Kateryna aka Katerina Fonseca is the wife of Portuguese football manager and former professional footballer Paulo Fonseca, find out more about her below
The Lyon manager is currently making news after receiving a nine-month ban from matchday duties after angrily confronting a referee.
Who is Kateryna (Katerina) Fonseca, wife of Lyon manager Paulo Fonseca, bio, age, husband, children, education, job, net worth and Instagram
The incident, involving Paulo and referee Benoit Millot, sparked off during Lyon’s 2-1 win over Brest on March 2, 2025.
Kateryna Fonseca bio
Kateryna Fonseca, born as Katerina Ostroushko, is an Ukrainian television presenter and producer who was born on January 19, 1991, in Yenakijeve, Ukraine. She is currently 34 years old and married to Portuguese football manager Paulo Fonseca. Kateryna’s professional career spans in journalism, television production, and corporate communications. She has played a notable role in Ukrainian media and public relations through her work.
Education
Kateryna Fonseca obtained her education from Kharkiv University in Kharkiv, Ukraine. During her second year at the university, she decided to switch to distance learning and eventually returned to Donetsk.
Profession and career
Kateryna Fonseca began her television career in 2010 at the young age of 19 as a journalist for Donetsk TV channel Peršyy muničypal’nyy (“First Municipal”) on the VUZ-TV program. In 2011, she joined Donbass TV, part of Media Grupa Ukraina, and within six months, she debuted as the host of the live news show Chas novyn Donbasu (“Donbass News”).
By 2012, she hosted Ty Ponad vse (“You Are Above All”), a daily live women’s talk show. She later became the main producer of Donbass TV in 2014. Following the channel’s relocation to Kyiv due to the conflict in eastern Ukraine in 2014, Fonseca became the host and producer of the socio-political TV show Vsim svitom (“All the World”), a role she held until 2015.
The following year, in 2016, she was appointed as head of the press service for Rinat Akhmetov, president of System Capital Management. That same year, she also joined the supervisory board of Media Grupa Ukraine. By 2019, Fonseca had established herself as a key media figure, serving as a media official and personal press attaché for Rinat Akhmetov. However, she eventually quit her job after her marriage and moved to Rome with Fonseca.
While her net worth isn’t known, her husband Paulo is worth between $10-20 million.
Meanwhile let’s check in on Paulo Fonseca over in France pic.twitter.com/pSMhYd6sDQ
— Matteo Bonetti (@Bonetti) March 2, 2025
Relationship and marriage
Kateryna Fonseca tied the knot with Portuguese football coach Paulo Fonseca on 25 May 2018. The couple got married in a beautiful ceremony with friends and family at Lake Como, Italy. Notably, Katerina is 18 years younger than Fonseca. Fonseca was previously married to his long-term partner Sandra.
Children
Kateryna and Paulo currently have two sons named Martin and Christian.
Kateryna Fonseca has an Instagram account with the handle @katerynafonseca, where she has almost 10k followers and about 65 posts.