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 sports executive, and former professional football manager, who is currently the president of Portuguese sports club Porto. He was among the growing number of top-level managers who never played football professionally, and one of the few managers to have never played beyond youth football.
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; 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); 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. 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.
Read more...The October 17, 1977 was a Monday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 289 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.
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Date: 18 October 1977
By LAURIE JOHNSTON
Laurie JOHNSTON
news agency repts of landing of aircraft carrying W Ger commando squad at Mogadishu airport, reptdly picked up by Israeli monitoring of radio exchs with control tower, were followed quickly with W Ger Govt request that news be withheld lest it jeopardize hostages' safety; agencies involved were Agence France-Presse, Reuters, AP, UPI, NBC-TV and CBS-TV (M)
Date: 18 October 1977
Stan Hochman, sports columnist for Phila Daily News, accuses Howard Cosell of having assaulted him aboard airplane preparing to leave Los Angeles after World Series Game; Cosell says he only playfully chucked Hochman under the chin (S)
Date: 18 October 1977
Date: 18 October 1977
Date: 17 October 1977
Date: 17 October 1977
Analysis of US steel indus problems cites failure to modernize as among reasons (M)
Date: 18 October 1977
Cuban Pres Fidel Castro defends Cuba's intervention in Africa, speech, Montego Bay, Jamaica (S)
Date: 17 October 1977
24 families are allowed to return home, Seveso, Italy, 14 mos after being evacuated were 1st group of 730 families evacuated from area; many people still fear long-term effects of chem (S)