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COTE D’IVOIRE: The world of football in Mourning.

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Ivory Coast midfielder Cheick Tioté died following a heart attack during his training session on Monday (June 5th) in China. He was 30 years old.

“It is with tremendous sadness that I can confirm that my client Cheick Tioté unfortunately died earlier in the day after collapsing in training with his club Beijing Enterprises. “.

Cheick Tioté arrived this summer at Beijing’s second-division club after spending seven years with Newcastle in England as midfielder in 2010. He played in the Netherlands in Twente and Roda, ‘In Anderlecht, Belgium.

He had 37 selections with the Côte d’Ivoire Elephants and was the winner of the African Cup of Nations in 2015.

Emmanuele Pallandihno, however, demanded that the mourning of the international family be respected: “Nothing can be said for now and we ask that the family’s mourning be respected at this difficult time.”

       

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