He is keen to pay back Kevin Blackwell's faith in him and show he still has something to offer.
"I was hoping that with the situation at Bradford something would come up for me in the summer time and I felt towards the back end of last season that I had done quite well," said Cadamarteri on the official Leeds website.
"I was optimistic that something would happen that gave me the opportunity to rebuild again and when a club like Leeds United comes along you are not going to take a second bite at it.
"At the back end of last season at Bradford I really enjoyed my football again when Bryan Robson came in and it was good to be playing.
"The last few years have been really frustrating for me, at the start of last season I said I wanted a really good season but it didn't work out that way due to injuries, so that was even more frustrating."
He used to be a part of the Academy at Leeds, but didn't make it amongst some strong competition before Everton came in and gave him a chance.
"I came here when I was 12-13 years of age and unfortunately at the time I just didn't cut the grade, there were bigger, stronger and faster players than me but this is my opportunity now to give my all for Leeds United and I have to take it with both hands.
"I certainly didn't come to Leeds because of the wage," he added, "I came here because I expect Leeds to be challenging to get back into the Premiership, and then there's the facilities and the manager here, it shows me it's still a Premiership club.
"At the end of the day it's not just about putting your name forward to play for this club, you can be part of big things here. The players that have been brought in realise it is a good opportunity to be part of a big club.
"Now hopefully we can have a good level of football and get straight back up to the Premiership."