Cameron McJannet
{{Short description|English footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Cameron McJannet
|image =
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|full_name = Cameron Allan McJannet{{cite web|url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/9edd2ed0-6c4a-11ef-9965-335248f7bb41.pdf|title=Squad List 2024/25 & U21 Registered Contract Players|website=EFL|accessdate=3 October 2024}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|9|6|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Cameron McJannett |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/cameron-mcjannett/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=27 June 2024 |language=en}}
|birth_place = Milton Keynes, England
|height =
|position = Defender
|currentclub = Grimsby Town
|clubnumber = 17
|youthyears1 = 2009–2016
|youthclubs1 = Luton Town
|youthyears2 = 2016–2018
|youthclubs2 = Stoke City
|years1 = 2018–2020
|clubs1 = Stoke City
|caps1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2018–2019
|clubs2 = → Curzon Ashton (loan)
|caps2 = 35
|goals2 = 3
|years3 = 2020–2024
|clubs3 = Derry City
|caps3 = 127
|goals3 = 9
|years4 = 2024–
|clubs4 = Grimsby Town
|caps4 = 41
|goals4 = 2
|club-update = 16:40, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
}}
Cameron Allan McJannet (born 6 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for {{English football updater|GrimsbyT}} club Grimsby Town.
Career
=Stoke City=
Born in Milton Keynes, and growing up in Leighton Buzzard,{{Cite web|url=https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/football/luton-town/ex-stoke-city-defender-cameron-mcjannet-relishing-derry-city-return-3093844|title=Ex Stoke City defender Cameron McJannet relishing Derry City return}} McJannet began his career at Luton Town at under-9 level, being sold to Stoke City in August 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/2016/august/cameron-sold-to-stoke-city/|title=CAMERON SOLD TO STOKE CITY|website=www.lutontown.co.uk}} At Stoke, he lived in the same apartment block as Harry Souttar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/derry-city-ace-cameron-mcjannet-28685074|title=Derry ace McJannet recalls watching Love Island with Australian World Cup star|first=Mark|last=McCadden|date=8 December 2022|website=Irish Mirror}} He played on loan at Curzon Ashton.
=Derry City=
After being released from Stoke, he signed for the Irish club Derry City in August 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.derrycityfc.net/2020/08/mcjannet-bolsters-defensive-ranks/|title=McJannet Bolsters Defensive Ranks|date=21 August 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/cameron-mcjannett-stoke-derry-city-4470707|title=Released Stoke defender makes 'hugely impressive' debut|first=Chris|last=Watson|date=30 August 2020|website=Stoke on Trent Live}} He eventually made 142 appearances (including over 50 as captain), and scored twice in the 2022 FAI Cup final.{{Cite web|url=https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/football/grimsby-towns-new-signing-cameron-mcjannet-forever-grateful-to-derry-city-4674134|title=Grimsby Town's new signing Cameron McJannet 'forever grateful' to Derry City}} He said that the club not winning the 2023 League of Ireland title was a "missed opportunity".{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/footballsoccer/2023/10/25/news/derry_city-3728715/|title=Derry City's Cameron McJannet rues the one that got away|date=25 October 2023|website=The Irish News}}
In March 2024, he stated he did not want to leave the club,{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-41348084.html|title=Northern exposure sees Cameron McJannet feeling right at home in Derry|first=John|last=Fallon|date=7 March 2024|website=Irish Examiner}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/derry-city-ace-no-plans-32300690|title=Derry ace has no plans to leave, thanks to lure of Europe and title challenges|first=Mark|last=McCadden|date=7 March 2024|website=Irish Mirror}} as he enjoyed the "banter" of being an Englishman in Ireland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/i-get-quite-a-bit-of-banter-cameron-mcjannet-enjoying-life-as-an-englishman-in-derry/a451739751.html|title='I get quite a bit of banter' – Cameron McJannet enjoying life as an Englishman in Derry|date=7 March 2024|website=Irish Independent}}
=Grimsby Town=
He returned to England in June 2024, signing for Grimsby Town for a "substantial" transfer fee.{{Cite web|url=https://www.derryjournal.com/sport/football/derry-city/derry-city-and-grimsby-agree-substantial-fee-for-cameron-mcjannet-4669314|title=Derry City and Grimsby agree substantial fee for Cameron McJannet}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2llw1555j7o|title=Cameron McJannet: Grimsby Town sign Derry City defender|date=20 June 2024|website=BBC Sport}} McJannet made his first appearance for the club in Grimsby's first league match away to Fleetwood Town.{{Cite web |date=10 August 2024 |title=MATCH REPORT {{!}} FLEETWOOD TOWN 1–0 GRIMSBY TOWN – Grimsby Town Football Club |url=https://gtfc.co.uk/match-report-fleetwood-town-1-0-grimsby-town/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |website=gtfc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 3 May 2025}}{{Soccerway|459462|access-date=27 February 2025}}{{soccerbase|96572}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes FAI Cup & FA Cup}} !colspan="2"|EFL Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Stoke City U21
|2017–18 |colspan="3"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|name="EFT"|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Curzon Ashton (loan)
|colspan="1"|National League North |35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | |||
| Stoke City
|colspan="1"|Championship |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="6"|Derry City
|2020 |rowspan="5"|LOI Premier Division |9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2021
|33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 | ||
| 2022
|34 | 2 | 5 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League|name=statsUECL}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4 | ||
| 2023
|30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6{{efn|Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League|name=statsUECL}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| 2024
|21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!127 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 11 | |
| Grimsby Town
|colspan="1"|League Two |41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name="EFT"}} | 0 | 45 | 3 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!203 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 227 | 17 |
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References
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:League of Ireland players
Category:Luton Town F.C. players
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:Curzon Ashton F.C. players
Category:Derry City F.C. players
Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players