Sporting C.P. Youth Academy is the youth development division of

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional fo ...

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Academia Sporting The Academia Sporting ( en, Sporting Academy) or ''Academia Cristiano Ronaldo'' is the name given to Sporting's training facilities located outside Alcochete, Portugal. History The Sporting Academy was inaugurated in 2002 in Portugal. The ...

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), which accommodated Portugal during the Euro 2004 competition. Sporting's youth system developed footballers such as Ballon d'Or recipients Cristiano Ronaldo and Luís Figo.

Youth Squads

Sporting U23 team

Staff *Head Coach: Filipe Pedro *Assistant Coach: Tiago Farinha *Assistant Coach: João Pereira *GK Coach: Dário Ezequiel *Fitness Coach: Bruno Dias

Sporting U19 team - ''Juniores''

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''

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''

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.

Facilities

Budgeted around 2000 $00 million (2 million contos), the construction of the academy commenced in August 1999 in the council of

, located on the outskirts of

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

on the southern bank of the river Tejo, and the inauguration was on June 21, 2002. 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. 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).

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

External links

The Sporting CP academy way
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