Paulo Fonseca is new Shakhtar Donetsk head coach
Tuesday 31 May 2016 19:16, UK
Former Porto coach Paulo Fonseca has been appointed as the new head coach of Shakhtar Donetsk.
Fonseca replaces longtime Shakhtar boss Mircea Lucescu, who won the UEFA Cup and eight domestic titles during 12 years with the club before moving to Zenit St Petersburg earlier this month.
The 43-year-old Fonseca said in a statement he would follow in Lucescu's footsteps and play "beautiful, high-quality football".
Fonseca coached Porto in the 2013-14 season. He finished fourth with Braga in the Portuguese league this season and beat Porto to win the Portuguese cup earlier this month.
Shakhtar, who were second in the Ukrainian league this season, has played their home games in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv since their home city of Donetsk was captured by pro-Russian separatists in 2014.
