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Paulo Fonseca

Olympique Lyonnais· Ligue 1 · Portugal flag Portugal

Employed4-3-3PossessionLigue 1 hub →

GafferScore

79/ 100

Strong

80th percentile of covered managers

Developing sampleUpdated today

CAREER & CONTRACT RECORD NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR THIS MANAGER.

Current role

Head Coach

Current base shape

4-3-3

Appointed

Not yet available

Contract expiry

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Senior managerial experience

Not yet available

Date of birth

Not yet available

Place of birth

Not available

Tactical identity

Possession

Provisional data

Season: 2026/27Competition: Ligue 1Updated: Updated todaySource: GafferLens editorial review — club relationship verified to the 20 August 2026 baseline

Data profile

Prototype dataset

Metric	Value	Percentile	Comparison group
Attack	81	71st	Covered managers
Defence	81	72nd	Covered managers
Pressing	82	73rd	Covered managers
Possession	87	88th	Covered managers
Build-Up	85	83rd	Covered managers
Transition	74	30th	Covered managers
Player Development	80	62nd	Covered managers
Tactical Flexibility	80	73rd	Covered managers
GafferScore	79	80th	Covered managers

Verified career record

No verified match record is held for this manager yet. GafferLens does not estimate totals, so figures appear here only once each senior spell has been sourced.

Methodology & data freshness

GafferScore 0.4 (provisional editorial) · tactical model 0.3 (prototype model) · rankings updated 2026-08-17. Form window: Last 10 competitive matches, recency weighted.

Updated today · Confidence LOW · Source: GafferLens editorial review — club relationship verified to the 20 August 2026 baseline

Image credits

Visual: GafferLens generic Olympique Lyonnais shirt — an original unbranded illustration using traditional club colours. No licensed photograph verified for Paulo Fonseca (status: PLACEHOLDER).

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