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Cheick Tioté
Tioté playing for FC Twente
Personal information
Full name Cheick Ismael Tioté
Date of birth (1986-06-21) 21 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 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 64 (1)
International career‡
2009– Côte d'Ivoire 34 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 January 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 January 2013

Cheick Ismael Tioté (French pronunciation: [ʃɛik ismaɛl tjote]; born 21 June 1986) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Newcastle United and the Côte d'Ivoire national football team. "[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".[citation needed]

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 club 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.

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 Newcastle United's 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 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 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] He was sent off in Newcastle's 1-1 draw away to Sunderland on the 21st October 2012 for a late challenge on Sunderland's Steven Fletcher.

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 is a defensive midfielder who breaks up opponents' play and retains possession. 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.

Personal life

Tioté is a practising muslim.[12] He observes fasting during the Islamic month of Ramadan.[13]

Honours

Club

R.S.C. Anderlecht

Roda JC

FC Twente

Career statistics

As of 2 January 2013[14][15]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2005–06 Anderlecht 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
Anderlecht Total 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Europe Total
2007–08 Roda JC (Loan) Eredivisie 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 2
2008–09 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
Twente Total 58 1 6 0 1 0 22 0 87 1
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2010–11 Newcastle United Premier League 26 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 1
2011–12 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
2012–13 14 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 18 0
Newcastle United Total 64 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 70 1
Career total 152 4 8 0 3 0 26 0 189 4

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. 13 May 2012 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/bsp/hi/football/statistics/players/t/tiote_322937.stm. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ [3]
  11. ^ [4]
  12. ^ Cass, Bob (5 May 2012). "We must embrace religion, says Newcastle boss Pardew as he considers introducing prayer room". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2 January 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ Smithfield, Jackie (22 September 2011). "Cheick Tiote: Returning to his best?". Leazes Terrace. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  14. ^ "Cheick Tioté Career Stats". Soccerbase. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  15. ^ "Cheick Tioté Career Stats (2)". national-football-teams.com. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

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