Cheick Tioté

Cheick Tioté
	; Tioté representing the Ivory Coast in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Cheick Ismaël Tioté
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)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1998–2005	FC Bibo
Senior career*
National team
	* 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]

Cheick Tioté Media

Tioté playing for FC Twente, 2008
Tioté playing for FC Twente, 2009
Tioté playing for the Ivory Coast in 2012
Tioté, standing next to Serge Aurier, celebrates winning the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations with the Ivory Coast national team

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Personal information
Tioté representing the Ivory Coast in 2012
Full name	Cheick Ismaël Tioté^[1]
Date of birth	(1986-06-21)21 June 1986
Place of birth	Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
Date of death	5 June 2017(2017-06-05) (aged 30)
Place of death	Beijing, China
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)^[2]
Playing position	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