FC Porto: André Villas-Boas named president with 79.9% of votes, record turnout of 26,876 supporters

Former Portuguese coach André Villas-Boas (46) has been elected president of FC Porto (Liga Portugal Betclic) for a four-year term (2024-2028) thanks to the participation of a record 26,876 voting members, announced the club on 28/04/2024.

"AVB" became the club's 32^nd president after receiving 21,489 votes in his favour (79.9% of the vote), while Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, who has held the post since 1982, received just 5,224 (19.4%). A third candidate, Nuno Lobo, received 53 votes. The election was held at the Estádio do Dragão (Porto, POR).

A former coach of Porto's youth teams and then of the first team (2010-11), with whom he won the Europa League in 2011, André Villas-Boas has also managed Chelsea FC (Premier League, 2011-12) and Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats, 2019-2021). He had announced his intention to run for president of FC Porto in 2022.

•  The previous record turnout for FC Porto's presidential election was set in 1998, when 10,731 people voted.

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