Sheffield United Football Club Youth Academy are the youth team of Sheffield United. The Under-18 and Under-23 teams play in Professional Development League 2.

Full name	Sheffield United Football Club Youth Academy
Nickname(s)	The Blades, Red & White Wizards
Ground	Shirecliffe Ground Firshill Crescent Sheffield S4 7DW
Manager	Derek Geary
League	Professional Development League 2
Home colours Away colours

The Academy is currently run by Jack Lester while Derek Geary coaches the U18s side.[1] Sheffield United's youth system was given Academy status in December 2002.^{[citation needed]} In July 2017 the academy was recognised, in a study conducted by Press Association Sport, for having the 7th best academy for minutes played in the 2016–17 Premier League. In between Arsenal and Chelsea they placed by far the highest for a club outside the top-flight.[2]

The team plays at the Shirecliffe Ground at Firshill Crescent.

Current squad

Updated 26 August 2021[3][4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Marcus Dewhurst — GK  ENG Henry Hampshaw — GK  ENG Callum Hiddleston — DF  ENG Beau Anderson — DF  ENG Thomas Angell — DF  ENG Jean Belehouan 38 DF  ENG Andre Brookes — DF  IRL Harvey Cullinan — DF  FRA Nickseon Gomis 34 DF  ENG Kyron Gordon — DF  ENG Kamarl Grant 35 DF  POL Kacper Łopata — DF  ENG Finley Potter — DF  ENG Tristan Skerritt — DF  ENG Luther Williams — DF  ENG Theo Williams

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Ollie Arblaster — MF  TUN Hassan Ayari 30 MF  ENG Zak Brunt ― MF  ENG Frankie Maguire — MF  ENG Louie Marsh — MF  ENG Harrison Neal — MF  ENG Ethan Slater — MF  ENG Josh Smith 39 MF  ENG Joe Starbuck — FW  ENG Tyrese Bailey-Green — FW  BLZ Angelo Cappello — FW  IRL Leo Gaxha ― FW  ENG Antwoine Hackford ― FW  ENG Will Lankshear 32 FW  DEN William Osula

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 GK  GER Jordan Amissah (on loan at Guiseley) — DF  ENG Harry Boyes (on loan at Solihull Moors)

List of Academy managers

Name	Nationality	From	To	Notes
John Warnock and Ron Reid	England			[5]
John Pemberton	England	23 March 2010	7 September 2012	[6][7]
Jamie Hoyland	England	25 September 2012	5 December 2012	[8][9]
Nick Cox	England	1 January 2013	12 May 2016
Travis Binnion	Ireland	1 July 2016	19 July 2019	[1]
Jack Lester	England	19 July 2019	25 November 2021	[1]
Derek Geary	Ireland	11 January 2022		[1]

Notable Academy Graduates

The Academy has produced England internationals such as Phil Jagielka, Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire as well as many players who have gone on to have careers in professional football, whether at Sheffield United or at other clubs. Current Sheffield United players are highlighted in green.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2014)

Player	Current Club	Born	International Honours	Notes
Liban Abdi	Retired	Burao
Micky Adams	Retired	Sheffield	England Youth	Former Manager
Frank Barlow	Retired	Mexborough		Former Assistant Manager
Aaron Barry	Bray Wanderers	Dublin
Alan Birchenall	Retired	East Ham	England under-23
David Brooks	Bournemouth	Warrington	Full Wales call-up
Scott Boden	Boreham Wood	Sheffield
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	Everton	Sheffield	Full England cap
Adam Chapman	Gainsborough Trinity	Doncaster	Northern Ireland under-21
Ryan Cresswell	Retired	Rotherham
Kevin Davies	Retired	Sheffield	Full England Cap
Connor Dimaio	Boston United	Chesterfield	Ireland under-21
Diego De Girolamo	Buxton	Chesterfield	Italy under-19
Martin Donnelly	Linfield	Belfast	Full Northern Ireland Cap
Jonathan Forte	Retired	Sheffield	Full Barbados Caps
Alan Hodgkinson	Retired	Laughton-en-le-Morthen	Full England Caps
Evan Horwood	West Auckland Town	Billingham
Kevan Hurst	Guiseley	Chesterfield
Phil Jagielka	Derby County	Sale	Full England Caps
Mick Jones	Retired	Worksop	Full England Caps
Otis Khan	Walsall	Ashton-under-Lyne
Nicky Law	Indy Eleven	Nottingham
George Long	Millwall	Sheffield	England under-20
Matthew Lowton	Burnley	Chesterfield
Harry Maguire	Manchester United	Sheffield	Full England caps	World Record Transfer Fee for a Central Defender
Callum McFadzean	Crewe Alexandra	Sheffield	Scotland under-21
Kyle McFadzean	Coventry City	Sheffield	England C
Jacob Mellis	Southend United	Nottingham	England under-19
Nick Montgomery	Retired	Leeds	Scotland Futures
Kyle Naughton	Swansea City	Sheffield	England under-21
George Oghani	Retired	Manchester
David Parkhouse	Ballymena United	Strabane	Northern Ireland under-21
Tony Philliskirk	Retired	Sunderland
Ben Purkiss	Retired	Sheffield
Stephen Quinn	Mansfield Town	Dublin	Full Ireland Caps
Wayne Quinn	Retired	Truro
Aaron Ramsdale	Arsenal	Stoke-on-Trent	Full England Caps
Louis Reed	Swindon Town	Barnsley	England under-20
Chris Robertson	Coalville Town	Dundee
Jordan Slew	FC Halifax Town	Sheffield	England under-19
Billy Sharp	Sheffield United	Sheffield
Graham Shaw	Retired	Sheffield	Full England Caps	Deceased
Ben Starosta	Free Agent	Sheffield	Poland under-20
Aymen Tahar	Athlitiki Enosi Larissa	Sheffield	Algeria under-20
Nicky Travis	Retired	Sheffield
Michael Tonge	Retired	Manchester	England under-21
Kyle Walker	Manchester City	Sheffield	Full England Caps
Sam Wedgbury	Stalybridge Celtic	Oldbury
Alan Woodward	Retired	Chapeltown
Dane Whitehouse	Retired	Sheffield
Elliott Whitehouse	Forest Green Rovers	Worksop
Ben Whiteman	Preston North End	Rochdale

Honours

• FA Youth Cup: 2011 – Runners-up
• Professional U18 Development League 2: 2016–17 – Champions

Notes

References

• Sheffield United Academy Official Page
• Academy profiles from October 2010