Sierra Leone In 1993, he was appointed manager of
Sierra Leone. Assisted by
Sam Obi Metzger, Zarpanelian guided
Sierra Leone to a 4–0 defeat to
Ivory Coast and a 0–0 stalemate with
Zambia at the
1994 Africa Cup of Nations, causing him to step down as coach and go back to Paris.
Burkina Faso Working with
ASFA Yennenga in early 1997, the Franco-Armenian took charge of
ASF Bobo Dioulasso by summer of that year, driving them to a runners-up position in the league and a national cup trophy.
Uganda Visited Uganda with French journalist
Frank Simon to watch the
2000 CECAFA Cup and observe East African football. ==Personal life and death==