Chris Cadden

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Chris Cadden
Personal information
Full name Christopher Cadden [1]
Date of birth (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Hibernian
Number 12
Youth career
2006–2014 Motherwell
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Club career

Motherwell

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.

Columbus Crew SC

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]

Loan to Oxford United

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]

Return to Columbus

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]

Hibernian

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]

International career

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]

Personal life

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 15 May 2024 [15]
ClubSeasonLeagueDomestic Cup [a] [b] [c] League Cup [d] [e] ContinentalOther [f] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Motherwell 2013–14 [37] Scottish Premiership 30000000—30
2014–15 [38] Scottish Premiership300000000030
2015–16 [39] Scottish Premiership2021000——212
2016–17 [40] Scottish Premiership3631052——425
2017–18 [41] Scottish Premiership3304084——454
2018–19 [42] Scottish Premiership2010050——251
Total115660186000013912
Albion Rovers (loan) 2014–15 [38] Scottish League Two 1020000—00102
Columbus Crew SC 2019 [43] MLS 0000———00
2020 [44] MLS80— [g] 20—10110
Total8000200010110
Oxford United (loan) 2019–20 [43] League One 2102000—00230
Hibernian 2020–21 [44] Scottish Premiership1001010——120
2021–22 [45] Scottish Premiership282412000—343
2022–23 [46] Scottish Premiership3711040——421
2023–24 [47] Scottish Premiership101200000—121
Total854817000—1005
Career total23912161276001028318
  1. ↑ All appearances in the Scottish Cup
  2. ↑ All appearances in the FA Cup
  3. ↑ All appearances in the U.S. Open Cup
  4. ↑ All appearances in the Scottish League Cup
  5. ↑ All appearances in the MLS Playoffs
  6. ↑ Includes ALL appearances in the MLS is Back Tournament
  7. ↑ The 2020 U.S. Open Cup was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic

International

As of 2 June 2018 [48]
Scotland
YearAppsGoals
2018 20
Total20

Honours

Albion Rovers

Columbus Crew

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