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 managerin 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. Spalletti was sacked after the club lost their Champions League last-16 first leg tie 4-2at home to Borussia Dortmund and dropped to second in their domestic league. Sergey Semak was appointed as acting head coach but now Villas-Boas will assume the managerial reins a day after Wednesdays second leg against Dortmund. Villas-Boas was part of Chelsea manager Jose Mourinhos backroom staff before moving into management with Academica and Porto in his home country of Portugal. He won the league, cup and Europa League in his first season at Porto before taking over as Chelsea boss in June 2011, but was dismissed in March 2012 as his side struggled for form. Tottenham appointed him in July 2012 and he led them to fifth in the Premier League in his first season in charge as the club narrowly missed out on earning a Champions League qualification place. Spurs were seventh in the Premier League following a 5-0 defeat by Liverpool in December when they decided to part company with Villas-Boas. He now takes over at Zenit, who are owned by state-controlled gas company Gazprom and are one of European footballs biggest spenders. They signed Brazilian striker Hulkfrom Porto and Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel from Benfica for a combined total of £64m in September 2012. Villas-Boas worked with Hulk during his time at Porto, while Portuguese duo Luis Neto and Danny are also part of Zenits squad
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:48:48 +0000
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