Joël Tiéhi (born 12 June 1964) is an Ivorian retired professional

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who played as a striker.

Career

Tiéhi played in the French

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and for the Ivory Coast national team. With his national team, he played at the

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engines ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on b ...

and

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, winning the 1992 edition.

Owner

Tiéhi is founder of the ''Centre de Formation Joël Tiéhi'' as of 2004.

Personal life

Tiéhi is the father of the Ivorian youth international footballer Christ Tiéhi. Another son Jean-Pierre Tiéhi is also a footballer who plays for Hamilton Academical on loan from Fulham.

References

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1964 births Living people Footballers from Abidjan Association football forwards Ivorian footballers Ivory Coast international footballers Ligue 1 players Le Havre AC players RC Lens players FC Martigues players Toulouse FC players Al Jazira Club players Al Ain FC players Stade d'Abidjan players 1992 African Cup of Nations players 1994 African Cup of Nations players 1996 African Cup of Nations players 1998 African Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players UAE Pro League players Ivorian expatriate footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France {{Côted'Ivoire-footy-bio-stub