External links
- Chris Cadden at Soccerbase
- Chris Cadden at Soccerway
- Chris Cadden at the Scottish Football Association
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Cadden [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hibernian | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2014 | Motherwell | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2019 | Motherwell | 115 | (6) |
| 2015 | → Albion Rovers (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Columbus Crew | 8 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Oxford United (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2021– | Hibernian | 96 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2018 | Scotland U21 | 12 | (1) |
| 2018 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:30, 16 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:22, 27 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
Christopher Cadden (born 19 September 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. Cadden, who is a product of the Motherwell Academy, made his first full international appearance for Scotland in May 2018.
Cadden made his Motherwell debut as a substitute in a 4–1 win against Hearts on 1 March 2014. [2] On 6 March 2015, Cadden joined Scottish League Two club Albion Rovers on loan until the end of the season. [3] Cadden scored his first career goal on 4 April 2015, as Albion Rovers beat Berwick Rangers 2–0, [4] and another in Albion Rovers' league-winning match against Clyde. His loan spell concluded with the club being promoted as divisional winners. [5] On 30 January 2016, Cadden scored his first goal for Motherwell in a 2–2 draw away to Dundee. [6] In March 2016, he signed a new contract with the club to run until the summer of 2018. [7] By now establishing himself in the first team, he also contributed to Motherwell's Under-20s winning the Scottish Youth Cup for the first time. [5] [8] Cadden signed another contract with Motherwell in November 2016, extending its term by another year. [9] He played in the finals of the 2017–18 [10] League Cup and the 2017–18 Scottish Cup, [11] both of which resulted in 2–0 defeats for Motherwell at the hands of Celtic.
On 23 July 2019, free agent Cadden signed for Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew SC; it was announced that he would be immediately loaned to English club Oxford United and would join the Crew in advance of the 2020 season. [12] Motherwell stated they would negotiate for a training compensation fee, due to no formal arrangement being in place with MLS in respect of clubs which had developed a young player receiving a payment when they left out of contract. [13]
Cadden made his Oxford debut in a 1–1 draw at Sunderland on the opening day of the 2019–20 season. [14] During Cadden's loan spell, he made 21 appearances for Oxford and was widely considered one of the best right backs in EFL League One. [15] Oxford manager Karl Robinson looked to make the loan permanent, but had its advances rejected by the Crew. [16]
Cadden started the 2020 season as depth at both the wing and wing-back positions, but was widely considered the successor to 33-year-old Ghanaian Harrison Afful. [17] Cadden made his debut for the Crew against New York City FC in the first game of the season. [18] He came on in the 87th minute for fellow debutante Lucas Zelarayán. [18] In December 2020 he was part of the squad that won the MLS Cup. In January, it was reported that Cadden would likely leave the club in a bid to gain more playing time; it was noted that his transition to America was made difficult by the COVID-19 pandemic. [19] Cadden was linked with a return to Great Britain with Hibernian, Aberdeen, and Oxford United. [20]
On 15 January 2021, Cadden returned home to Scotland, signing for Hibernian on a two-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee. [21] He signed a new contract with Hibs in August 2022, which is due to run until the end of the 2024–25 season. [22] Cadden suffered an achilles tendon injury during the last game of the 2022–23 season, which prevented him from playing for several months. [23] [24] He made his first appearance since the injury on 10 February 2024, in a Scottish Cup tie against Inverness. [25]
In August 2016, Cadden was named in the Scotland under-21 squad for the first time ahead of the European Under-21 Championship qualifiers against Macedonia and Ukraine, receiving the call having initially been left out the squad. [26] He made his debut against Ukraine on 6 September 2016. [27]
On 17 May 2018, Cadden was called up to the Scotland squad for the first time ahead of their friendlies against Peru and Mexico; [28] [29] he made his full Scotland debut on 29 May, in a 2–0 defeat to Peru. [30]
His twin brother, Nicky, is also a professional footballer; [31] he too plays for Hibernian after moving from Barnsley in 2024. [32] The brothers attended Our Lady's High School, Motherwell, one year group ahead of fellow footballer Kieran Tierney. [33] [34] Their father Steve also won a lower division title with Albion Rovers [35] [36] and appeared in a Youth Cup final for Motherwell. [5]
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup [a] [b] [c] | League Cup [d] [e] | Continental | Other [f] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Motherwell | 2013–14 [37] | Scottish Premiership | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 [38] | Scottish Premiership | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 [39] | Scottish Premiership | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17 [40] | Scottish Premiership | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 42 | 5 | |||
| 2017–18 [41] | Scottish Premiership | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | — | — | 45 | 4 | |||
| 2018–19 [42] | Scottish Premiership | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| Total | 115 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 12 | ||
| Albion Rovers (loan) | 2014–15 [38] | Scottish League Two | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| Columbus Crew SC | 2019 [43] | MLS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020 [44] | MLS | 8 | 0 | — [g] | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Oxford United (loan) | 2019–20 [43] | League One | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Hibernian | 2020–21 [44] | Scottish Premiership | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 [45] | Scottish Premiership | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23 [46] | Scottish Premiership | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 [47] | Scottish Premiership | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| Total | 85 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 100 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 239 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 283 | 18 | ||
| Scotland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
