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May 13 (Reuters) -Â Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic has been named Ivory Coast coach, signing a two-year contract to take charge of the country's bid to reach a second successive World Cup finals.
The 55-year-old Halilhodzic replaces German Uli Stielike less than a month before the Ivorians begin their World Cup qualifying campaign at home to Mozambique on June 1.
"It is a terrific sporting challenge. It is a team with much ambition which possesses a very talented generation but who have won nothing," Halilhodzic told French sports daily L'Equipe.
The former Yugoslav international has coached French clubs Stade Rennes, Lille and Paris St Germain.
