A former Premier League manager is set to push for a shock career change in the coming months, according to reports.
The 46-year-old took charge of 81 top flight matches in England between 2011 and 2013, taking charge of two different clubs during this period.
But he has not managed a team since leaving his last role in February 2021, and he is now ready to leave the dugout behind to embark on a new challenge.
The presidential elections will take place in April, with Villas-Boas expected to announce his run for the position in January.
Andre Villas-Boas (centre) managed Chelsea between July 2012 and March 2013
Villas-Boas also managed Tottenham but lasted less than 18 months and is now looking at trying a different career by becoming club president at Porto
He has opted to put his name forward despite Porto’s General Assembly for board members ending in chaotic scenes earlier this month, with a fight breaking out when members were asked to vote on changes to the running of the club.
Reacting to the ugly incident, Villas-Boas said:’One of the darkest days in FC Porto history. No shame, no scruples, no respect for the Associates of this great Club.
‘Porto needs to find itself on its principles, its values and its foundations, What has happened today can never happen again.’
He now looks set to try and put things right himself by becoming president. Porto currently sit third in the Portuguese league, three points adrift of leaders Benfica, while they still have a chance of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Villas-Boas has history with Porto, having managed the Portuguese giants through an unbeaten league campaign in 2010-11, where they won the title, the Portuguese Cup and the Portuguese Super Cup.
Villas-Boas won three trophies during his only season as Porto manager in 2011-12
He is now hoping to turn the club’s fortunes around off the pitch after their General Assembly of board members ended in a fight earlier this month
This is not Villas-Boas’ first career change, as he tried rally car racing and took part in the Dakar Rally in 2018
This led to him being named Chelsea manager, but he lasted just eight months at Stamford Bridge before being sacked and replaced by Roberto Di Matteo.
Tottenham called upon his services just four months later, but within 18 months he departed the north London outfit after a disappointing start to the 2013-14 season.
Since leaving Spurs he has gone on to manage Zenit Saint Petersburg, Shanghai SIPG and Marseille.
But he also tried his luck at rally car racing, competing in the Dakar Rally in 2018, and he is now eyeing another career change to work behind the scenes at the club where he made his name.
