André Villas-Boas
Portuguese football executive and former manager (born 1977) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas (Portuguese pronunciation: [luˈiz ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ ðɨ ˈpinɐ kɐˈβɾal i ˈvilɐʒ ˈβoɐʃ]; born 17 October 1977) is a Portuguese former professional football manager and the current president of Portuguese sports club Porto.[3] He was one of a growing number of top-level managers who have never played football professionally and one of the few managers to have never played beyond youth football.[4]
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32nd President of Porto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 7 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1977-10-17) 17 October 1977 (age 46)[2] Porto, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joana Teixeira (m. 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 3 (Benedita · Carolina · Frederico) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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His managerial career highlights include an undefeated 2010–11 season in the Primeira Liga with Porto, winning four trophies and becoming the youngest manager to win a European title in the process;[5][6] guiding Tottenham Hotspur to a then-record tally of 72 points in the Premier League during the 2012–13 season (the most points by a team finishing outside the top four at the time);[7] and three trophies during his spell with Zenit Saint Petersburg, including the club's fifth Russian Premier League title.
In January 2024, almost three years after his last managerial stint at Marseille, Villas-Boas announced his candidacy to the presidency of Porto.[8] On 27 April 2024, he won the club elections with 80% of the votes, defeating incumbent president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, who had been in office for 42 years.[9]