Villas-Boas and Jorge Costa, posthumously, honoured by Porto council | OneFootball

André Villas-Boas, president of FC Porto, and Jorge Costa, former director of Professional Football — in this case posthumously, after having passed away in August of last year — will be awarded the Medal of Merit by Porto City Council. The ceremony will take place this Thursday at City Hall and will also include the presentation of three Medals of Honor — to Rui Moreira, Nuno Cardoso and Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo — the municipality’s highest distinction, as well as 26 Medals of Merit and one for Good Service. The full list of honorees was approved at Tuesday’s Executive meeting.

However, André Villas-Boas will not be able to attend tomorrow’s ceremony, so alternative dates for the presentation of the medals are being considered together with Porto City Council.

After winning the national title and the celebrations that took place across various parts of the city, the municipality led by Pedro Duarte is once again honoring FC Porto through its president and the late director, as well as António Tavares, president of the General Assembly Board of the Dragons. FC Porto athlete Carla Oliveira, a two-time European boccia champion, is also among this year’s honorees. Like Jorge Costa, José Manuel Matos Fernandes, former president of the General Assembly Board, who passed away last April, will also be decorated posthumously by the municipality.

Municipal medals are intended to distinguish individuals or organizations, national or foreign, who have stood out for their merits or civic achievements, as well as municipal workers for the performance of their duties or missions. Since 2014, the medals have symbolically been awarded on July 9. The date was set by Rui Moreira to mark the day liberal troops entered the city of Porto, after landing at Praia da Memória, which marked the beginning of the civil war between liberals and absolutists.

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