Kolo Touré: First Team Coach Departs

Press Release
29 Nov 2022
1 Minute
Leicester City can confirm that First Team Coach Kolo Touré will leave the Football Club to take up a new position as manager of Championship side Wigan Athletic.

- Kolo Touré leaves Leicester City to begin management career
- Former Ivory Coast defender will take charge of Championship side Wigan Athletic
- Touré has been City’s First Team Coach since 2019

The former Ivory Coast defender has been part of manager Brendan Rodgers’ coaching team at Leicester City since February 2019, adding the experience of an enormously successful playing career to our First Team operation. His move to the Latics represents his first step into senior management.

Everybody at Leicester City would thank Kolo for his contribution during a successful period for the Club wish him the very best as he begins his career in management.