(Reuters) – Lille have appointed Paulo Fonseca as their new coach with the Portuguese signing a two-year contract, the Ligue 1 membership mentioned on Wednesday.
Fonseca, 49, coached Italian facet AS Roma earlier than leaving the membership in May final 12 months. He had beforehand coached Ukrainian facet Shakhtar Donetsk, who he led to 3 consecutive league titles, in addition to Portuguese facet Porto.
“Becoming the new coach of Lille is a supply of satisfaction and a fantastic honour for me,” Fonseca mentioned in an announcement.
“I’m conscious that having been chosen to hitch this nice French membership, with its wealthy historical past and spectacular observe file, additionally provides me a fantastic accountability.”
Lille parted methods with supervisor Jocelyn Gourvennec earlier this month after a disappointing season by which the 2020-21 Ligue 1 champions completed tenth within the standings.
(Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk; Editing by Toby Davis)
