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Nicky Cadden
Personal information
Full name Nicky Cadden[citation needed]
Date of birth (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Greenock Morton
Number 19
Youth career
0000–2012 Motherwell
2012–2015 Airdrieonians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Airdrieonians 40 (3)
2016–2019 Livingston 72 (7)
2019 → Ayr United (loan) 10 (0)
2019– Greenock Morton 19 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:52, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Nicky Cadden (born 19 September 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer, currently playing as a winger for Greenock Morton. Cadden has previously played for Airdrieonians, Livingston and Ayr United. He is the twin brother of Chris Cadden.

Career

Airdrieonians

Cadden joined Airdrieonians following his release from Motherwell. He made his first team debut on 16 November 2013 against Dunfermline and scored his first competitive goal over two years later on 26 December 2015 against Peterhead. He left at the end of the 2015–16 season.

Livingston

Cadden signed for West Lothian side Livingston in summer 2016 ahead of the club's first and only year in Scottish League One.[1] He scored on his first competitive match for the Lions, in a 3–2 loss to St Mirren.[2] He made his league debut in August against former side Airdrieonians and went on to play 33 more games in his first season, scoring 6 goal; Livingston were promoted as champions.[3]

In the 2017–18 Scottish Championship, Cadden appeared 26 times (around half from the bench) as the club finished runners-up, and was then selected for all four playoff matches, Livi defeating Dundee United and Partick Thistle to progress to the Premiership.[4]

Loan to Ayr United

On 31 January 2019, Cadden moved to Scottish Championship club Ayr United until the end of the 2018–19 season.[5]

Greenock Morton

In June 2019, Cadden signed for Greenock Morton on a one-year contract.[6]

Personal life

Nicky's twin brother Chris Cadden currently plays with Nicky's former team Motherwell.[7] Their father Steve won a lower division title with Albion Rovers.[8] The brothers attended Our Lady's High School, Motherwell, one year group ahead of fellow footballer Kieran Tierney.[9][10]

Career statistics

As of 8 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Airdrieonians 2013–14[11] Scottish League One 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2014–15[12] Scottish League One 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2015–16[13] Scottish League One 24 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 3
Total 40 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 43 3
Livingston 2016–17[14] Scottish League One 34 6 2 1 4 1 3[a] 1 43 9
2017–18[15] Scottish Championship 26 1 1 0 2 0 6[b] 0 35 1
2018–19[16] Scottish Premiership 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 16 0
Total 72 7 3 1 10 1 9 1 94 10
Ayr United (loan) 2018–19[16] Scottish Championship 10 0 0 0 0 0 1[c] 0 11 0
Greenock Morton 2019–20[17] Scottish Championship 17 3 3 2 5 3 0 0 18 7
Career total 139 13 9 3 15 4 10 1 173 21
  1. ^ Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ 2 appearances in the 2017–18 Scottish Challenge Cup, 4 appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
  3. ^ Appearance in the Scottish Premiership play-offs

Honours

Livingston

References

  1. ^ "Nicky Cadden signs on". Livingston FC. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Livingston 2–3 St Mirren". bbc.co.uk. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Livingston 2–1 Alloa Athletic". Livingston F.C. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Livingston (agg 1–3): Hopkin's men seal promotion". The Scotsman. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Livingston winger Nicky Cadden vows to help Ayr United's Championship title bid after deadline day move". Daily Record. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. ^ Thomas, Adam (21 June 2019). "Cadden delighted to be reunited with Hopkin at Morton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  7. ^ Mackenzie, Alasdair (21 September 2017). "Caddens on the rise as twins Nicky and Chris celebrate 21st birthday on the pitch for Livingston and Motherwell". The Herald. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Steve Cadden". Post War English & Scottish Football League A-Z Players Transfer Database. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Chris Cadden hopes to beat old school pal Kieran Tierney". The Scotsman. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Cadden clan descend on Hampden Park as Chris aims to upset Celtic". Daily Telegraph. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Games played by Nicky Cadden in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Games played by Nicky Cadden in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Games played by Nicky Cadden in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Games played by Nicky Cadden in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Games played by Nicky Cadden in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Games played by Nicky Cadden in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Games played by Nicky Cadden in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 July 2019.

External links

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