Lyon have made former AC Milan manager Paulo Fonseca their new head coach just a month after he left the San Siro.
Fonseca, 51, has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Ligue 1 club and replaces Pierre Sage.
Lyon sacked Sage earlier this week but made it into the last 16 of the Europa League after a 1-1 home draw with Ludogorets in their final group-stage match on Thursday.
🚨 @PFonsecaCoach is our new coach! 🔴🔵
Welcome, Paulo! 🤝 pic.twitter.com/oQGR6goxAl
— Olympique Lyonnais 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@OL_English) January 31, 2025
The club are sixth in the French top-flight after managing just one win in their last five league games and were knocked out of the French Cup following a defeat by French fifth-tier club Bourgoin-Jallieu.
“Olympique Lyonnais is very pleased to announce the appointment of Paulo Fonseca as head coach of the professional team until June 30, 2027,” Lyon said in a statement.
“This choice, taken unanimously 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.”
Fonseca was sacked by Milan after only six months in the job. He previously managed Lille in Ligue 1, guiding them to fourth place last season.
He won the Portuguese Super Cup with Porto in 2013, the Cup of Portugal with Braga in 2015-16, as well as the Ukrainian Premier League with Shakhtar three times in a row.
His first match in charge of Lyon will be their trip to Marseille on Sunday.
