Andre Villas-Boas agrees deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg Former Tottenham and Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has agreed a two-year deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg, according to the Russian club. The 36-year-old, who was sacked as Spurs manager in December, will replace Luciano Spalletti. Zenit has agreed terms on a contract with new head coach Andre Villas-Boas, said a statement on the clubs website. Coming out of Mourinhos shadow 1977: Andre Villas-Boas is born in Porto on 17 October 1993: Works as a trainee under Sir Bobby Robson at Porto 1994: Achieves Uefa C coaching licence in Scotland 2002: Becomes part of Jose Mourinhos staff at Porto 2004: Follows Mourinho to Chelsea 2008: Moves with Mourinho to Inter Milan 2009: Appointed manager of Academica 2010: Named Porto boss 2011: Wins league, cup and Europa League in first season 2011: Takes over at Chelsea, but is sacked in early 2012 after 40 games in charge 2012: Replaces Harry Redknapp as manager of Tottenham Hotspur 2013: Leads Spurs to a fifth-placed finish and to the last 16 of the Europa League in his first season in charge but is sacked during the following campaign Mr Villas-Boas will be presented in St Petersburg as Zenits new head coach on 20 March.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:09:13 +0000
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