Cheick Tiote collapsed yesterday at his club in Chinese Super League and died immediately. Tiote who was once a player of Newcastle united was suffering from heart attack.
Here are some key facts you probably did not know about Tiote.
- Cheick Tiote was born on 21 June 1986 and passed on 5 June 2017, He died when he was just 30 years
- Tiote has played at key European top clubs such as Anderlechtt , Twente, Newcastle United before moving to Beijing Enterprises
- He won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations with the Ivory Coast national team.
- He played as a defensive midfielder, a role that requires a player to hold the ball as well as help in defending
- He was a devoured Muslim who followed the Muslim religion with his heart
- He had a rough time with police after being arrested of forged driver license where he was banned from driving for six months
- Tiote married with two kids to Maddah, before he married again a second wife when he moved to Newcastle
- In February 2014, Tioté launched a men’s fashion line called TIC, with designer Yusuf Abubakar
- Tiote has won close to 9 honours in his senior fotball career.
- Tiote has scored a wonderful goal equalizer against Arsenal, making it 4-4 in a thrilling game when he was at Newcastle
