Chris Cadden

Christopher Cadden (born 19 September 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew SC. Cadden, who is a product of the Motherwell Academy, made his first full international appearance for Scotland in May 2018.

Chris Cadden
Personal information
Full name Christopher Cadden[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Playing position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Columbus Crew SC
Number 2
Youth career
2006–2014 Motherwell
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 Motherwell 115 (6)
2015 → Albion Rovers (loan) 10 (2)
2019– Columbus Crew SC 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Oxford United (loan) 21 (0)
National team‡
2016–2018 Scotland U21 12 (1)
2018– Scotland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2018

Career

Club

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]

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.[14] Cadden made his debut for the Crew against New York City FC in the first game of the season.[15] He came on in the 87th minute for fellow debutante Lucas Zelarayán.[15]

Oxford United

Cadden made his Oxford debut in a 1–1 draw at Sunderland on the opening day of the 2019–20 season.[16] During Cadden's loan spell, he made 21 appearances for Oxford and was widely considered one of the best left backs in EFL League One.[17] Oxford manager Karl Robinson looked to make the loan permanent, but had its advances rejected by the Crew.[18] This brewed controversy between the fans of the two teams debating whether Oxford United or Columbus was the better destination for the Scottish International.

International

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.[19] He made his debut against Ukraine on 6 September 2016.[20]

On 17 May 2018, Cadden was called up to the Scotland squad for the first time ahead of their friendlies against Peru and Mexico;[21][22] he made his full Scotland debut on 29 May, in a 2–0 defeat to Peru.[23]

Personal life

His twin brother, Nicky, is also a professional footballer.[24] The brothers attended Our Lady's High School, Motherwell, one year group ahead of fellow footballer Kieran Tierney.[25][26] Their father Steve also won a lower division title with Albion Rovers[27][28] and appeared in a Youth Cup final for Motherwell.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 17 September 2019[29]
Club Season League Domestic Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Motherwell 2013–14[30] Scottish Premiership 30000000–30
2014–15[31] 300000000030
2015–16[32] 2021000––212
2016–17[33] 3631052––425
2017–18[34] 3304084––454
2018–19[35] 2010050––251
Total 115660186000013912
Albion Rovers (loan) 2014–15[31] Scottish League Two 1020000––102
Columbus Crew SC 2019 MLS 0000–––00
Oxford United (loan) 2019–20[36] League One 900000–0090
Career total 134860186000015814
  1. All appearances in the Scottish Cup
  2. All appearances in the Scottish League Cup

International
As of 2 June 2018[37]
Scotland
YearAppsGoals
201820
Total20

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Oxford United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 52. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. "Motherwell 4–1 Hearts". BBC Sport. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  3. "Cadden joins Rovers on loan". Motherwell F.C. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  4. "Albion 2–0 Berwick". BBC Sport. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  5. "Chris Cadden: Dad lost Youth Cup final with Motherwell – I'm out to go one better". Evening Times. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  6. Davie, Scott (30 January 2016). "Dundee 2–2 Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  7. "Mark McGhee: Motherwell starlet Chris Cadden has a bright future". Evening Times. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  8. "Dom Thomas looks to Motherwell future after cup success". The Evening Times. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  9. "Cadden signs new deal with Motherwell". SPFL. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  10. "Motherwell 0 – 2 Celtic". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  11. "Celtic 2 – 0 Motherwell". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  12. Murphy, Pat (23 July 2019). "Crew sign midfielder Chris Cadden; loan him for remainder of 2019". MassiveReport.com. SB Nation. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  13. Motherwell: Chris Cadden move to MLS could cost club 280,000 euros, BBC Sport, 22 July 2019
  14. Myers, Jacob. "Crew's Chris Cadden pushing himself in reserve role". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  15. "Columbus Crew vs. New York City". MLS.
  16. Williams, Chris (3 August 2019). "REPORT Sunderland 1 Oxford United 1". Oxford United F.C. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  17. "Scotland - C. Cadden - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  18. "Chris Cadden bids farewell to Oxford United as Columbus Crew trigger recall". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  19. "Scotland U21s: Cadden & Hendrie replace Macleod & McFadzean". BBC Sport. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  20. "Ukraine U21 4 – 0 Scotland U21: Hearts' John Souttar sent off". The Scotsman. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  21. "Chris Cadden gets Scotland call". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  22. "Chris Cadden: Scotland add Motherwell midfielder to squad for friendlies". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  23. Lamont, Alasdair (30 May 2018). "Peru 2–0 Scotland". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  24. Mackenzie, Alasdair (21 September 2017). "Caddens on the rise as twins Nicky and Chris celebrate 21st birthday on the pitch for Livingston and Motherwell". The Herald. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  25. "Chris Cadden hopes to beat old school pal Kieran Tierney". The Scotsman. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  26. "Cadden clan descend on Hampden Park as Chris aims to upset Celtic". The Daily Telegraph. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  27. Mullen, Scott (24 January 2016). "Chris Cadden savours family day out at Motherwell". Evening Times. Glasgow. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  28. "Steve Cadden". Post War English & Scottish Football League A-Z Players Transfer Database. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  29. Chris Cadden at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  30. "Games played by Chris Cadden in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  31. "Games played by Chris Cadden in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  32. "Games played by Chris Cadden in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  33. "Games played by Chris Cadden in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  34. "Games played by Chris Cadden in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  35. "Games played by Chris Cadden in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  36. "Games played by Chris Cadden in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  37. Chris Cadden at National-Football-Teams.com
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