The portuguese is the replacement for sacked Luciano spalleti at the petrovsky stadium.
The Russian Club sacked the Italian due to the poor result yielded after five years of disappointing campaign, both domestically and in Europe, which one of its effect was on recent 4-2 loss to Borrussia Dortmund.
Villas-Boas who has being out of the coaching job after being dismissed by Tottenham in december can now boast of a managerial post in Russia.
Villas-Boas has won the Portuguese League, Europa League and Portuguese Cup titles during his one season at the Drago, before moving to Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspurs where he was less successful.
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