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Frenchman Patrice Beaumelle has been appointed as the new Ivory Coast coach.<\/span><\/p>\n It is a return to Ivory Coast for Beaumelle, as he was assistant to his compatriot Herve Renard when the Elephants won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/span><\/p>\n He has worked extensively with Renard and was his assistant when Zambia won the title three years earlier, in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n Before moving to join Renard with the Elephants <\/span>he was head coach of Chipolopolo for nine months.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n He continued to work with Renard after Ivory Coast at French club Lille and the Moroccan national team. <\/span><\/p>\n When Renard left to become the coach of Saudi Arabia Beaumelle stayed in Morocco and took charge of their under-23 team. <\/span><\/p>\n His first task will be to prepare the Elephants for back-to-back 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Madagascar at the end of March.<\/span><\/p>\n Ivory Coast suffered a shock 2-1 loss away in Ethiopia<\/span><\/a> in their last Group K game after <\/span>a narrow 1-0 win over Niger in their opening qualifier.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n