Yaya Toure hopes he and his brother Kolo can pave the way for black managers.
Yaya Toure is currently assistant coach at Belgian side Standard Liege having previously worked as a coach at the Tottenham Hotspur academy
"Most of the time people have questioned whether Africans or black coaches would be able to take lessons properly and get involved in managerial roles."My brother was first - he started it , and I was second. Let's see. I'm just challenging myself at a high level in Europe and we'll see if opportunities come in."Yaya's older brother, Kolo, 42, played in the Premier League for Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool between 2003 and 2016.
The brothers were part of the Ivory Coast team that won the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea under Yaya's captaincy in 2015.Only two men in history have won the Africa Cup of Nations as players and coaches. Before that, Mahmoud El-Gohary won Afcon as a player with Egypt in 1959 and then as their coach in 1998.
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