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Cheick Ismaël Tioté (21 June 1986 – 5 June 2017) ) was an Ivorian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. After playing for FC Bibo in his hometown of Yamoussoukro, he made his professional debut in 2005 with Belgium's Anderlecht. In 2008, after a loan at Roda JC, he joined Dutch club FC Twente, winning the Eredivisie in his second season. After that, he signed for Newcastle United in England for a fee of £3.5 million. Tioté played 156 games for Newcastle over six-and-a-half seasons, scoring one goal. In February 2017, he joined Beijing Enterprises of the China League One. He died of cardiac arrest in June 2017, during a training session, aged 30.

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Born	Cheick Ismaël Tioté 21 June 1986 Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
Died	5 June 2017 (aged 30) Beijing, China
Zodiac	Gemini
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