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Yaya Toure Hails 'New Era' for African Coaches Ahead of Champions League Bow

Toure, 43, left his position as an assistant coach with the Saudi Arabian national team before taking over in July at Slovakia's dominant club, domestic champions in each of the last eight seasons. He then led Slovan through three qualifying rounds to secure a place in the lucrative league phase of Europe's elite club competition. No African before him has coached a team in the Champions League, although there are examples of Europeans born in A…

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Arriving this summer in the Slovak club, the former midfielder managed to qualify him in the biggest European competition between clubs through several qualifying laps and then dams. Before him, never an African had occupied a bench as a main coach in a match in the Champions League, confirmed UEFA to the AFP. Portuguese Carlos Queiroz, born in Mozambique, and Frenchman Jean Tigana, born in Bamako, had already trained in the competition. "It's t…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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At 43 years old, Yaya Touré is the new coach of the Slovak Bratislava and thus becomes the first African to train in the Champions League. He will face "with pleasure" the Paris-Saint-Germain on Wednesday.

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Yaya Touré makes his debut on Wednesday evening as the first African coach ever in the Champions League. The Slovan Bratislava manager will take on Paris Saint-Germain. According to Ruud Gullit, it is a positive development that an African coach is making his debut in the billion-dollar tournament, the former footballer stated on Ziggo Sport.

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L'ÉQUIPE broke the news in Boulogne-Billancourt, France on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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