Former Liverpool and Arsenal defender Kolo Toure named Ivory Coast assistant manager
- Kolo Toure will work under former Belgium coach Marc Wilmots
- He only recently took up a role on the backroom staff at Celtic
- The former centre-back won the African Nations Cup as a player in 2015
Kolo Toure has been appointed as an assistant coach to the Ivory Coast national team.
The former Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City defender 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 hung up his boots in the summer, took up a role on the backroom staff of his last club Celtic.
Kolo Toure has been appointed as an assistant coach to the Ivory Coast national team
Ivory Coast, with whom Toure won the African Nations Cup as a player in 2015, face Mali in their next World Cup qualifier on Friday.
A statement from the FIF read: 'He will take on the role of coach Marc Wilmots' assistant from the Mali-Cote d'Ivoire match of October 6, 2017.'
Toure's bother Yaya, the Manchester City midfielder, tweeted: 'Very happy to see my big bro Kolo is Cote d'Ivoire assistant coach. Excellent.'
Toure won the Africa Nations Cup as a player with the Ivory Coast back in 2015
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