{"id":35285,"date":"2026-06-01T13:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/lille-hire-brazilian-manager-carlo-ancelottis-son-ahead-of-champions-league-season\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T13:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:29:26","slug":"lille-hire-brazilian-manager-carlo-ancelottis-son-ahead-of-champions-league-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/lille-hire-brazilian-manager-carlo-ancelottis-son-ahead-of-champions-league-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Lille hire Brazilian manager Carlo Ancelotti&#8217;s son ahead of Champions League season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LILLE, France (AP) \u2014 Son of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Brazil national team coach Carlo Ancelotti<\/span> He was hired by Lille on Monday to lead the French club in next season&#8217;s Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Davide Ancelotti has signed a two-year contract. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Leal said in a statement.<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>36-year-old Ancelotti has been appointed as his successor. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Bruno Genesio<\/span> After leading Lille to third place in Ligue 1, his contract was not renewed.<\/p>\n<p>Ancelotti was an assistant to his famous father at Bayern Munich, Napoli, Everton, Real Madrid and the Brazilian national team. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">2026 World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ancelotti left his father&#8217;s coaching staff last year to take his first full-time coaching job at Botafogo. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">he was fired<\/span> Within 5 months.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to Ligue 1 for the first time in more than 13 years after working as a fitness coach at Paris Saint-Germain during his father&#8217;s 18-month stay at the club. <\/p>\n<p>Lille returned to the Champions League in the 2024-25 season, finishing seventh out of 36 teams. Lille then lost to Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>Under Genesio, Lille played in the second division Europa League this season. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Eliminated in round of 16<\/span> Aston Villa, the eventual champions. <\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Soccer: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/davide-ancelotti-lille-brazil-54424fb052b9c8388073a446bfcddba1\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LILLE, France (AP) \u2014 Son of Brazil national team coach Carlo Ancelotti He was hired by Lille on Monday to lead the French club in next season&#8217;s Champions League. Davide Ancelotti has signed a two-year contract. Leal said in a statement.. 36-year-old Ancelotti has been appointed as his successor. 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