Christian Nadé

French association football player

Nadé has played for clubs such as Troyes AC, Le Havre, Sheffield United, Heart of Midlothian and Dundee, and has also represented the France national under 21 football team.

Nadé was born and grew up in Montmorency, a northern suburb of Paris, France until his parents divorced when he was 13. He moved to England in 2006 at the age of 21.

Nadé represented France at Under 21 level, alongside Arsenal forward Jeremie Aliadiere, Blackburn Captain Gael Givet, Liverpool strike duo Florent Sinama Pongolle and Anthony Le Tallec, future Manchester United defender Patrice Evra and Barcelona defender Jeremy Mathieu.

Nadé began his career with ES Troyes AC. While with Troyes, he spent a six month loan spell at Le Havre. and scored on his debut for the club in a friendly against Rotherham United on 28 July after coming on as substitute for Rob Hulse in the 70th minute. He scored his first competitive goal for the Blades in a League Cup 2nd round tie against Bury at Bramall Lane on 19 September 2006. His first Premiership goal came on 30 December 2006 against Arsenal in a famous 1–0 win. It was the last goal of 2006 in English football. On 16 July 2007 Hull City confirmed that they had agreed a fee with Sheffield United for Nadé, believed to be in the region of £550,000, and were to hold talks with the striker. Due to concerns over his long term fitness Nadé was offered an incentive based contract, which he refused and the move subsequently broke down.

On 17 June 2014 Nadé agreed to sign for Raith Rovers. He scored the winning goal in Raith's 2–1 win over Rangers in the fifth round Scottish Cup tie on 9 February 2015. It was the club's first away win against Rangers since 1959.

On 13 July 2015, Nadé joined Hamilton alongside Antons Kurakins, Gramoz Kurtaj and Nico Sumsky. He was released by the club in January 2016.

He joined Dumbarton on 31 January 2016. His first goal for the club came at home in a 3–2 victory over Hibernian which he celebrated in front of the visiting fans He scored his first career hat trick in his third league game for the club, a 3–1 win over Alloa on 8 March 2016. In June 2016 Sons' manager Stevie Aitken admitted a deal to keep Nadé at the club was "dead".

After leaving Dumbarton, Nadé signed for Scottish League One side Stranraer in July 2016. On 10 November 2016, Nadé was released by Stranraer. After leaving the blues he played as a trialist for Scottish League Two side Annan Athletic

He rejoined Dumbarton on 31 December 2016, and extended his deal until the summer of 2018 in May 2017. He didn't appear again for the club after being charged with a number of criminal offences, which he was later cleared of, and left the club upon expiry of his contract at the end of the season.

Nadé joined Junior side Troon in July 2018 after a spell training on his own amidst rumours and controversy surrounding his private life. The Troon management team of Jimmy Kirkwood & Nadé's former Stranraer Coach Matt Maley took a chance on the forward & their belief in him was rewarded with 14 goals in 29 appearances at Troon, which is the most prolific spell of his career to date. Always keen to return to senior football, Nadé signed for Annan Athletic on the last day of the January transfer window.

Nadé returned to senior football in February 2019, joining Scottish League Two side Annan Athletic.

Nadé re signed for his former club Troon to play alongside his former Hearts team mates Ryan Stevenson and Jordan Morton for their debut season in the West of Scotland Football League on 7 July 2020.

In November 2020, Nadé signed for West of Scotland Football League side Annbank United.

In July 2021, Nadé signed for West of Scotland League side Muirkirk Juniors.

In November 2022, West of Scotland Football League Premier Division side Petershill announced that they had signed Nadé. On 3 December, Nadé scored his first goal for Petershill in their first league victory of the season against Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. In June 2023, Nadé was named as the manager for Petershill's under 21 team.

In October 2018 Nadé revealed that he had tried to commit suicide in 2014 following struggles with depression. In June 2020, he appeared in a special podcast panel discussing his experiences of racism in football with A View from the Terrace host Craig Fowler.