Eugene Dadi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eugène Buhame Dadi | ||
| Date of birth | 20 August 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988 | FC Sochaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | Stade Lavallois | ||
| 1995–1996 | FC Sète | 17 | (2) |
| 1996–2000 | LASK Linz | 52 | (10) |
| 2000–2001 | Toulouse FC | 3 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Aberdeen | 33 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | Livingston | 25 | (3) |
| 2003–2005 | Tranmere Rovers | 86 | (28) |
| 2005 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Notts County (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2006–2008 | Hapoel Acre | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Perth Glory | 22 | (10) |
| 2009 | → FC Vaduz (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2010 | Wellington Phoenix | 10 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | Persibo Bojonegoro | 18 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Manado United | 11 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 March 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 November 2007 |
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Eugène Dadi (born 20 August 1973 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is a retired Ivorian football striker who played for Manado United in the Liga Primer Indonesia. He has previously played for clubs in Switzerland, France, Austria, Scotland, England, Israel, Australia, New Zealand. Dadi has played once for the Ivory Coast national team.
Dadi attended the football academy at French Ligue 1 team FC Sochaux as a teenager.
Dadi played his first professional football at French Ligue 2 team Stade Lavallois in 1989. He played until 1992 when his father died. At this point he decided to quit professional football for two years.
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 Linz.
Eugène 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 Dadi?."
Highlights of his time at Aberdeen included four SPL goals, but perhaps is most remembered for bamboozling Celtic defender Bobo Balde during a 2–0 win at Pittodrie in December 2001.
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.
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