Sporting CP Youth Academy
Sporting Clube de Portugal has a football training facility (Academia Sporting in Alcochete), which accommodated Portugal during the Euro 2004 competition. Sporting youth system help developed footballers such as Ballon d'Or recipients Cristiano Ronaldo and Luís Figo.
| Full name | Sporting Clube de Portugal Youth Academy |
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| Ground | Sporting/Puma Academy Alcochete |
| Website | Club website |
Youth Squads
Sporting U19 team - Juniores
- As of 7 September 2016
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: Tiago Fernandes
- Assistant Coach: Filipe Çelikkaya
- Fitness Coach: Carlos Bruno
- GK Coach: Hugo Tecelão
- Physiotherapist: Carlos Lima
Sporting U17 team - Juvenis
- As of 23 August 2016
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 Couto
- Assistant Coach: João Gonçalves
- Assistant Coach: João Vargas
- Fitness Coach: Filipe Antunes
- GK Coach: Nuno Almeida
Sporting U17 B team - Juvenis (Distritais)
- As of 9 September 2016
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: Paulo Alexandre Nunes
- Assistant Coach: João Gonçalves
- GK Coach: Nuno Almeida
Sporting U15 team - Iniciados
- As of 25 August 2016
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 Coaches: Paulo Carvalho
- Assistant Coaches: Francisco Nobre
- GK Coach: Gonçalo Simões
Sporting U15 B team - Iniciados (Distritais)
- As of 9 September 2016
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: Tiago Capaz
- Assistant Coach: Marco Santos
- Assistant Coach: Gonçalo Cruz
- GK Coach: João Spínola
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.[1][2]
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.[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 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.[4]
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 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).
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
- "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)