Christian Cole

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{short description|Sierra Leonean football coach|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{For|the first black graduate of Oxford University|Christian Cole (barrister)}} {{For|the fictional character|Criston Cole}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Christian Cole | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = | birth_place = Sierra Leone | currentclub = | manageryears1 = 1989 | managerclubs1 = Sierra Leone | manageryears2 = 1991 | managerclubs2 = Sierra Leone | manageryears3 = 2001 | managerclubs3 = Sierra Leone | manageryears4 = | managerclubs4 = Mighty Blackpool | manageryears5 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs5 = Sierra Leone }} '''Christian Cole''' is a Sierra Leonean football coach.

==Career== Cole has had four spells in charge of the national team.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8922022.stm |title=Cole is given Nations Cup task for Leone Stars |access-date=1 October 2010 |date=17 August 2010 |last=Barrie |first=Mohammed Fajah |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

In January 2011, Minister of Employment, Youth and Sports Paul Kamara removed Cole from the managership, replacing him with Swedish coach Lars-Olof Mattsson.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9373380.stm |title=Sierra Leone hires Sweden's Mattsson as coach |access-date=25 January 2011 |date=25 January 2011 |last=Barrie |first=Mohammed Fajah |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> The incident sparked a feud between Kamara's ministry and the SLFA, which preferred Cole.<ref name="BBCsport">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13511676 |title=Swede Mattsson stays as Sierra Leone coach |last=Barrie |first=Mohammed Fajah |date=23 May 2011 |work=BBC News |access-date=27 May 2011}}</ref>

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