Max Gradel
Gradel playing for Côte d'Ivoire in 2012.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Max-Alain Gradel | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Bournemouth | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2004 | Championnet Sport | ||
| 2004–2005 | Lewisham College | ||
| 2005–2006 | Leicester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 | Leicester City | 27 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 34 | (9) |
| 2009 | → Leeds United (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Leeds United | 63 | (22) |
| 2011–2015 | Saint-Étienne | 101 | (31) |
| 2015– | Bournemouth | 17 | (1) |
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| 2011– | Côte d'Ivoire | 45 | (9) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:54, 18 September 2016 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:54, 18 September 2016 (UTC).
Max-Alain Gradel (born 30 November 1987) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Bournemouth and the Ivory Coast national team.
Max received his first call up to the Côte d'Ivoire national team in November 2010. He made his debut for the national side on 5 June 2011. On 30 April 2011, Gradel won both the Fans Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards at Leeds.
After moving to the UK from Paris, France in 2004, Gradel attended Lewisham College Football Academy, under the tutelage of then Head Coach Aaron Jacob, who was one of his early mentors. He attended the Bon Giourno Cup in the Netherlands and the team went on to win the trophy conceding no goals, with Max scoring 11 of 17. He was due to attend the Dallas Cup with the team but was offered a Pro contract and made the decision not to go. "Everything started at Lewisham College," says Max. "We were all good players in the Football Academy; I think I made it a bit by chance.
Max began playing football when he was two years old in the Ivory Coast. After leaving Lewisham College, Max was offered trials with Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham and Leicester and spent four months with Arsenal before signing with Leicester. From there he moved to Leeds United where he played regularly for the Championship side.
The winger was given a squad number for the 2007–08 season. On 5 May 2007, he signed his first professional contract with Leicester along with seven other players, including Eric Odhiambo, Andy King and Carl Pentney.
On 6 August, manager Martin Allen made Gradel and Conrad Logan available for loan for the forthcoming season. On 9 August 2007 Gradel joined Bournemouth on an initial one-month loan, which was extended for the season on transfer deadline day (31 August). However, he was unable to play as many games with the Cherries as he had hoped due to the death of his mother in early October. As a result, he was told by Bournemouth manager Kevin Bond that he could take all the time he needed to return to England.
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