Cheick Timité

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cheick Timité

| fullname = Cheick Aymar Timité

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|11|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Abidjan, Ivory Coast

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Winger, forward

| currentclub = Becamex Binh Duong

| clubnumber = 99

| youthyears1 = 2013–2014

| youthclubs1 = ES Nanterre

| youthyears2 = 2014–2016

| youthclubs2 = Ajaccio

| years1 = 2015–2016

| clubs1 = Ajaccio II

| caps1 = 8

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2016

| clubs2 = Ajaccio

| caps2 = 1

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2016–2017

| clubs3 = Amiens II

| caps3 = 22

| goals3 = 9

| years4 = 2017–2021

| clubs4 = Amiens

| caps4 = 59

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2017–2018

| clubs5 = → Dunkerque (loan)

| caps5 = 21

| goals5 = 6

| years6 = 2019–2020

| clubs6 = → Paris FC (loan)

| caps6 = 17

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2021–2022

| clubs7 = Fuenlabrada

| caps7 = 5

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2022

| clubs8 = Valenciennes

| caps8 = 8

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2023–2024

| clubs9 = Ho Chi Minh City

| caps9 = 16

| goals9 = 6

| years10 = 2025–

| clubs10 = Becamex Binh Duong

| caps10 = 1

| goals10 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2019

| nationalteam1 = Ivory Coast U23

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2021

| nationalteam2 = Ivory Coast Olympic

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 15:55, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 31 July 2021

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Cheick Aymar Timité (born 20 November 1997) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for V.League 1 club Becamex Binh Duong.

Club career

Timité began playing football at the age of 15 with ES Nanterre before moving to Ajaccio's youth academy.{{cite web|url=https://www.usldunkerque.com/cheick-timite-soif-dapprendre/|title=Cheick Timite, la soif d'apprendre - USL Dunkerque|date=28 June 2017|publisher=}} He debuted with Ajaccio in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Auxerre on 19 February 2016. Timité joined Amiens in 2016. Due to legal issues regarding his transfer, he could not play for Amiens in his first year and was loaned to USL Dunkerque for the 2017–18 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.amiensfootball.com/blog/article/cheick-timite-le-grand-retour-a-lamiens-sc-8626|title=Amiens SC Football - Cheick Timite, le grand retour à l'Amiens SC|website=Amiens SC Football}}

On 31 August 2021, Timité moved to Spain and joined Segunda División side CF Fuenlabrada on a one-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.cffuenlabrada.es/noticia/el-cf-fuenlabrada-se-hace-con-los-servicios-de-timite|title=El CF Fuenlabrada se hace con los servicios de Timité|trans-title=CF Fuenlabrada get the services of Timité|publisher=CF Fuenlabrada|language=es|date=31 August 2021|accessdate=31 August 2021}} The following 31 January, after just one start in seven matches overall, he terminated his contract.{{cite web|url=https://www.cffuenlabrada.es/noticia/comunicado-oficial-cheick-timite|title=Comunicado oficial: Cheick Timite|trans-title=Official announcement: Cheick Timite|publisher=CF Fuenlabrada|language=es|date=31 January 2022|accessdate=1 February 2022}} On the same day, Timité signed with Valenciennes until the end of the season.{{cite press release|publisher=Valenciennes|url=http://www.va-fc.com/fr/saison/actualite/article/20471/Cheick-Timite-au-VAFC-!.html|title=Cheick Timité au VAFC !|date=31 January 2022|access-date=13 February 2022|language=fr}}

On 30 September 2023, Timité signed a one-year contract with V.League 1 club Ho Chi Minh City.{{Cite web |last=Loum |first=Mansour |date=30 September 2023 |title=Viet Nam : Cheick Timité rejoint aussi Ho Chi Minh City FC |trans-title=Vietnam: Cheick Timité also joins Ho Chi Minh City FC |url=https://sportnewsafrica.com/breve/viet-nam-cheick-timite-rejoint-aussi-ho-chi-minh-city-fc/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Sport News Africa |language=fr-FR}}

International career

Timité debuted for the Ivory Coast U23s in a pair of 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2019.{{cite web|url=http://mondialsport.net/can-u23-nicolas-tie-kouame-christian-guiagon-parfait-les-surprises-du-chef-kamara-5677.sport|title=CAN U23 : Nicolas Tié, Kouamé Christian, Guiagon Parfait… les surprises du chef Kamara|first=ALLA Jean|last=Marc|date=14 March 2019|website=Mondialsport.net}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/qualifiersoftotalu-23africacupofnations/MatchDetails?MatchId=sfKeSjaUOmzbSiJNZYynt3AaYwxO1dYE0WZrArYNr1G2TzlfMdUL2jGJilh79ZrQ|title=CAF – Competitions – Qualifiers of Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations – Match Details|website=cafonline.com}}

Honours

Ivory Coast U23

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations: runner-up 2019{{Cite web |url=http://www.fifciv.com/?q=can-u23-egypte-2019-voici-les-el%C3%A9phants-s%C3%A9lectionn%C3%A9s |title=CAN U23 "Egypte 2019" : Voici les Eléphants sélectionnés | Fédération Ivoirienne de Football |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022073744/http://www.fifciv.com/?q=can-u23-egypte-2019-voici-les-el%C3%A9phants-s%C3%A9lectionn%C3%A9s |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.cafonline.com/total-u23-africa-cup-of-nations/matches/|title=Matches – Total Africa U-23 Cup of Nations – Egypt 2019|website=cafonline.com|publisher=Confederation of African Football|access-date=21 April 2021}}