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Reynald Pedros had been appointed coach of the Morocco women’s team on November 25, 2020 until 2023
Today, Reynald Pedros has been appointed coach of the national women’s team from Côte d’Ivoire, a position that marks a new chapter in the career of the French tactician.
Winning twice in 2018 and 2019 of the UEFA women’s Champions League with Olympique Lyonnais in 2018 and 2019, Pedros succeeds Clémentine Touré, who held this position for 13 years.
The appointment of Pedros represents a desire of the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) to cross a new level, to relaunch the “elephants” and to aim for a qualification for the Cup of Totalnergies Nations 2026.
The last participation of the Ivorians in this competition dates back to 2014, where they won a good third place, a performance that marked the spirits and allowed Ivorian women’s football to make a name for itself in Africa.
In parallel, the team has only one World Cup participation, that of 2015, where the Ivorians have not crossed the group phase. Since then, Côte d’Ivoire has failed to qualify for the world tournament, and this is where Pedros’ experience and know-how should play a key role. The French coach arrives with impressive background, especially after leading Morocco in 2023 until the round of 16 of the last FIFA female world cup and a place of African vice-champion at the African Cup Totalnergies 2022 female nations.
