{"id":6985,"date":"2014-03-18T13:16:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T13:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=6985"},"modified":"2014-03-18T13:16:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T13:16:43","slug":"andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Villas-Boas agrees deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AVB\"<\/a>Former Tottenham and Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has agreed a two-year deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg, according to the Russian club.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The 36-year-old, who was sacked as Spurs manager<\/a> in December, will replace Luciano Spalletti.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Zenit has agreed terms on a contract with new head coach Andre Villas-Boas,” said a statement on the club’s website.<\/p>\n

“Mr Villas-Boas will be presented in St Petersburg as Zenit’s new head coach on 20 March.”<\/p>\n

Spalletti was sacked after the club lost their Champions League last-16 first leg tie 4-2<\/a> at home to Borussia Dortmund and dropped to second in their domestic league.<\/p>\n

Sergey Semak was appointed as acting head coach but now Villas-Boas will assume the managerial reins a day after Wednesday’s second leg against Dortmund.<\/p>\n

Villas-Boas was part of Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s backroom staff before moving into management with Academica and Porto in his home country of Portugal.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> as his side struggled for form.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Spurs were seventh in the Premier League following a 5-0 defeat by Liverpool<\/a> in December when they decided to part company with Villas-Boas.<\/p>\n

He now takes over at Zenit, who are owned by state-controlled gas company Gazprom and are one of European football’s biggest spenders.<\/p>\n

They signed Brazilian striker Hulk<\/a> from Porto and Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel from Benfica for a combined total of \u00a364m in September 2012.<\/p>\n

Villas-Boas worked with Hulk during his time at Porto, while Portuguese duo Luis Neto and Danny are also part of Zenit’s squad.<\/p>\n

In December 2012, the club’s largest fans’ group, Landscrona, called for gay and non-white players to be excluded from the team.<\/a><\/p>\n

However, Venezuela striker Jose Salomon Rondon was signed<\/a> in January 2014 as he became the first black player to join the club following those comments.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Tottenham and Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has agreed a two-year deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg, according to the Russian club.\u00a0 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 club’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":6992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3],"yoast_head":"\nAndre Villas-Boas agrees deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Andre Villas-Boas agrees deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Tottenham and Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has agreed a two-year deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg, according to the Russian club.\u00a0 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 club’s […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-18T13:16:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/AVB.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"624\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"351\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/\",\"name\":\"Andre Villas-Boas agrees deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-18T13:16:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-03-18T13:16:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Andre Villas-Boas agrees deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\",\"name\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Andre Villas-Boas agrees deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Andre Villas-Boas agrees deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"Former Tottenham and Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has agreed a two-year deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg, according to the Russian club.\u00a0 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 club’s […]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2014-03-18T13:16:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":624,"height":351,"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/AVB.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/","name":"Andre Villas-Boas agrees deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-03-18T13:16:43+00:00","dateModified":"2014-03-18T13:16:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/andre-villas-boas-agrees-deal-to-manage-zenit-st-petersburg\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Andre Villas-Boas agrees deal to manage Zenit St Petersburg"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1","name":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kojo Akoto Boateng"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}