Yaya Toure joins coaching staff at Ukraine's Olimpik Donetsk

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - England & Soccer Aid World XI Training - Motspur Park, London, Britain - June 7, 2018 Soccer Aid World XI's Yaya Toure during training Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers/File Photo

(Reuters) - Former Manchester City and Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure has been named assistant manager of Olimpik Donetsk, the Ukrainian Premier League club said on Wednesday.

The 37-year-old former Ivory Coast international worked with English sides Queens Park Rangers and Blackburn Rovers to gain his coaching badges after ending his playing career at Chinese club Qingdao Huanghai last year.