Sporting CP Youth Academy
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| Full name | Sporting Clube de Portugal Youth and Academy |
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| Ground | Sporting/Puma Academy Alcochete |
| Chairman | Luiz Godinho Lopes |
| Website | Club website |
Sporting Clube de Portugal has a world-class football training facility (Academia Sporting in Alcochete), which accommodated Portugal during the Euro 2004 competition. Famous for its football youth academy system which features a range of well-equipped facilities and is one of the most renowned in the world, Sporting has continuously developed many world class footballers. Some of its most notable home-bred footballers include Rui Patrício, Victor Golas, Pedro Mendes, Tiago Ilori, Eric Dier, Cédric Soares, Zézinho, João Mário Eduardo, Adrien Silva, André Martins, Ricardo Esgaio, Bruma and Betinho in the current squad.
The long list of valuable players who developed their skills in the youth academy of the club include other noted footballers such as:
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) and former Manchester United winger
- Luís Figo (retired), former Barcelona, Real Madrid and Internazionale player
- Nani (Manchester United)
- Paulo Futre (retired), former Atlético Madrid player
- Simão (Espanyol), former Barcelona, Benfica and Atlético Madrid player
- Ricardo Quaresma (Al Ahli), former Barcelona, Chelsea, Porto and Internazionale player
- Miguel Veloso (Dynamo Kyiv), former Genoa player
- João Moutinho (Porto)
- Silvestre Varela (Porto)
- Bruno Pereirinha (Lazio)
- Hugo Viana (Braga), former Newcastle United and Valencia player
- Custódio (Braga), former Dynamo Moscow player
- Beto (Sevilla)
- Daniel Carriço (Reading)
- Marco Caneira (Videoton FC), former Internazionale, Bordeaux and Valencia player
- Nuno Valente (former Porto Champions League winner and former Everton player)
- Dani Carvalho (retired), who played for Ajax
- Luís Boa Morte, former Arsenal and Fulham player
- Miguel (unattached, although he only played for the youth squads before moving to Estrela da Amadora and known for playing for Valencia)
- Emílio Peixe (retired), who played for Sevilla
- Jorge Cadete (retired), who played for Celtic
- Beto (retired) former Bordeaux and Recreativo player
- Carlos Xavier (retired), who played for Real Sociedad
- Paulo Torres (retired), who played for Salamanca and Rayo Vallecano
- Houssine Kharja (Al-Arabi), former Roma, Siena, Genoa, Internazionale and Fiorentina player
Youth Squads
Sporting U19 team - Juniores
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
- Director: Mário Lino
- Head Coach: Abel Ferreira
- Assistant Coach: João Martins
- GK coach: Tiago Ferreira
- Strength & conditioning coach: Carlos Bruno
Sporting U17 team - Juvenis
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
- Director: Jorge Cardoso
- Head Coach: Luís Pedrosa
- Assistant Coaches: Rui Tomé, Hernâni Costa
- GK coach: Ricardo Leite
Sporting U16 team - Juvenis (Distritais)
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
- Delegate: Atanásio
- Head Coach: Nuno Lourenço
Sporting U15 team - Iniciados
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
- Director: Alberto Fernandes
- Head Coach: Telmo Costa
- Assistant Coaches: João Vargas
- GK coach: Nuno Almeida
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. This is a testimony to Sporting's excellence in several different areas, such as: their ability to raise up youngsters not only athletically, but also academically; Sporting responsibility towards ethical and social aspects, as well as their struggle to maintain the club values above everything else; quality of their infrastructures/facilities; their coaching and medical staff skills; scouting area.[1][2]
Facilities
Budgeted around 2000$00 million (2 million contos), the construction of the academy commenced in August 1999 in the council of Alcochet, located on the outskirts of Lisbon on the southern bank of the river Tejo, and the inauguration was on June 21, 2002.[3] 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's 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.[4]
Sporting's youth academy was considered by Luiz Felipe Scolari (former Portugal national coach) and José Pekerman (former Argentina national coach) as one of the best sports academies in the world. It was also the home training ground for the Portuguese national football team during Euro 2004. A number of European clubs choose the Sporting's Academia for training in the off-season.
World-Class Youth Program
Sporting Clube de Portugal is famous for its renowned youth program. The club produced two FIFA World Player of the Year (Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo), two European Footballer of the Year (Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo) and one runner-up (Paulo Futre), five UEFA Champions League winners (Paulo Futre, Luís Figo, Nuno Valente, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani) and a large number of players who represented their country at full international level, including Vítor Damas, Jorge Cadete, Beto, Luís Boa Morte, Simão Sabrosa, Marco Caneira, Miguel Monteiro, Carlos Martins, Hugo Viana, Ricardo Quaresma, Silvestre Varela, João Moutinho, Miguel Veloso and Rui Patrício.
In 2010, the academy was 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. This is a testimony to Sporting's excellence in several different areas, such as: their ability to raise up youngsters not only athletically, but also academically; Sporting responsibility towards ethical and social aspects, as well as their struggle to maintain the club values above everything else; quality of their infrastructures/facilities; their coaching and medical staff skills; scouting area.[5][6]
Notable Academy Graduates
- List criteria
- Player has made 25 appearances or more for his country at full international level, or
- Player has won an official FIFA / UEFA award or achievement.
References
- ^ "Academia Sporting is the best in Europe". DN. 2010-01-18 (Portuguese).
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Quality Academy". Record. 2010-01-18 (Portuguese).
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "O futuro começa hoje". Record (in Portuguese). June 21, 2002. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "A Academia". Record (in Portuguese). June 21, 2002. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Academia de Qualidade". Record (in Portuguese). January 18, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Academia Sporting é a melhor da Europa". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). January 18, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
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