Paulo Fonseca has replaced Pierre Sage as a Lyon -head coach, the Ligue 1 -side has announced.
Club announcement
Olympique Lyonnais is very pleased to announce the appointment of Paulo Fonseca as the head coach of the professional team until 30 June 2027.
This choice, unanimously taken by John Textor and the entire sports management, is part of the desire to give Olympique Lyonnais a strong ambition, both on the national and European scene.
An experienced 51-year-old coach, Paulo Fonseca has built up a solid reputation in Europe thanks to its many successes and his demanding tactical approach. After winning the Portuguese Super Cup with FC Porto in 2013 and the Portuguese Cup with Braga in 2016, the Portuguese coach enjoyed a successful period in Shakhtar Donetsk, where he won three Cup champion doubles (2017, 2018, 2019) and a Ukrainian Super cup in 2017.
Paulo Fonseca then took the reins on AS Roma between 2019 and 2021 before he came to Losc in June 2022. During his two seasons in Lille, he distinguished himself with an attacking and spectacular playing style, unanimously praised as one of the most attractive in L1. More recently he officer at AC Milan, where he continued his development at the highest European level.
Paulo Fonseca will be accompanied by an experienced Staf, consisting of Paulo Ferreira (assistant coach), Antonio Ferreira (goalkeeper coach), Paulo Mourao (fitness coach), Nelson Duarte (video analysts) as well as Jorge Maciel and Damien Della Santa , already present this season.
Paulo Fonseca and his staff will be given the task of starting a new cycle and leading the club to the highest level during this second half of the season and to achieve the main objective of participating in the Champions League next season.
Paulo Fonseca will be the 34th coach in the history of Olympique Lyonnais and will lead his first game this Sunday in Marseille, on the occasion of the 20th day of L1
The Portuguese manager is officially back in Ligue 1 just a few months after leaving the French top class after the expiry of his Lille contract last summer. Fonseca spent two seasons with Les Dogues and made a consistent Ligue 1 side that is now flourishing in the Champions League under the supervision of Bruno Genesio. Fonseca was a free agent after a fateful stint as AC Milan manager. The 51-year-old was rejected by the Rossoneri at the end of December.
Fonseca has put pen on paper in a two and a half year deal with Lyon. The Portuguese manager will be given the task of achieving the ambitious goals of Lyon owner John Textor for the rest of the season. The American businessman wants Les Gones to win the Europa League and ends in the top four places of Ligue 1. Fonseca will make his Lyon debut this Sunday, while Ol is confronted with their bitter “Olympique” rivals Marseille in the Vélodrome.
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