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 .
2005–06 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season 2005–06 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season The 2005–06 season was the 128th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence and their fifth consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006. Having finished sixth the previous season, Bolton had qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history. In June 2005, Allardyce's assistant Phil Brown, left Bolton to take up the challenge of managing Derby County and he was replaced by coach Sammy Lee. Off the field, with Bolton looking to get into Europe for the second successive season, Allardyce