Adam John Tann (born 12 May 1982) is an English

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who plays as a defender. He is a player-coach for Lowestoft Town.

Career

Born in

Fakenham Fakenham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the River Wensum, about north west of Norwich. The town is the junction of several local roads, including the A148 from King's Lynn to Cromer, the A1067 to Norwic ...

, Tann started his career with

Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They compete in EFL League one , the 3rd tier of the English football league system. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on N ...

, after being awarded a professional contract at the beginning of the 1999–2000 season. He made his debut in the

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defeat to

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, and remained in the reserve team until the first half of the 2001–02 season, when he appeared for the Cambridge side which finished bottom of the

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, and winless at home. Tann was to move to the Lilywhites of Cambridge City on loan, but otherwise stayed with United until 2005. He then signed for Gravesend & Northfleet, making one emergency appearance before moving back to the Football League with

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League (division), National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 2 ...

, where he scored on his debut against

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

in the

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. In January 2006, he signed for

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a professio ...

. Tann was diagnosed with testicular cancer in the autumn of 2006, but following a successful operation, he returned in the latter stages of the 2006–07 season. He scored an important goal in the club's history in a 2–0 away win against

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

to almost keep Orient safe of a place in

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for the 2007–08 season. Orient survived the next week against

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as results went their way. In May 2007 he rejected a new contract at Orient to re-join former club Notts County. His cousins

Ryan Jarvis Ryan Robert Jarvis (born 11 July 1986) is an English footballer who plays for side Leiston, where he plays as a midfielder. Club career Norwich City Born in Fakenham, Norfolk, Jarvis became Norwich City's youngest ever first-team player with ...

and

Rossi Jarvis Ross Anthony "Rossi" Jarvis (born 11 March 1988) is an English footballer who plays for side Leiston, where he plays as a defender. Club career Norwich City Jarvis began his career as a trainee with Norwich City, making history as the young ...

are also professional footballers. Ryan Jarvis was a teammate of Tann for a brief spell of the 2006/07 season, when Jarvis enjoyed a loan period at

. On 18 October, Tann was stretchered off Notts County's Game with Macclesfield with a suspected broken leg from a horrific tackle from Macclesfield Midfielder Gareth Evans. At the end of the 2008–09 season, Tann was released by Notts County. On 16 July 2009, Tann signed a one-year deal at

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outfit

Histon Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road (England), A14 road which r ...

. He left Histon at the end of the 2009–10 season and signed for

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team

Chelmsford City Chelmsford City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Currently members of they play at the Melbourne Stadium. History Chelmsford Chelmsford Football Club was established in 1878 by members of ...

. In late 2010, Adam was asked to sign a Chelmsford kit for a crazed fan of his in Australia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tann, Adam 1982 births People from Fakenham Living people Men's association football defenders English men's footballers Cambridge United F.C. players Cambridge City F.C. players Ebbsfleet United F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Histon F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Bury Town F.C. players Leiston F.C. players St Neots Town F.C. players A.F.C. Sudbury players Lowestoft Town F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Norfolk