“You always have to be very, very careful with statistics. It doesn't mean that we negate them completely; we just don't use them to the extent that people might think.”

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.