He was the winner during his playing days and the early signs are there – it looks like he will be a winner as a coach too. Yaya Toure started his managerial career in June 2026 and after just two months, he broke a record – the first African manager to lead a team into the Champions League. Toure became the head coach on June 13th and took over Slovan Bratislava. Since he took charge, they have won five of their six competitive matches but the Wednesday’s victory was the most important one. They came to Slovenia to play the second leg after a 1-1 draw in the first match and managed to beat 2-1 in extra time.Yaya Touré has become the first African manager to take a team to the Champions League group stage 📈The dressing room scenes last night 🙌(via @SKSlovan) pic.twitter.com/D4i5Yf4urh— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) August 27, 2026 This is Toure’s first job as a head coach, but he was assistant before that. In 2021, he joined Ukrainian Premier League club Olimpik Donetsk as assistant manager, but left after four months. Later that year, he started working in Russia, with a Premier League club Akhmat Grozny but left in December 2021. Toure then moved to coach under-16 coach at Tottenham Hotspur's academy in August 2022. and later switched to Belgian club Standard Liege as assistant manager. In 2023, he got a call from his former boss in City Roberto Manchini and joined him as Saudi Arabia national team assistant. Finally in June this year, he decided to give it a go as head coach, and so far, he is doing good.Finally – Yaya Toure is becoming a coachDuring his illustrious career, Yaya Toure won numerous trophies. He was the Spanish champion with Barcelona twice, winning the Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup with the Catalans also. He also won three Premier League titles with Manchester City and AFON with Ivory Coast in 2015. He was the African footballer of the Year four years in a row (2011-2014).##NAJAVA_MECA_9915626##