Cheick Tioté

Cheick Tioté's story stays with me for both the football and the tragedy. A defensive midfielder out of Yamoussoukro who clawed his way from a hometown club to Anderlecht and beyond, he was the kind of player who did the unglamorous, essential work of breaking up attacks. I always admire midfielders whose value lives in effort rather than highlights. His death in 2017 at just 30, during training, was heartbreaking, and there is something poignant that he passed in the same June month he was born. I remember him not for statistics but for the heart he poured into every match.

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Name (English)

Cheick Tioté

Name (Japanese)

シェイク・ティオテ

Reading

しぇいく・てぃおて

Born

June 21, 1986 – June 5, 2017

Origin

Yamoussoukro, Lacs Region, Ivory Coast

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheick%20Tiot%C3%A9
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%86
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310668

Tags

• Lacs Region
• association football player

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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