António Tavares, Matos Fernandes and Jorge Costa honoured by Porto council

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·10 July 2026

António Tavares, Matos Fernandes and Jorge Costa honoured by Porto council

The City Merit Medals were awarded by the Mayor of Porto at a ceremony held this Thursday at City Hall.

António Tavares, president of the General Assembly Board of FC Porto, was among the figures honored by the Porto municipality.

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Jorge Costa, former captain and director of professional football at FC Porto, who died in August 2025, and José Manuel Matos Fernandes, former president of the General Assembly Board, who passed away last April, also received the distinction posthumously.

André Villas-Boas, president of FC Porto, and Carla Oliveira, an athlete from the club, two-time European boccia champion, were unable to attend the ceremony, but will receive their respective City Merit Medals on a date to be announced.

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