Chris Gadi

Chris Gadi
Trophee des Champions 2011
Personal information
Full name Chris Gadi N'Kiasala[1]
Date of birth (1992-04-09) 9 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Ris Orangis, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2000–2004 Grigny
2004–2006 Linas-Montlhéry
2006–2007 Viry-Châtillon
2007–2009 Marseille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Marseille B
2011–2013 Marseille 5 (0)
2012–2013 → Boulogne (loan) 21 (6)
2013–2014 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 29 (7)
2014–2015 Beroe Stara Zagora 19 (2)
2015–2016 Atlético CP 1 (0)
2016–2017 Spartak Pleven 23 (12)
2017–2019 Septemvri Sofia 52 (13)
2019 Petrojet SC 10 (1)
2019–2020 Etar 6 (0)
2020 Al-Mujazzal 8 (1)
2020–2021 Olympic Charleroi 3 (2)
2021 Montana 6 (0)
2021–2022 Egnatia 7 (0)
2022 Tilikratis
International career
2008–2009 France U17 12 (2)
2009 France U18 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2019

Chris Gadi N'Kiasala (born 9 April 1992) is a French professional footballer. He plays as a winger, is equally comfortable playing on both right and the left winger positions.[3]

Career

Early career

Gadi first started playing for his local side Grigny, before playing for Linas-Montlhéry and Viry-Châtillon at age 13 and 14 respectively.[4] Marseille signed Gadi to train with them at age 15, despite interest from other Ligue 1 clubs. However, Marseille was the club that Gadi's father supported, thus the decision.[5] He signed his first professional contract in 2011,[6] and he made his professional debut on 17 December 2011 in a 2–1 win over Lorient, coming on for Jordan Ayew.[7] He was loaned to Boulogne in 2012 under the auspices of various coaches at Marseille. Upon return, he stated he wished to progress his career with Marseille.[8] However, he was released following the Boulogne loan.

Despite interest from Doncaster Rovers in the Championship, Gadi and the Doncaster representatives failed to reach an agreement, so he signed with Lokomotiv Plovdiv in Bulgaria.[9]

Septemvri Sofia

On 18 June 2017, Gadi signed with the newly promoted to Bulgarian First League team of Septemvri Sofia, coming from Spartak Pleven.[10] He made his debut for the team in the second round of the league during a win against Pirin Blagoevgrad.[11]

Olympic Charleroi

In August 2020 he joined Belgian First Amateur Division club Olympic Charleroi.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 April 2019[3]
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Marseille 2011–12 Ligue 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2012–13 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Boulogne (loan) 2012–13 National 19 6 2 0 – – 21 6
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2013–14 A Group 22 4 7 3 – – 29 7
Beroe Stara Zagora 2014–15 16 2 3 0 – – 19 2
Atlético CP 2015–16 LigaPro 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Spartak Pleven 2016–17 Second League 22 11 1 1 – – 23 12
Septemvri Sofia 2017–18 First League 31 7 2 1 – – 33 8
2018–19 18 5 1 0 – – 19 5
Petrojet 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League 7 1 0 0 – – 7 1
Career statistics 138 36 17 5 0 0 1 0 156 41

International career

Gadi is a France youth international having represented his nation at under-17 and under-18 level. He played with the under-17 team at the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. His father is a fan of Marseille and, subsequently, named his son after former Marseille player and England international Chris Waddle.[5]

Honours

Marseille

References

  1. ^ "Chris Gadi Eurosport Profile". Yahoo!. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Chris Gadi Footmercato Profile". FootMercato. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b Gadi Stats
  4. ^ Jonathan Sberro (25 April 2010). "Entretien avec… Chris Gadi : " L'OM, ça ne se refuse pas ! "" (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Chris Gadi droit au but". Le Parisien (in French). 4 March 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  6. ^ Maxime Deloffre (25 June 2012). "OM : Diawara tente d'atténuer la polémique mais demeure méfiant" (in French). Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Marseille v. Lorient Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 17 December 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  8. ^ Sébastien Denis (24 November 2012). "Entretien avec… Chris Gadi : " Prêt à revenir à l'OM pour casser la baraque"" (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  9. ^ Zahir Oussadi (15 April 2019). "EXCLU : Chris Gadi : " J'étais le seul dans la cour de récré avec le maillot de l'OM "" (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Септември взе бивш играч на Локо Пд и Берое" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 18 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Стабилен Септември победи Пирин в Благоевград". Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  12. ^ Carlier, Cyrille (22 August 2020). "L'Olympic recrute Chris Gadi, un ancien attaquant de l'OM!" (in French). lanouvellegazette.sudinfo.be. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Résultat et résumé Lille - Marseille, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Mercredi 27 Juillet 2011". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.