Steven Cann (born 20 January 1988) is a South African-born

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

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who plays for

Welsh Premier League The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 20 ...

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Port Talbot Town Port Talbot Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl Droed Port Talbot) is a Welsh association football, football club from Port Talbot. It was founded in 1901 as Port Talbot Athletic, one of the first clubs in the country. The club plays in the Arda ...

Club career

Having started his career at

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 1884 ...

, Cann was released in June 2007. After his release by Derby, Cann joined

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...

on 31 July 2007, after impressing in a trial. He played his first game for the Millers in a 3-0 FA Cup loss to

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. In his next game for the Millers, in the

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Northern Semi-Final against

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, Cann saved 2 penalties in a 4–2 shoot out win, including saving one with his groin, enabling the Millers to progress to the Northern Final. Cann was released by Rotherham at the end of the 2008–09 season, joining

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Aberystwyth Town Aberystwyth Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-Droed Tref Aberystwyth) is a Welsh semi-professional Association football, football team, currently playing in the Cymru Premier, the top tier of football in Wales. They are the only top flight men ...

, making his debut in a 4–0 win over

Caersws Caersws ( cy, Caersŵs; ) is a village and community on the River Severn, in the Welsh county of Powys (Montgomeryshire) west of Newtown, and halfway between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury. It has a station on the Cambrian Line from Aberystwyth ...

on the opening day of the season. Having previously been with the club on a non-contract basis, Cann signed a permanent contract with Aberystwyth on 4 December 2009. Manager Alan Morgan praised Cann's form stating: "''Steve, in my eyes, is the best goalkeeper in the Welsh Premier.''" In his first year with the club, Cann made 29 league appearances before an injury ruled him out for the final month of the season. Following a two-season spell with

Carmarthen Town Carmarthen Town Association Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Tref Caerfyrddin) is a Welsh semi-professional football club based in Carmarthen. The team play their home games at Richmond Park. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit ...

, Cann joined fellow

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International career

Cann has represented Wales Under 19 and was called to the under 19 squad for the 2006

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. He is eligible to play for three countries

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

and

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. On 8 September 2009, Cann made his debut for the Wales semi-professional side as a substitute during a 2–1 defeat to Poland.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cann, Steven 1988 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Welsh men's footballers Wales men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Derby County F.C. players Rotherham United F.C. players Aberystwyth Town F.C. players Carmarthen Town A.F.C. players Port Talbot Town F.C. players English Football League players Cymru Premier players White South African people South African men's soccer players South African emigrants to the United Kingdom