Cheick Tioté
 Tioté representing the Ivory Coast in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cheick Ismaël Tioté[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast | ||
| Date of death | 5 June 2017 (aged 30) | ||
| Place of death | Beijing, China | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2005 | FC Bibo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Anderlecht | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Roda JC (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Twente | 58 | (1) |
| 2010–2017 | Newcastle United | 139 | (1) |
| 2017 | Beijing Enterprises | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 238 | (4) | |
| National team | |||
| 2009–2015 | Ivory Coast | 52 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Cheick Ismaël Tioté (French pronunciation: [ʃɛik ismaɛl tjote]; 21 June 1986 – 5 June 2017) was an Ivorian footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder. He played in Europe for Dutch team FC Twente and English club Newcastle United before moving to China to represent Beijing Enterprises. He won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations with the Ivory Coast national team.
On 5 June 2017, Tioté died in Beijing, China after suffering from cardiac arrest in training, aged 30.[3][4][5]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "List of Players" (PDF). Confederation of African Football (CAF). Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ↑ "Newcastle United Player profile". Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ↑ Whaling, James (5 June 2017). "Cheick Tiote dies aged 30 after collapsing during training in Beijing".
- ↑ Short, Joe (5 June 2017). "Cheick Tiote 'DEAD': Ex-Newcastle midfielder 'collapses and dies' aged 30". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ↑ "北控发布蒂奥特去世公告 在球队训练时突发昏厥" (in Chinese). Sports Sina. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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