[ 2021-02-12 ]

Yaya Toure

Yaya Toure And Radhi Jaidi Secure European Coaching Roles
Former Ivory Coast and Manchester City star Yaya
Toure has secured his first coaching role by
joining Ukraine's Olimpik Donetsk as an assistant
coach.

The 37-year-old, who won three Premier League
titles with Manchester City and the Champions
League with Barcelona, has recently been working
with English sides Queens Park Rangers and
Blackburn Rovers to gain his coaching badges.

"It's great to be back in the Ukraine to continue
my coaching journey. Thank you to Olympic Donetsk
for the wonderful welcome," the four-time African
footballer of the year wrote on Twitter.

Toure, whose playing career ended last year after
he left Chinese club Qingdao Huanghai, spent two
seasons as a player in Ukraine between 2003 and
2005 at the now defunct Metalurh Donetsk.

Olimpik Donetsk, who is seventh in the standings
with 17 points from 12 games, face league leaders
Dynamo Kyiv on Saturday.

Toure joined Donetsk on the same day as another
former Premier League player also ventured into an
assistant coaching role, with Tunisia's Radhi
Jaidi joining Belgian side Cercle Brugge until the
end of the season.

"I am really looking forward to taking up this
challenge and getting involved at Cercle," the
45-year-old told the club's website.

"I hope my experiences will help me achieve the
ambitious objectives. I can't wait to get started
and get to know everyone in the organisation!"

According to the club: "Jaidi will be specifically
involved in setting up individual training
programmes for the players, as well as preparing
the squad for the training sessions and matches on
a daily basis."

Jaidi played for Southampton between 2009 and
2012, whereupon he became assistant coach of the
club's under-21 team before progressing to head
coach of the under-23.

In 2019 after his stint at Southampton he moved to
the American second division to coach Hartford
Athletic.

Source - BBC

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