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Ligue 1 club Lille have appointed Davide Ancelotti as their new head coach on a two-year deal.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 36-year-old Italian will take up the role after serving as an assistant to his father, Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti, at this summer’s World Cup.<\/a><\/p>\n Lille did not say whether he will continue his role with Brazil once he takes charge at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.<\/p>\n “I’m very proud and happy,” said Ancelotti. “It’s an honour to represent Lille.<\/p>\n “They are a serious, ambitious, competitive club who are regularly playing European football.”<\/p>\n This will be Ancelotti’s second managerial role having been in charge of Brazilian club Botafogo from July to December last year.<\/p>\n He was sacked after Botafogo finished sixth in Brazil’s top flight and were knocked out of the Copa Libertadores round of 16 by Ecuador’s LDU Quito.<\/p>\n The former AC Milan youth player began his coaching career in 2016 and has worked alongside his father at Napoli, Bayern Munich, Everton and Real Madrid.<\/p>\n He will succeed Bruno Genesio at Lille after he and the club “decided not to continue their collaboration” at the end of his two-year contract.<\/p>\n Genesio led Lille to fifth place in 2024-25 before they finished third in 2025-26 to secure Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n