Siaka Tiéné

Siaka Tiéné

Personal information
Full name	Siaka Tiéné
Date of birth	(1982-02-22) 22 February 1982
Place of birth	Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Height
Position(s)	Left Back
Team information
Current team	Montpellier HSC
Number	5
Youth career
	ASEC Mimosas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2003	ASEC Mimosas
2003–2005	Mamelodi Sundowns	46	(14)
2005–2008	Saint-Étienne	21	(0)
2006–2007	→ Stade Reims (loan)	18	(3)
2008–2010	Valenciennes	57	(2)
2010–2013	Paris Saint-Germain	54	(1)
2013–2015	Montpellier HSC	44	(5)
International career‡
2000–	Cote d'Ivoire	96	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2015

Siaka Tiéné (born 22 February 1982) is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays for Montpellier HSC. He plays primarily as a left back.

Club career

He started his career at homeland club ASEC Abidjan, where he came through the famed youth academy that has produced so many of the Côte d'Ivoire national team of today, before he eventually moved abroad to play in the South African Premier Soccer League for Mamelodi Sundowns. In the summer of 2005 he made the move to Europe to play for French Ligue 1 club AS Saint-Étienne, staying there until October 2006. He joined Ligue 2 side Stade Reims on loan after being unable to get a place in the AS Saint-Étienne midfield. He returned to Saint-Étienne during the summer of 2007.

Paris Saint Germain

On June 2010, he signed a contract with Paris St. Germain. He played three years for French Ligue 1 capital side. He did not return to Paris after winning the Ligue 1 domestic title in 2012-2013, with teammates David Beckham and Thiago Silva.

Montpellier HSC

On June 2013, he signed a contract with Montpellier HSC.

He was released by Montpellier in July 2015, having made 44 league appearances over the course of two seasons.

International career

Tiéné has had a distinguished international career with over 95 caps for the Ivory Coast, representing the team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and at seven Africa Cup of Nations in 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015, helping them finish runner-up in 2006 and 2012, while captaining them to victory in 2015.

He was a member of the Ivorian squad for the 2006 African Cup of Nations tournament in Egypt, where the Elephants reached the final. Tiéné was the only player in the Ivorian's African Cup of Nations team not to make it into the 2006 World Cup squad. He was called up for Côte d'Ivoire's 2010 African Cup of Nations campaign in Angola. He was Halilhodzic's first-choice left-back instead of Arthur Boka in the first match at Group B in Cabinda on 11 January in 0:0 draw against Burkina Faso and later in the competition.

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

• Ligue 1 (1): 2012–13

Country

Ivory Coast

• Africa Cup of Nations: 2015

External links

• L'Equipe profile
• Siaka Tiéné – ESPN Profile