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Christopher Ziadie
Personal information
Full name Christopher Patrick Ziadie
Date of birth (1967-07-08)8 July 1967
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Date of death 18 September 2022(2022-09-18) (aged 55)
Place of death Florida, United States
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1985 St. George’s College
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1986 Suffield Academy
1986–1989 Columbia Lions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kingston Lions
Boys’ Town (Constant Spring F.C)
International career
Jamaica U17
Jamaica U20
Jamaica U23
1992–1993 Jamaica 6 (0)
Managerial career
Real Mona
Jamaica U20 (assistant)
Waterhouse
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher Patrick Ziadie (8 July 1967 – 18 September 2022) was a Jamaican professional football player and manager who played as a midfielder. He made six appearances for the Jamaica national team.

Coaching career

Following his retirement, Ziadie went into management, being named assistant coach of the Jamaica under-20 team in 1999, having previously been coaching Real Mona. He was also head coach at Waterhouse.

Personal life

Hailing from a footballing family, Ziadie's father was former Jamaican international Dennis Ziadie. His brothers Craig and Nick also represented Jamaica.

While giving a speech at the Columbia University's athletic awards banquet in 1989, Ziadie caused uproar when he gave a speech offending a number of people. His speech was stopped mid-way through by athletic director Al Paul, after numerous people had already left the banquet in protest, and fencer David Mandell had thrown a chair on stage.

Death

Chris Ziadie died on 18 September 2022, in the United States at age 55 after a short battle with lung cancer. He was survived by his son Ryan and his daughter Chelsea.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Jamaica 1992 4 0
1993 2 0
Total 6 0

References

  1. Christopher Ziadie at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "July News Update". thereggaeboyz.com. 29 July 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. Boyd, Audley (19 November 2001). "W/house pass Tivoli test". old.jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. Wagman, Robert. "With Jamaica calling, Ziadie must decide if he should wait for Arena". Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. "Kehoe leaves ad job at Mount St. Mary's". washingtonpost.com. 3 May 1990. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. "Former national player Chris Ziadie is dead". jamaica-gleaner.com. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  7. Staff Writer (23 September 2022). "Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending September 23rd, 2022". Jamaicans.com. Retrieved 17 November 2022.


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