Abdoulaye Méïté

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Personal information
Abdoulaye Méïté
Full name	Abdoulaye Méïté
Date of birth	6 October 1980
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	185 cm
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Bolton Wanderers
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1998-00 2000-2006 2006-	Red Star 93 Olympique Marseille Bolton Wanderers	18 (1) 116 (1) 15 (0)
National team**
2003-	Cote d'Ivoire	20 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:48, 2 December 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2006.

Abdoulaye Méïté (born October 6, 1980 in Paris, France) is a French-born Ivorian footballer.

He recently signed for Bolton Wanderers and also plays for Côte d'Ivoire national football team, where he has 20 caps.

Meite was linked with a move to English Premiership team Bolton Wanderers for 18 months, and finally a deal was sealed on 14 July 2006.

He has started his Bolton career in fine style, putting in a number of competent performances and as of November 2006 he is yet to miss a Premiership match for the club.

[edit] Honours

2004 UEFA Cup Finalist (Olympique de Marseille)
2005 Intertoto Cup Winner (Olympique de Marseille)
2006 French Cup Finalist (Olympique de Marseille)

[edit] External links

(French) Marseille bio
Abdoulaye Méïté career stats at Soccerbase

	Côte d'Ivoire squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Tizié \| 2 Akalé \| 3 Boka \| 4 K. Touré \| 5 Zokora \| 6 Kouassi \| 7 Faé \| 8 Kalou \| 9 A. Koné \| 10 Yapi Yapo \| 11 Drogba \| 12 Méïté \| 13 Zoro \| 14 B. Koné \| 15 Dindane \| 16 Gnanhouan \| 17 Domoraud \| 18 Keïta \| 19 Y. Touré \| 20 Demel \| 21 Eboué \| 22 Romaric \| 23 Barry \| Coach: Michel

Bolton Wanderers F.C. - Current Squad
1 Al Habsi \| 2 Hunt \| 4 Nolan \| 5 Méïté \| 6 Speed \| 7 Stelios \| 8 Campo \| 9 Pedersen \| 11 Gardner \| 12 Walker \| 14 Davies \| 16 Teymourian \| 17 Fortune \| 20 Vaz Té \| 21 Diouf \| 22 Jääskeläinen \| 23 Tal \| 24 O'Brien \| 25 Faye \| 26 Ben Haim \| 31 Sinclair \| 39 Anelka \| 41 Fojut \| 42 Smith \| 46 Jamieson \| Manager: Allardyce