Sporting CP Youth Academy
The Sporting CP Youth Academy is the youth development division of Sporting CP (Academia Sporting in Alcochete), which accommodated Portugal during the Euro 2004 competition. Sporting's youth system helped develop footballers such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Luís Figo.
| Full name | Sporting Clube de Portugal Youth Academy |
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| Ground | Academia Sporting Alcochete |
| Website | Club website |
Youth Squads
Sporting U23 team
- As of 25 March 2023[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff
- Head coach: João Pereira
- Assistant coach: Tiago Teixeira
- Assistant coach: António Calça e Pina
- Assistant coach: Ricardo Sequeira
- GK Coach: Dário Ezequiel
- Fitness coach: Bruno Dias
- Analytics coach: André Gonçalves
Sporting U19 team - Juniores
- As of 1 September 2021[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff
- Head coach: Pedro Coelho
- Assistant coach: Paulo Carvalho
- Assistant coach: Bernardo Caetano
- GK Coach: Rodolfo Vieira
- Fitness coach: Pedro Cardoso
Sporting U17 team - Juvenis
- As of 1 September 2021[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff
- Head coach: José João
- Assistant coach: André Krus
- Assistant coach: José Caldeira
- GK Coach: Luis Caetano
- Fitness coach: João Marmeleira
Sporting U15 team - Iniciados
- As of 1 September 2021[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff
- Head coach: Bernardo Bruschy
- Assistant coaches: Fábio Roque
- Assistant coaches: João Lourenço
- GK Coach: João Santos
The Academy
Sporting's Academy was also the first and only sports academy in Europe to receive the ISO9001:2008 – a quality certification awarded by EIC, a Portuguese anonymous society responsible for this type of reward, which is recognised both locally and internationally.[5][6]
Facilities
Budgeted around 2000$00 million (2 million contos), the construction of the academy commenced in August 1999 in the council of Alcochete, located on the outskirts of Lisbon on the southern bank of the river Tejo, and the inauguration was on June 21, 2002.[7] The main building of the academy has two different areas, the professional football area and the youth area. In both sides there is medical center equipped with treatment rooms, gym, Turkish bath, Jacuzzi and bedrooms. In the youth area, there are also several study rooms. The academy is equipped with a main field, four grass pitches for training, a synthetic field and a grassed area for goalkeepers training.[8]
Sporting's youth academy was one of the training grounds for the Portugal national football team during Euro 2004. A number of European clubs choose the Sporting's Academia for training in the off-season.
Youth program
Sporting CP Youth Program helped produce two FIFA World Player of the Year winners (Luís Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo), two Ballon d'Or winners (Luís Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo) and one runner-up (Paulo Futre), and one FIFA Ballon d'Or winner (Cristiano Ronaldo).[5]
Notable Academy graduates
- List criteria
- Player has made 25 appearances or more for his country at full international level
- Player who has been at least nominated for a "world's best men's player" award (Ballon d'Or, FIFA World Player of the Year / The Best FIFA Men's Player or FIFA Ballon d'Or).
References
- "Plantel". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- "Plantel". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- "Plantel". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- "Plantel". Sporting Clube de Portugal. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- "Academia Sporting is the best in Europe" (in Portuguese). DN. 2010-01-18. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19.
- "Quality Academy" (in Portuguese). Record. 2010-01-18.
- "O futuro começa hoje" [The future begins today]. Record (in Portuguese). June 21, 2002. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
- "A Academia" [The Academy]. Record (in Portuguese). June 21, 2002. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
External links
- The Sporting CP academy way – These Football Times (2015)