Paulo Fonseca named Sporting head coach

Sporting have made official the arrival of Paulo Fonseca as their new head coach, several Portuguese media report.

Paulo Fonseca, joueur de football

Photo: Ludovic Péron — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (new window)

Paulo Fonseca is the new head coach of Sporting. The club made it official on Wednesday 4 November, according to Terra, Bola na Rede and zerozero. Per zerozero, the coach has signed a contract running until June 2030.

He succeeds Rui Borges, according to Bola na Rede and RTP Desporto. Back in Portugal after more than a decade, he will wear Sporting's colours for the first time, RTP Desporto notes. Bola na Rede adds that he has already been presented and that the details have been communicated to the CMVM.

Sources

  1. TerraSporting anuncia Paulo Fonseca como novo treinador (new window)terra.com.br
  2. Bola na RedePaulo Fonseca apresentado como novo treinador do Sporting: eis todos os detalhes enviados à CMVM (new window)bolanarede.pt
  3. zerozeroOficial: Paulo Fonseca é o novo treinador do Sporting (new window)zerozero.pt
  4. RTP DesportoO regresso a Portugal após bagagem europeia. Paulo Fonseca é o novo treinador do Sporting (new window)rtp.pt
  5. Bola na RedePaulo Fonseca já está em Portugal para se tornar no novo treinador do Sporting (new window)bolanarede.pt