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 .
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