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Cheick Tioté
Tioté playing for FC Twente
Personal information
Full name Cheick Ismaël Tioté
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle United
Number 24
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– Newcastle United 50 (1)
International career‡
2009– Côte d'Ivoire 29 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 March 2012

Cheick Ismaël Tioté (pronounced /Ćĥèı-Ķ Tí-Ó-Ţĕ/) (born 21 June 1986) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Ivory Coast national team. He has been described as a "tough tackling defensive midfielder."[2]

His name is frequently misspelled as "Cheik", but the player himself confirmed to the Newcastle Evening Chronicle newspaper that the correct spelling is "Cheick".

Club career

Born in Yamoussoukro, he started out playing barefoot street football at the age of 10, not owning a pair of boots until he was 15.[3] He began his career with Ivorian minor league side FC Bibo. In 2005, he was scouted by Belgian side R.S.C. Anderlecht. He made his debut for Anderlecht in a Belgian Cup match which they lost to Geel after Tioté missed his penalty.[4] In the 2007–08 season he played on loan for Roda JC[5] to join up with Ex-FC Bibo and international team mate Feyenoord's Sekou Cissé.

FC Twente

On 2 October 2008 Cheick Tioté signed for Dutch Eredivisie league side FC Twente for a fee reported to be around €750,000, where he gained his reputation for being a determined and resilient midfielder with a keen eye for a pass, making 58 league appearances scoring one goal with 14 assists. He won the Dutch title in 2009/10 season under the guidance of Ex-England manager Steve McClaren and also featured in the Europa League and Champions League, putting in good performances against Arsenal in the group stages.

Newcastle United

Tioté joined English Premier League side Newcastle United on 26 August 2010 for a fee of £3.5 million after he was granted a work permit.[6] He made his debut on 18 September 2010 against Everton at Goodison Park. His debut was very successful – completing all of his 64 passes. He also made two interceptions, completed all five of his attempted tackles, and his only shot was on target.[7] He started all of the rest of the Magpies' games, putting in strong performances against Manchester City and in the 2–1 away win over West Ham. Tioté received man of the match for his performance in the 1–0 away victory against Wigan Athletic.

He was sent off in the 3rd Round FA Cup tie against Stevenage suffering a three match domestic ban, but scored a memorable first goal on his return, scoring a 25-yard volley for the late equaliser in a 4–4 draw against Arsenal, a game the Magpies trailed 0–4 at half time.

On 25 February 2011 Newcastle United announced that Tioté had signed a new six-and-a-half year contract to show his commitment to the club, keeping him at Newcastle until 2017. Upon signing his new deal, Tioté said 'The experience of playing in the Premier League has been better than I ever hoped it could be. This is a great club and the fans have been brilliant – I have never known support like it.'[8]

After two seasons at Newcastle, Tiote picked up 25 yellow cards from 50 league games, a return of one yellow card every two games. [9]

International career

On 12 August 2009, Tioté made his international début for Côte d'Ivoire in a friendly match against Tunisia.[10]

Tioté was selected in Côte d'Ivoire's squad for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations squad and given the squad number 9. He started in all three of Les Éléphants' matches before their quarter final elimination by Algeria.

Tioté also started each of Côte d'Ivoire's 2010 FIFA World Cup matches in South Africa. However, the team did not advance to the second round.

On January 13, 2012, Tioté was sent off for a "crazy challenge" in an 2012 Africa Cup of Nations warm up match against Tunisia[11] However, Tioté was in the starting line-up for Côte d'Ivoire's opening two group matches and both the semi final and final, in which he scored the team's first kick in the penalty shootout defeat to Zambia

Style of play

Tioté has been credited as one of the best defensive midfielders in the Premier League since joining Newcastle in 2010. His tough tackling, accurate passing and composure when on the ball has made him a target for clubs like Chelsea and Manchester United. Due to his tackling, Tioté has been a consistent name in the referee's book, picking up 14 yellow cards in his debut season in the Premier League.

Honours

Club

R.S.C. Anderlecht

Roda JC

FC Twente

Career statistics

As of 6 May 2012[12][13]

Template:Football player statistics 1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2005–06||rowspan="2"|Anderlecht||rowspan="2"|Belgian Pro League||2||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||4||0 |- |2006–07||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0 |- !colspan="3"|Anderlecht Total !4!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!6!!0 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2007–08||Roda JC (Loan)||rowspan="4"|Eredivisie||26||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||26||2 |- |2008–09||rowspan="3"|Twente||28||0||3||0||-||-||10||0||41||0 |- |2009–10||28||1||3||0||-||-||12||0||43||1 |- |2010–11||2||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||3||0 |- !colspan="3"|Twente Total !58!!1!!6!!0!!1!!0!!22!!0!!87!!1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2010–11||rowspan="2"|Newcastle United||rowspan="2"|Premier League||26||1||1||0||1||0||0||0||28||1 |- |2011–12||24||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||24||0 |- !colspan="3"|Newcastle United Total !50!!1!!1!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!52!!1 |- Template:Football player statistics 5138||4||8||0||2||0||23||0||171||4 Template:Football player statistics end * Johan Cruyff Shield match

References

  1. ^ Newcastle United Player profile
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Newcastle midfield dynamo Cheik Tiote never owned a pair of football boots until he was 15-years-old – News. MirrorFootball.co.uk (2010-12-17). Retrieved on 2011-06-06.
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ Footmercato Profile. Footmercato.net. Retrieved on 2011-06-06.
  6. ^ "Newcastle set to sign FC Twente midfielder Cheick Tiote". BBC Sport. 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
  7. ^ "Everton v Newcastle". BBC Sport. 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  8. ^ "Tiote signs new deal at Newcastle". BBC News. 25 February 2011.
  9. ^ BBC. 13th May 2012 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/bsp/hi/football/statistics/players/t/tiote_322937.stm. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ [3]
  11. ^ [4]
  12. ^ "Cheick Tioté Career Stats". Soccerbase. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  13. ^ "Cheick Tioté Career Stats (2)". national-football-teams.com. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

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