Name:	Max Gradel
Nationality:	Ivorian
Date of Birth:	30/11/1987
Height:	5' 11" (180cm)
Weight:	11st 0lbs (69.92kg)
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Clubs:	Leicester City, Bournemouth (loan), Leeds United
Position:	Midfielder

Winger Max Gradel enjoyed a clean sweep at the club's Player of the Year Awards in 2011 after an impressive first full season in the Championship.

Max scored 18 goals in 41 appearances and crowned an excellent campaign when he won his first cap for the Ivory Coast during the summer.

The flying wing had joined the club, initially on loan, in October 2009 before making his move permanent in three months later when he went on to play a key part in the club's promotion from League One.

He arrived from Leicester City, where he was a promotion winner the previous season, making 31 appearances, and went on to make a big impression in a Leeds shirt with his pace and guile.

He initially joined with Wolves striker Sam Vokes, a player he had spent time on loan with previously while at Bournemouth.

Gradel had scored 10 goals in 37 appearances while on loan at Bournemouth from Leicester in 2007/08, but on returning to Leicester he found it difficult to hold down a regular place.