Abdoulaye Méïté Abdoulaye Méïté Abdoulaye Méïté (born 6 October 1980) is a French-born Ivorian footballer. He represents Côte d'Ivoire internationally and has been awarded 48 caps. His first club at the age of 17 was the Division 2 Paris side, Red Star 93. He joined in 1998 before being snapped up by Olympique de Marseille. Méïté joined Marseille in July 2000 and made 172 League appearances, as well as many in European competition – including one against Bolton in January 2006. Whilst at Marseille he started in the 2004 UEFA Cup Final. He moved to Bolton Wanderers in July 2006 from .
1995–96 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season 1995–96 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season The 1995–1996 season was the 117th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and their first ever season in the Premier League following promotion from the Football League First Division. This article covers the period from 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996. Bolton Wanderers returned to the top flight after a 15-year exile, only eight years after playing in the old Fourth Division, but with a new manager in Roy McFarland following Bruce Rioch's move to Arsenal. Bolton made a terrible start to the campaign and McFarland made several moves in the transfer market, but