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New Ivory Coast's national football team Belgian coach Marc Wilmots (R) and Ivory Coast's Football Federation (FIF) president Augustin Sidy Diallo (L) hold a jersey reading 'Ivory Coast, M. Wilmots' on March 22, 2017 during a press conference in Abidjan.
Former Belgium coach Marc Wilmots has been appointed to lead Ivory Coast's World Cup qualifying bid, the country's football authorities said on March 22. Wilmots, 48, is one of an elite band of players to have played at four World Cups, and also led Belgium into the 2014 World Cup during his stint as coach with them between 2012-2016. / AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)