André Villas-Boas has won the elections for the presidency of Porto and will end the rule of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, 86 years old and held the position since 1982.
In the absence of official results, Villas-Boas obtained a significant advantage in the number of votes over the other two candidates, Pinto da Costa himself and Nuno Lobo.
He teamed up with Zubizarreta in Marseille
Villas-Boas’ victory will be made Andoni Zubizarreta to the new sports director, a position he already held at Athletic Club, Barcelona and Marseille. It was in the French team where they both met when the Portuguese took the bench and now the former Basque goalkeeper has become part of their candidacy for Porto.
certainly Villas-Boas He stopped coaching since he left Marseille in February 2021. He previously coached at Acadómica Coimbra, Porto, Chelsea, Tottenham Zenit and Chinese Shanghai SIPG.
More than 26,000 Porto members, specifically 26,743, came to vote, a record participation that surpassed the 10,700 in 1988.
Source: La Verdad
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