Eugène Dadi

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::summary Ivorian footballer (born 1973) ::

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Field	Value
name	Eugène Dadi
image
full_name	Eugène Buhame Dadi
birth_date
birth_place	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
height	1.88 m
position	Striker
youthyears1	1987-1988
youthclubs1	Paris UC
youthyears2	1988-1992
youthclubs2	Sochaux
years1	1993–1995
years2	1995–1996
years3	1996–2000
years4	2000–2001
years5	2001–2002
years6	2002–2003
years7	2003–2005
years8	2005
years9	2006
years10	2006–2008
years11	2008–2010
years12	2009
years13	2010
years14	2010–2011
years15	2011–2012
clubs1	Laval
clubs2	Sète 34
clubs3	LASK
clubs4	Toulouse
clubs5	Aberdeen
clubs6	Livingston
clubs7	Tranmere Rovers
clubs8	Nottingham Forest
clubs9	→ Notts County (loan)
clubs10	Hapoel Acre
clubs11	Perth Glory
clubs12	→ Vaduz (loan)
clubs13	Wellington Phoenix
clubs14	Persibo Bojonegoro
clubs15	Manado United
caps1	22
caps2	17
caps3	52
caps4	3
caps5	33
caps6	25
caps7	86
caps8	6
caps9	11
caps10	3
caps11	22
caps12	8
caps13	10
caps14	18
caps15	11
goals1	3
goals2	2
goals3	10
goals4	0
goals5	5
goals6	3
goals7	28
goals8	0
goals9	2
goals10	0
goals11	10
goals12	1
goals13	5
goals14	3
goals15	2
totalcaps	305
totalgoals	71
nationalyears1	2000
nationalteam1	Ivory Coast
nationalcaps1	2
nationalgoals1	0
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Career

Sochaux

Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Dadi attended the football academy at French Division 1 team FC Sochaux as a teenager.

Stade Lavallois

Dadi played until 1992 when his father died. At this point he decided to quit professional football for two years. Dadi played his first professional football at French Ligue 2 team Stade Lavallois in 1994.

LASK

After being spotted playing park football on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion, where he had a job working in real estate, Dadi was signed to Austrian club LASK.

Aberdeen

Dadi spent one season at Aberdeen that in terms of scoring goals was not great. However, he was a firm fans' favourite and had become somewhat of a cult hero with Aberdeen fans. This was due to his last name, which inspired the popular terrace chant of "Who's your, who's your, who's your feckin Dadi?."

Tranmere Rovers

Dadi had two seasons on the Wirral with Tranmere Rovers. He played up front and scored 28 goals. In his first season in 2002–03 he finished the club's top scorer, scoring goals against Notts County and Chesterfield. He also scored the first goal against Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup third round replay at the Reebok Stadium, a game which Tranmere Rovers won 2–1. In his second season, he helped Rovers finish in the play-offs and was a regular up front with Iain Hume. He was known for wearing his hair in a "pineapple" shape. He left the club in the summer and joined Nottingham Forest.

Perth Glory

Dadi trialled with Perth in November 2007, but was denied an opportunity to join Perth Glory, when his previous club Hapoel Acre failed to release him during the transfer window. He took part in the Glory's post-season tour of China and impressed coaching staff enough to offer him a permanent contract with the club. Dadi's first A-League goal with the club came in the second match of the 2008–09 A-League season, against Newcastle United Jets at Members Equity Stadium in Perth. Dadi rose to meet a cross from team mate Amaral, putting the header past goalkeeper Ante Covic. His next two goals were against Sydney FC, where Perth were defeated by 5–2.

Dadi scored a late winner to beat Wellington Phoenix 1–0 and a late penalty which he had to retake to equalise against Newcastle Jets to keep the Glory within touch of the A-League top four. On 6 December, Dadi scored two goals in four minutes in Perth Glory's 3–1 win over Melbourne Victory. In Glory's match against the Victory in January, Dadi again scored twice to lead Glory to a 3–2 victory. He re-signed with the club until the end of the 2009–10 season, however, he missed the last two games of Perth's 2008–09 season to begin a five-month loan at Swiss Super League side FC Vaduz.

Wellington Phoenix

Dadi left Perth Glory due to lack of game time, and signed with the Wellington Phoenix. He made his debut on 9 January against the Brisbane Roar where he scored two goals, including a spectacular bicycle kick which earned him the Phone-Nix Player of the Day. His bicycle kick goal was nominated for A-League Goal of the Year for that season. Dadi scored again a week later against North Queensland Fury, when he headed in from a Leo Bertos corner. Dadi was forced off the field after he and Matt Smith clashed heads. Dadi required 15 stitches for his wound. Dadi's return to Perth Glory was not a good one for the striker as the Phoenix lost 2–0. Dadi picked up an early yellow card for dissent and nearly got himself sent off after a lunge at Jacob Burns. Dadi was given the chance to reduce the deficit in the 73rd minute after Troy Hearfield won a penalty, but he shot the ball straight into Glory goalkeeper Tando Velaphi. Dadi scored the third goal in Wellington's extra-time 3–1 victory over Newcastle Jets in the 2009–10 Minor Semi-final second leg.

Manado United

Dadi left Persibo Bojonegoro due to undergoing a player exchange with Amir Amadeh of Persibo Bojonegoro to Manado United on Liga Primer Indonesia side.

Personal life

Eugène owns his own fashion label and can speak three languages fluently – English, French, and German. He spent a year in Austria as an actor. Dadi took two years off football after the death of his father in the early 1990s.

Honours

Individual

• Perth Glory Member's Player of the Year: 2008–2009

References

References

1. Dasey, Jason. (5 December 2008). "Perth Glory's big Dadi". [[ESPN Soccernet]].
2. "Players – Eugene Dadi". Soccerbase.
3. (1 December 2007). "Dadi Deal Dead in the Water". [[Four Four Two (magazine).
4. "Glory draw with Newcastle".
5. (11 January 2009). "Dadi brace sinks Victory". [[Sydney Morning Herald]].
6. Barbieri, Paul. (14 January 2009). "New deal for Dadi". Sportal.
7. "Glory shuts door on Dadi - the West Australian".
8. "Dadi: I Couldn't do That Again - Australia News - Australian FourFourTwo - the Ultimate Football Website".
9. Donaldson, Michael. (17 January 2010). "Dadi Cool fires up 'Nix for glory". [[The Sunday Star-Times]].

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