Christopher Ziadie

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
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