Grégory Tadé
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-09-02) 2 September 1986
Place of birth Nantes, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2003–2006 Orvault Sports
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Forfar Athletic 23 (3)
2007–2009 Stranraer 46 (17)
2009 Clyde 13 (0)
2009–2011 Raith Rovers 68 (13)
2011–2012 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 (9)
2012–2013 St Johnstone 36 (4)
2013–2015 CFR Cluj 50 (21)
2015–2016 Steaua București 24 (4)
2016–2017 Qatar SC 11 (11)
2017–2018 Maccabi Petah Tikva 25 (4)
2018 Dinamo București 0 (0)
2021–2022 Clyde 24 (1)
2022–2023 Cumbernauld Colts 22 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Grégory Tadé (born 2 September 1986) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Tadé started his senior career by featuring for various teams in Scotland, of which Inverness Caledonian Thistle and St Johnstone in the Scottish Premier League, where he amassed over 70 appearances combined.

After seven years in the latter country, Tadé moved to Romanian side CFR Cluj in 2013. He finished his second season at the team as the Liga I top goalscorer, which prompted a transfer to FC Steaua București. He failed to make an impact in the capital, and then spent his late years in Qatar, Israel and back in Scotland.

Career

Scotland

Tadé began his career with Orvault Sports Football in his native France, but moved to Scotland in 2006 to join Forfar Athletic.[1] He was not given a new contract at Forfar, and joined Stranraer in July 2007.[2] In a match with East Fife in January 2008, Tadé was the victim of racial abuse, with opposing player Kevin Fotheringham alleged to have made racist remarks in his direction.[3]

Tadé made the step up to the Scottish Football League First Division on 24 January 2009, signing for Clyde, after making 61 appearances in total for Stranraer, scoring 23 goals.[4] He made his debut on the same day, playing 75 minutes in Clyde's 2–0 victory over Ross County.[5] Tadé was released by Clyde in June 2009 along with the rest of the out of contract players, due to the club's financial position.[6] He went on to sign for newly promoted Raith Rovers.[7] He became a fan favourite and helped the club to the Scottish Cup semi-final and the next season to second place in the Scottish First Division.

Tadé refused contract offers by Raith Rovers at the end of the 2010–11 season and signed for Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[8][9] He made his Inverness debut against Motherwell at Fir Park on 23 July.[10]

Tadé signed for St Johnstone under freedom of contract in June 2012.[11] He scored his first goal for St Johnstone in their Europa League qualifier against Eskişehirspor on 26 July 2012.

Romania

In June 2013, Tadé penned down a three-year deal with Romanian team CFR Cluj.[12] Two years later, he moved to reigning Liga I champions FC Steaua București, but was unable to bring his form to the capital and only scored four times in the league during his only season at the club. On 19 July 2016, his contract was terminated and he became a free agent.[13]

Qatar SC and Maccabi Petah Tikva

On 20 July 2016, Tadé signed for Qatar Stars League side Qatar Sports Club.[14]

In November 2018, Tadé returned to Romania to join former rivals from Dinamo București. He only appeared in a exhibition loss to Concordia Chiajna, after which the club announced that he would undergo a medical intervention in Turkey. His contract was cancelled the following month, thus never featuring for Dinamo in an official match.

Return to Scotland

Tadé returned to Scottish football to sign on amateur terms with former club Clyde in July 2021.[15] On 3 May 2022, he was one of ten players released by Clyde at the end of the 2021–22 season.[16] Tadé joined Lowland League club Cumbernauld Colts in the summer of 2022.[17] On 19 May 2023, it was announced that he was to exit Cumbernauld Colts and retire from professional football.[18]

Personal life

Tadé is of Ivorian descent, and his cousin Armand Oné was also a professional footballer.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 May 2016[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Forfar Athletic 2006–07 23300–––233
Stranraer 2007–08 –––233
2008–09 1010––
Total 4617101000004817
Clyde (loan) 2008–09 13000–––130
Raith Rovers 2009–10 3258231––438
2010–11 3681043––4111
Total 6813927400008419
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2011–12 3693010––409
St Johnstone 2012–13 363212011–415
CFR Cluj 2013–14 22200–––222
2014–15 2718420030–3420
2015–16 11––––11
Total 5021420030005723
Steaua București 2015–16 244512161–377
Career total 296702461351020034383

Honours

Steaua București[20]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Frenchman agrees deal at Forfar". BBC Sport. 21 October 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  2. ↑ "New signing Tade makes impression". BBC Sport. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "Fotheringham appeals racism ban". BBC Sport. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "Tadé Transfer Completed". Clydefc.co.uk. 24 January 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "Clyde 2–0 Ross County". BBC Sport. 24 January 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  6. ↑ "Players Released". clydefc.co.uk. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
  7. ↑ "New Rovers Revealed". Raith Rovers FC. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  8. ↑ "Gregory Tade joins Inverness Caledonian Thistle". STV Sport. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "Inverness Caley Thistle snap up striker Gregory Tade". BBC Sport. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "Motherwell v Inverness". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  11. ↑ "St Johnstone sign Gregory Tade from SPL rivals Inverness". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  12. ↑ "Gregory Tade leaves St Johnstone for CFR Cluj". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  13. ↑ (in Romanian) Gregory Tade a rupt tăcerea după despărţirea de Steaua. Francezul i-a atacat pe Reghecampf şi Mihai Stoica şi a vorbit despre salariul său: "Nu am furat aceşti bani!". Prosport.ro. Retrieved on 21 January 2017.
  14. ↑ Gregory Tade a semnat un contract cu Qatar Sports | ROL.ro Archived 21 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Sport.rol.ro. Retrieved on 21 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "New Signing: Gregory Tade". Clyde F.C. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "Squad Update". Clyde FC. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  17. ↑ Banks, Ben (21 May 2022). "Former St Johnstone star joins Cumbernauld Colts after Clyde exit". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  18. ↑ "Tweet". Cumbernauld Colts FC. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  19. ↑ "Frenchman agrees deal at Forfar". BBC Sport. 21 October 2006. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  20. 1 2 Grégory Tadé at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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