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Andre Villas-Boas

(1977) Association Football Coach

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Andre Villas-Boas is an association football coach, best known for Identidade e cultura.

Quick Facts About Andre Villas-Boas

Born: October 17, 1977
Profession: Association Football Coach
Notable works: Identidade e cultura

About Andre Villas-Boas

Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas is a Portuguese sports executive and former football manager, who is the president of Portuguese sports club Porto. He was among the growing number of top-level managers who never played football professionally, and one of the few managers to have never played beyond youth football.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Andre Villas-Boas

Ideally when you set up for the first game of the season... to have put the team to bed would be the…

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Tottenham Hotspur is a great club with a strong tradition and fantastic support, both at home and throughout the world.

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Great

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In Porto, when we were preparing, the players guessed the team that was going to play.

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Going

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Strong teams are consistent when they have their best players available - you always want a stronger team than the one before.

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Always

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When a person assumes he has made a mistake, it's for all of us to accept a mistake was made.

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Accept

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In professional football you have to live day-to-day.

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Football

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The Chelsea experience was too much too soon. I wasn't flexible as a manager at that time. I was communicative, but I…

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Experience

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I wouldn't criticise Carlo Ancelotti.

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Criticise

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Only teams with style succeed. But, in the end, success is normally what matters in modern Europe.

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End

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The Premier League is guided by this dynamic: ball lost - ball recovered - ball lost again. That makes matches unpredictable, teams…

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Again

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I am not the clone of anyone.

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Am

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We can't think after every win that we're playing as we want just because we won a match.

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Because

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I'm no dictator. I encourage freedom of choice in football.

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Choice

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I am a person who always puts the team in front and I do it publicly.

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Always

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I am not arrogant. I would never ask the player to celebrate with me.

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Arrogant

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I learned to be more flexible when I went from Chelsea to Tottenham. I always thought more in the long run without…

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Always

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I've been very well received by all the people I've met in St. Petersburg.

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Been

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Tottenham I really enjoyed the first year, and by the time I left we had almost as many points as in the…

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Only

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I'm a peculiar type.

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Peculiar

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I say it sincerely, I'm fine in Marseille, I don't want to look for other clubs or other options.

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Fine

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I told players that when we score a goal, the bench lives through the same emotions and we celebrate with them, with…

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Bench

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Returning to England is definitely not in my plans. I had talks with Liverpool, a club I admire a lot, but like…

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Admire

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I am linked with Jose because we worked together, but I don't go out of my way to talk about it. We…

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Different people

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To compete in the Dakar Rally is a lifetime ambition for me and is something I know I have to do.

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Ambition

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You don't expect opposition fans to praise the other players.

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Expect

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