| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Nadé | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Montmorency, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2006 | Troyes AC | 51 | (7) |
| 2005 | → Le Havre (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Sheffield United | 25 | (3) |
| 2007–2010 | Hearts | 83 | (8) |
| 2010 | Alki Larnaca | 10 | (1) |
| 2011 | Samut Songkhram | (4) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| France U21 | 1 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:21, 25 May 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Christian Nadé (born 18 September 1984 in Montmorency) is a French professional football player of Ivorian descent who plays as a striker. He has played for Troyes AC, Le Havre, Sheffield United and Heart of Midlothian, he last played for Alki Larnaca in the Cypriot First Division and has also represented the France national under-21 football team. His agent is former Sheffield United striker Laurent D'Jaffo.
Despite being a striker, Nadé has never been a prolific goal scorer. Instead he uses his physical stature to play a targetman role, "holding up" the ball and linking up with team mates.
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Nadé was born in Montmorency, France. He came through the ranks at ES Troyes AC, and made his debut for ES Troyes on 19 January 2000 against RC Strasbourg in the French Championnat. While with ES Troyes, he spent a six-month loan spell at Le Havre.
He signed a three-year contract for Sheffield United on 27 June 2006 and scored on his debut for the club in a friendly against Rotherham United on 28 July after coming on as substitute for Rob Hulse in the 70th minute. He scored his first competitive goal for the Blades in a League Cup 2nd round tie against Bury at Bramall Lane on 19 September 2006. His first Premiership goal came on 30 December 2006 against Arsenal in a famous 1–0 win. It was the last goal of 2006 in English football. On 16 July 2007 Hull City confirmed that they had agreed a fee with Sheffield United for Nadé, believed to be in the region of £550,500, and were to hold talks with the striker.[1] Due to concerns over his long-term fitness Nadé was offered an incentive-based contract, which he refused and the move subsequently broke down.[2]
Nadé signed for SPL outfit Hearts in a three-year deal on 31 August 2007.[3] He made his debut on 3 September 2007 in a 2-0 victory over Motherwell at Fir Park and his first league goal came in a 4-2 home win over Falkirk on October 6, 2007. Neil Warnock, Nadé's manager at former club Sheffield United, declared his interest in signing the striker for Crystal Palace in June 2008.[4] His first season with the club was his most prolific as he scored five goals in total. Prior to the 2008-09 season Csaba László was appointed Hearts manager and due to injuries and fitness concerns during pre-season Nadé struggled to break into the starting line up with Jamie Mole being preferred as the lone-striker in László's newly implemented formation. However, after several appearances as a substitute he eventually established himself as first-choice striker and Mole was loaned out to Dunfermline Athletic in January for the remainder of the season. During October 2009, Nadé revealed that his club form had been affected by personal problems off the field.[5] Following a 2-0 defeat to Celtic in February 2010 he was involved in a dressing room bust-up with team mate Ian Black which resulted in the Frenchman being frozen out of the squad for approximately a month.[6] Nadé was released by Hearts at the end of the 2009–10 season.[7] This decision was disputed by Nade, who claimed he had agreed a new contract with the club.[7]
On 29 July 2010 Nadé signed a 3-year contract with the Cypriot side Alki Larnaca.[8]
After being on trial with TOT S.C. and Osotspa Saraburi during spring 2011, Nadé signed a contract with Thai Premier League side Samut Songkhram. He was officially unveiled in May 2011.[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sheffield United | 2006–07 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 28 | 4 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2007–08 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 27 | 5 |
| 2008–09 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 38 | 3 | |
| 2009–10 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
| Alki Larnaca | 2010-11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 3 |
| Total | 118 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 133 | 17 | |
Nade represented France at Under-21 level.