Patrick Stephen Madden (born 4 March 1990) is an Irish professional

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who plays as a striker for club Chesterfield. He represented the Republic of Ireland national team at various levels, playing once for the senior team in 2013.

Club career

Bohemians

Madden signed league forms with

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on 8 July 2008, and scored several times for the Bohemians "A" Team on their path to the Grand Final of the A League in that year. He made his Bohemians first team debut as a substitute in their 2–0 win over

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on 8 November 2008. Prior to the start of the 2009 season, Madden joined Shelbourne on loan on 10 February 2009. Bohemians manager

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sent the young striker out on loan hoping for Madden to gain first team experience. Madden made an immediate impression for Shelbourne by scoring in his first competitive appearance for Shels in their opening First Division match against Wexford Youths at

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on 6 March 2009. He also scored against his own employers for Shelbourne during an EA Sports Cup 2nd round tie at

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on 4 May 2009. Madden's loan spell at Shelbourne concluded on 29 June 2009 and he returned to Bohemians. During his loan spell at Shelbourne, Madden made 16 league and cup appearances and scored 8 goals. On 29 September 2009, Madden scored his first goal for Bohs in a 1–0 victory over Derry City in the

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which led to Bohs returning to the top of the league. In the 2010 season, Madden scored 9 goals in 5 matches, and he was voted the Soccer Writers Association of Ireland Player of the Month for June.

Carlisle United

Madden signed for English

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on 31 January 2011, for an undisclosed fee signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Cumbrian club. On 4 October 2012, Madden joined League One club

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on an initial one-month loan deal with a view to extend to gain some much needed pitch time after not featuring in Carlisle's starting league squad this season. He had scored 1 goal in 3 substitute appearances for the Cumbrians this campaign. On 6 October 2012, he made his debut for Yeovil and scored a two goals in a 3–1 home victory against

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. After going on a run of five goals in five games, he extended his loan until 2013. On 1 January 2013, Madden scored a brace in the final match of his loan spell against

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ending with nine goals from sixteen games for Yeovil. Following the game it was announced Madden had signed permanently for Yeovil Town for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year deal. Madden then went on to score 4 goals in his first two games as a permanent Yeovil Town player in the month of January. By mid February he was already League One top scorer, with 18 goals, despite only starting playing in October. In an interview with the BBC after this run of form he was described by his manager Gary Johnson as "the bargain of the season". Madden's contribution of 6 goals to Yeovil's perfect January of 3 out of 3 wins didn't go unrecognised as he won the League One Player of the Month award. Madden scored in the 2013 League One play-off final as Yeovil beat

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2–1 to earn promotion to the

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for the first time in the club's history. Madden ended the season with the League One golden boot with 23 goals (1 for Carlisle), plus his 2013 League One play-off final goal to make it 24 in all competitions. On 26 November 2013, with Madden having failed to score since Yeovil's promotion to the Championship, he was placed on the transfer list by the club.

Scunthorpe United

On 10 January 2014, Madden signed for

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for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £300,000, signing a -year contract. Madden's first game for Scunthorpe came on 11 January 2014 in a 0–2 away win over Mansfield Town. He scored his first goal for the club in a 5–1 win over

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on 22 February 2014. Madden helped the club gain promotion to League One at the end of the 2013–14 season, scoring 5 goals in the process. For the following two seasons, Madden was the club's most prolific goalscorer, netting 16 goals in all competitions during 2014–15, and 23 goals in all competitions during 2015–16. Madden suffered a significant downturn of form during Scunthorpe's play-off push in the 2016–17 season, despite featuring in the majority of the Iron's games. This downturn in form continued into the next season, with Madden scoring only 2 league goals during the very early stages of the 2017–18 season. Madden failed to score in any of his last 16 league appearances for the Iron. Despite his downturn in form, Madden scored 60 goals across all competitions during his time with the Iron, placing him as the club's 10th most prolific goalscorer of all time.

Fleetwood Town

On 2 January 2018, Madden signed for fellow

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for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £150,000, signing a -year contract. He scored his 100th goal in English football in Fleetwood Town's FA Cup tie against

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on 3 December 2018. In May 2019 he signed a new three-year contract with the club. During the 2020–21 season, Madden was sidelined for multiple matches after testing positive for

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. At the time of Madden's departure from Fleetwood Town in March 2021, he was the club's all-time top scorer in the EFL with 43 goals. In all competitions, Madden scored 53 goals in 149 appearances for Fleetwood after joining the club from Scunthorpe United in January 2018.

Stockport County

On 15 March 2021, Madden signed for

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for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year deal. Madden was awarded the National League Player of the Month award for March 2022 after scoring four goals and assisting three as his side won all five of their league matches across the month as his side moved eleven points clear at the top of the table. Madden scored the first goal on the final day of the season as Stockport defeated

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2–0, securing the league title. Following a slow start to the season for both player and club, Madden was awarded the

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award for October 2022 having contributed to a goal in all six of Stockport's matches. On 16 December 2023, Madden scored a hat-trick against

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in an 8–0 rout. On 17 April 2024, Madden scored a third hat-trick of the 2023–24 season in a 5–2 victory over

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, the victory securing the League Two title. Seven goals in seven games saw Madden awarded the League Two Player of the Month award for April 2024. On 6 May 2024, the club announced it had been unable to agree a new deal with Madden, who will leave the club in the summer when the previous contract expires.

Chesterfield

On 13 May 2024, newly promoted League Two side Chesterfield announced that Madden would join on a two-year deal upon the expiration of his contract with Stockport.

International career

Madden has represented the Republic of Ireland at U18 and U19 level and made his Republic of Ireland under-21 debut against

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in November 2009. In August 2013, Madden was called up for the first time to Republic of Ireland senior team to play

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in a friendly. Madden made his debut coming on in the 69th minute.

Career statistics

Honours

Bohemians *

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: 2009–10 Carlisle United *

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Yeovil Town *

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Stockport County *

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: 2023–24 *

: 2021–22 Individual *

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: June 2010 *

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: January 2013 *

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Golden Boot:

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: 2012–13 League One *

Player of the Season: 2014–15 *

Player of the Month: March 2022 *

Team of the Season: 2021–22 *

Player of the Season: 2021–22 *

: October 2022, April 2024

References

External links

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Ireland profile
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