Jonatan Giraldez has been appointed as the brand new head coach of Lyon.
The 33-year-old signed a three-year contract with the French facet, ending in June 2028.
Giraldez was at Barcelona between 2021 and 2024, successful the league title 3 times and back-to-back Girls’s Champions League trophies in 2023 and 2024.
Throughout his one season with the Washington Spirit, he received the NWSL Problem Cup, however Giraldez has now determined to return to Europe.
“I’m honoured and excited to affix OL Lyonnes,” stated Giraldez.
“The membership’s historical past, ambition, and gifted squad signify a improbable alternative, and I sit up for constructing on the membership’s successes because it enters a brand new chapter.”
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— OL Lyonnes (@ol__lyonnes) June 2, 2025
Michele Kang, majority proprietor of the membership, added: “Jonatan’s dedication to excellence and efficiency is unmatched. His management, tactical acumen, and dedication to participant growth will propel our membership to the subsequent stage, each domestically and internationally.”
Giraldez received each the UEFA Girls’s Coach of the 12 months and the Finest FIFA Girls’s Coach awards in 2023 and 2024.
He was additionally the youngest candidate ever nominated for the Finest Girls’s Coach award on the 2024 Ballon d’Or.