Eugène Dadi

Sochaux

Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Dadi attended the football academy at French Division 1 team FC Sochaux as a teenager.

Stade Lavallois

Dadi played until 1992 when his father died. At this point he decided to quit professional football for two years. Dadi played his first professional football at French Ligue 2 team Stade Lavallois in 1994.

LASK

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.

Aberdeen

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 feckin Dadi?."

Tranmere Rovers

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.

Perth…

Eugène owns his own fashion label and can speak three languages fluently – English, French, and German. He spent a year in Austria as an actor. Dadi took two years off football after the death of his father in the early 1990s.

Individual

Perth Glory Member's Player of the Year: 2008–2009