Grégory Tadé (born 2 September 1986) is a French former professional

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who played as a

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. Tadé started his senior career by featuring for various teams in Scotland, of which

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and

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in the

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, where he amassed over 70 appearances combined. After seven years in the latter country, Tadé moved to Romanian side

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in 2013. He finished his second season at the team as the

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top goalscorer, which prompted a transfer to

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. He failed to make an impact in the

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, 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. He was not given a new contract at Forfar, and joined

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in July 2007. In a match with East Fife in January 2008, Tadé was the victim of

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, with opposing player

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alleged to have made racist remarks in his direction. Tadé made the step up to the

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on 24 January 2009, signing for Clyde, after making 61 appearances in total for Stranraer, scoring 23 goals. He made his debut on the same day, playing 75 minutes in Clyde's 2–0 victory over Ross County. 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. He went on to sign for newly promoted

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. 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

. He made his Inverness debut against

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on 23 July. Tadé signed for

under freedom of contract in June 2012. 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

. Two years later, he moved to reigning

champions

, but was unable to bring his form to the

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

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Prosport.ro. Retrieved on 21 January 2017.

Qatar SC and Maccabi Petah Tikva

On 20 July 2016, Tadé signed for

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side

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. In November 2018, Tadé returned to Romania to join former

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from

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. He only appeared in an

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loss to

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, 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. On 3 May 2022, he was one of ten players released by Clyde at the end of the 2021–22 season. Tadé joined

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club Cumbernauld Colts in the summer of 2022. On 19 May 2023, it was announced that he was to exit Cumbernauld Colts and retire from professional football.

Personal life

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

Career statistics

Honours

Steaua București *

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: 2015–16 Individual *

top scorer: 2014–15

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tade, Gregory 1986 births Living people French sportspeople of Ivorian descent Black French sportspeople French men's footballers Footballers from Nantes Men's association football forwards Scottish Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players Scottish Premier League players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Liga I players CFR Cluj players FCSB players FC Dinamo București players Qatari Second Division players Qatar SC players Israeli Premier League players Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Israel French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland French expatriate sportspeople in Romania French expatriate sportspeople in Israel Lowland Football League players Cumbernauld Colts F.C. players 21st-century French sportsmen