Yeo Martial (born 2 January 1944) is an Ivorian football manager. He managed the Ivory Coast national team to the 1992 African Cup of Nations, and after a stint managing Africa Sports and the Niger national team,[1][2] he returned to Ivory Coast set up as Technical Director in 2004.[3]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yeo Martial | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Africa Sports | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Niger | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Martial also runs his own football academy, the École de Football Yéo Martial, in Abidjan, established in 2001, which has an informal partnership with Italian side Parma.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Martial named Niger coach". BBC. 26 November 2002. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "Niger sack their manager". BBC. 20 November 2003. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ James Copnall (5 August 2004). "Ivory Coast recalls Martial". BBC. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "Former Ivorian coach opens academy". BBC. 10 March 2001. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
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