Kolo Toure becomes Wigan Athletic manager
English championship side Wigan Athletic has appointed Kolo Toure as their Head Coach, Felele247 Media can confirm.
Before his appointment as Wigan Athletic, he work as assistant head coach to Leicester City manager Rogers
The former Arsenal and Ivory Coast defender has become the first African to be appointed the Coach of an English senior football club.
Few months ago, Kolo Toure was tipped to become Congo DRC(Kinshasa) head coach.
Kolo Toure began his playing career with Ivorian giants alongside his younger brother Yaya Toure ASEC Mimosas, they moved to Arsenal in 2002, where he made 326 appearances for the club and was a member of the 03–04 ‘invincibles’ side.
In 2009, he moved to Manchester City, where he was joined a year later by his younger brother, Yaya Touré, helping City earn its first league title in 44 years.
In 2013, Touré was transferred to Liverpool. He is one of the eight players who have won the Premier League with two clubs, having won it with Arsenal and Manchester City. He also won the Scottish Premiership and Scottish League Cup with Celtic. He remains to date the African player with the most Premier League appearances (353 in total).
