Paulo Teixeira: Few can match Pinto da Costa’s success | OneFootball

Paulo Teixeira is currently a member of the FC Porto Superior Council and was for many years vice-president of Pinto da Costa in the club's management. On the first anniversary of the passing of the historic Porto leader, the former mayor reflects on his legacy and states that it will be difficult for anyone to match such an extensive record.

“It is a significant year for FC Porto because it lost the most titled president in the world, the one who brought the most joy to FC Porto's members. He was one of those people we thought was immortal. It will be difficult for anyone in sports in Portugal, not just at FC Porto, to achieve the level of success he managed to reach,” emphasized Paulo Teixeira, in statements to the newspaper Record, convinced that Porto fans will quickly return to the path of success.

“In 2024, FC Porto went through a transition phase. Everyone knew that the day the president Pinto da Costa ceased to be the leader of this great club, things could and would be different, because we are talking about someone incomparable, there is no one else who has been at the helm of a club for more than 40 years. We knew things would be different, there would always be a transition phase, and we hope that in the short/medium term FC Porto will regain success in football and then in other sports. But there is always an adaptation phase, a new direction, a new administration has come in,” recalled the member of the FC Porto Superior Council.

Regarding the recent accusations from Sporting, which compared the leadership of André Villas-Boas to the times of Pinto da Costa, Paulo Teixeira deemed them inappropriate.

“Talking about someone who is no longer here is too much, it shows a lack of civility, of education, which I would not expect from someone who mentioned the name of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa. We have had big clubs visiting FC Porto, smaller clubs, and no one complained about the photos or the air conditioning. I have visited the FC Porto Museum more than three times, and that includes visiting the opponent's locker room at the Dragão, and I have always seen different situations for the better, because it is a dynamic space. FC Porto has a history, and the museum walls are not enough to translate FC Porto's global history, there is no club in Portugal that has achieved as many national and international successes as FC Porto. The walls also serve to illustrate what the media publishes. What is in the museum extends to the corridors, to the locker room walls. In the stadium itself, there is a phrase that says ‘Winning since 1893’. It's a ‘fait-divers’ for those who would like to be leading the championship at this moment but are not, and I hope they will not be,” concluded the former Porto vice-president.

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