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based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameChristopher Cadden
PositionFull-back
NationalityScotland
Age29
Date of birth19 Sept 1996
BirthplaceBellshill
Height183 cm
Shirt number#28
ClubAberdeen
Full-back
2
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
163
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Aberdeen.

Also this season

Earlier this season at HibernianUEFA Europa Conference League: 2 apps, 0g 0a, 132 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Aberdeen; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Premiership100737

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

C. Cadden is a 29-year-old full-back at Hibernian, rated 27.6 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (33.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.02 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cadden.

On the season, Cadden graded 12 for current form (age-blind), on 4 clean sheets and 2.024 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 15 → 15). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 28. At 29 Cadden is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelBreakout: 2021/22
27.6
Ratingi
below regular-starter level
12.3
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
33.8%
Minutes
limited game time
2.02
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Hibernian finished 5th of 12 · a mid-table side

20
Apps
2.02
Def. / 90
13
Tackles
13
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

2.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 20 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.23 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 33.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 27.6 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Premiership with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles13
Interceptions13

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.