Maxie McCann
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James "Maxie" McCann is a former soccer player from Dublin, Ireland.
He played for Shamrock Rovers F.C. as a winger. He played in European competition for the Milltown club, famously scoring in a 3-2 defeat for Rovers against Manchester United in a 1957 European Cup Preliminary Round tie at Old Trafford. This goal was the first ever scored in European competition by a player representing an Irish club. In total he made 2 appearances for Rovers in Europe.
He won his one and only senior cap for the Republic of Ireland national football team on 25th November 1956, scoring the third goal in a 3-0 win over world champions Germany at Dalymount Park.
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