Christian Cole

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Christian Cole
Personal information
Place of birth Sierra Leone
Managerial career
YearsTeam
1989 Sierra Leone
1991 Sierra Leone
2001 Sierra Leone
Mighty Blackpool
2010–2011 Sierra Leone

Christian Cole is a Sierra Leonean football coach.

Career

Cole has had four spells in charge of the national team. [1]

In January 2011, Minister of Employment, Youth and Sports Paul Kamara removed Cole from the managership, replacing him with Swedish coach Lars-Olof Mattsson. [2] The incident sparked a feud between Kamara's ministry and the SLFA, which preferred Cole. [3]

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References

  1. Barrie, Mohammed Fajah (17 August 2010). "Cole is given Nations Cup task for Leone Stars". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  2. Barrie, Mohammed Fajah (25 January 2011). "Sierra Leone hires Sweden's Mattsson as coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  3. Barrie, Mohammed Fajah (23 May 2011). "Swede Mattsson stays as Sierra Leone coach". BBC News. Retrieved 27 May 2011.