johnstone FC U20 | St. Johnstone FC | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2016 | St. Johnstone FC U17 | St. Johnstone FC U20 | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2014 | St. Johnstone FC Youth | St. Johnstone FC U17 | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2012 | Hutchison Vale BC | St. Johnstone FC Youth | Transfer | Free |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.