“In my formative moments, working with Jose was the best time of my life. I was able to learn many things and working with him takes you to another level. You fall in love with him and he becomes your idol. I wanted to be like him, know everything that he knew and absorb all the information he was giving. Then you fall on the wrong side of Jose.”

Portuguese sports executive and former football manager

Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas is a Portuguese sports executive and former football manager. He is the president of Porto and became known as part of a generation of top-level coaches who did not build their careers as professional players. He was also noted for being among the small group of managers who never played beyond youth football. His public profile comes mainly from football leadership rather than a playing career, and his name is closely tied to club management at the highest level.