By Daily Sports on March 22, 2017
Former Belgium coach Marc Wilmots has been appointed to lead Ivory Coast’s World Cup qualifying bid, the country’s football authorities said on Tuesday.
Wilmots, 48, is one of an elite band of players to have played at four World Cups, and also led Belgium into the 2014 World Cup during his stint as coach with them between 2012-2016.
One of Africa’s big guns and a regular World Cup qualifier, Ivory Coast flopped badly at the defence of their continental title at the Africa Cup of Nations in February, crashing out in the first round.
Then coach Frenchman Michel Dussuyer was sacked and replaced by a caretaker coach Ibrahim Kamara, who last week unveiled a vastly changed squad for two upcoming friendlies with Russia and Senegal.
The nation lead Africa zone group C with four points from two games ahead of Morocco and Gabon on two, and Mali on one. They need to win the group to make the cut for Russia 2018.
•Sourced from AFP. Photo shows Ivory Coast’s new coach Marc Wilmots.
Source Daily Sports
Posted March 22, 2017
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