He Milan announced this Thursday that the Portuguese Paulo Fonseca He will be the new coach of the first team for the next three years, until June 30, 2027, replacing Stefano Pioli. “Milan has confirmed that Paulo Fonseca has been appointed coach of the men’s first team. The Portuguese coach has now joined AC Milan on a three-year contract. The club wishes Paulo and his team a warm welcome,” the Rossonero team report official statement.
Fonseca, Portuguese but born in Nampula (Mozambique), is an old acquaintance of Serie A as he has coached at Roma, where they reached the semifinals of the Europa League in 2021, and took the baton from Stefano Pioli, coach who won the ‘Scudetto’ in the 2021-22 campaign and reached the semifinals of the Champions League in 2022-23.
The new coach, who started his career on the bench in 2005 and went through Lille, Braga and Shaktar Donest, among others, arrived in Milan to turn around the situation of a team that has not been able to find a good performance since he lifted the ‘Scudetto’.
With the Rossoneri, Fonseca will direct his compatriot Rafael Leao, the undisputed star of the team and now set his sights on Portugal at Euro 2024.
Source: La Verdad
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