Lyon's Portuguese head coach Paulo Fonseca has joined Sporting Lisbon, the French club confirmed on Wednesday. The move brings Fonseca back to his native Portugal after a stint in Ligue 1.
Fonseca, who previously managed Porto and Braga in the Primeira Liga, had been with Lyon since the start of the 2025-26 season. His departure comes as Sporting Lisbon seek to strengthen their technical staff ahead of the second half of the campaign.
The 51-year-old coach built his reputation with a successful spell at Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine before returning to Portugal and later moving to Italy with Roma and AC Milan. His appointment at Lyon was seen as a major coup for the French side, but the lure of a return to Sporting proved decisive.
