Luanda - FC do Porto was invited to participate in the festivities marking 50 years of Angola’s national independence, to be marked in 2025, the president of the Portuguese club, André Villas-Boas, informed Wednesday in Luanda Province.
Speaking to the press after being received by the minister of Youth and Sports, Rui Falcão, André Villas-Boas said that it has not yet been decided which events or sports his club will participate int, but he guaranteed that the invitation made by the Angolan authorities was honourable.
André Vilas-Boas, who has been in Luanda since Tuesday with the aim of establishing relations with the Angolan authorities, expressed interest in sharing knowledge with Angola in sports such as roller hockey and women's football, modalities that he intends to evolve and which in Angola is already a certainty.
The 32nd president of the Portuguese club said he had discussed with the minister the possibility of cooperation in several areas still under study, adding, however, that he had received guarantees of support from the Luanda provincial government for the construction of a training school within four years.
Without providing details regarding the Angolan Football Academy (AFA), said that a cooperation agreement signed in 2014, which had no practical application, will be reactivated.
Players such as Ceninho, Quinzinho, Djalma Campos, Freitas, Carlos Duarte, David Carmo, Pero Emanuel and Domingos Andrade have already progressed at FC Porto.
André Vilas-Boas aged 41 years old, was elected this year to replace Jorge Pinto da Costa.
He was coach of Coimbra Academic Association (2009-2010), FC Porto (2010-2010-2011), Chelsea (2011-2012), Tottenham Hotspur (2012-2013), FC Zenit (2014-2016), Shanghai PFC (2016-2017) and Olympique de Marseille (2019-2021).
While playing for FC Porto, he won a Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, National Championship, Europa League and a Portuguese Cup.
He was elected the 4th best coach in the ranking of the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS)
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