Cote d’Ivoire appoints Kolo Toure as Assistant Coach of National Team

Former Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City defender, Kolo Toure has been appointed as an assistant coach to the Ivory Coast national team. He will work under ex-Belgium coach Marc Wilmots, the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) has announced.

The posting comes soon after the 36-year-old, who retired from playing in the summer, took up a role on the backroom staff of his last club Celtic.

Toure won the African Nations Cup as a player for the Ivory Coast in 2015. They will face Mali in their next World Cup qualifier on Friday. A statement from the FIF read: