Andre Villas-Boas collects signatures to participate in the elections of FC Porto

The candidacy, led by Andre Villas-Boas, a former coach of the main football team, completed this Wednesday the collection of signatures from the 300 members of FC Porto required by the club’s statutes to participate in the elections to the governing bodies.

A source close to the “There is only one Porto” list told the Lusa agency that the move involved more than 300 signatories and significant progress was observed this Wednesday, a day marked by the opening of the campaign headquarters near the Boavista roundabout in Porto. .

On Thursday, starting at 18:00, a press conference will be held in this space at which the names proposed by the “blue-white” presidential candidate for the post of head of the Council of the General Assembly and the Financial-Disciplinary Council will be announced.

André Villas-Boas presented his program last week at a session attended by around 700 people in Alfandega do Porto and joined businessman Nuno Lobo, the candidate defeated in 2020 by Pinto da Costa, in the next governing elections FC Porto. the four-year period 2024-2028, the date of which will still be determined by the head of the Council of the General Assembly, José Lourenço Pinto, and should take place in April.

The 46-year-old former coach rose to fame in the 2010/11 season when he won four competitions as head of the first team, including the Portuguese League One and the Europa League, which represented the last of the club’s seven international trophies. from “blue and white”.

Pinto da Costa, 86, has yet to say whether he will seek a 16th consecutive term while he is the leader with the most titles and longevity in world football, first elected as the 33rd president. in a story from the club in April 1982.