Max Gradel

Max Gradel
Gradel with Ivory Coast in 2012
Personal information
Full name Max-Alain Gradel[1][2]
Date of birth (1987-11-30) 30 November 1987 (age 37)[3]
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger
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)
2007–2008AFC Bournemouth (loan) 34 (9)
2009–2010Leeds United (loan) 14 (3)
2010–2011 Leeds United 63 (22)
2011–2015 Saint-Étienne 101 (31)
2015–2018 AFC Bournemouth 25 (1)
2017–2018Toulouse (loan) 29 (8)
2018–2020 Toulouse 57 (14)
2020–2023 Sivasspor 100 (21)
2023–2024 Gaziantep 29 (1)
2024 Sakaryaspor 2 (1)
2024–2025 Amedspor 16 (1)
International career
2011–2024 Ivory Coast 113 (18)
2021 Ivory Coast Olympic 2 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Ivory Coast
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2015 Equatorial Guinea
Winner 2023 Ivory Coast
Runner-up 2012 Equatorial Guinea–Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:23, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:50, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Max-Alain Gradel (born 30 November 1987) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger.

Gradel received his first call-up to the Ivory Coast national team in November 2010.[4] He made his debut for the national side on 5 June 2011.[5] On 30 April 2011, Gradel won both the Fans Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards at Leeds.[6] In June 2018, he joined French club Toulouse.[7]

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/10/2009 and 31/10/2009" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  2. ^ "List of Players" (PDF). Confederation of African Football (CAF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Max Gradel: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. ^ "News | News | News | Max Called Up For Polish Trip". Leeds United. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Benin – Ivory Coast Game Result, Statistics on 05/06/2011 – Soccer Database Wettpoint". Fussball.wettpoint.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference leedsunited was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Max Gradel: Bournemouth winger joins French club Toulouse". BBC Sport. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

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