Ivory Coast have appointed former France international Sabri Lamouchi as their new coach.
The 40-year-old former Monaco, Inter and Marseille midfielder succeeds Francois Zahoui a day after the country lost 2-1 to Mali in an international friendly in France.
Lamouchi was surprisingly preferred to more accomplished candidates such as former England coach Sven Goran Eriksson, former Senegal coach Bruno Metsu and former PSG manager Antoine Kombouare.
Details of Lamouchi’s contract were not revealed by the Ivorian football body but he will likely lead the team through the qualifying campaigns of the 2014 World Cup and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Frenchman, who retired from football in 2001, is taking up his first coaching job with a national team.
Ivory Coast begin their World Cup qualifying matches on June 2 against Tanzania, followed by Morocco on June 9.
Source : http://www.soccernews.com/ivory-coast-name-lamouchi-as-coach/95400/
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