Sporting C.P. Youth Academy is the youth development division of Sporting Clube de Portugal (Academia Sporting in Alcochete), 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.
Full name | Sporting Clube de Portugal Youth Academy |
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Ground | Academia Sporting Alcochete |
Website | Club website |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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]
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.
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]
Name | Country | National Football Team | Best Result in Major Awards | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Ballon d'Or | FIFA World Player of the Year / The Best FIFA Men's Player | FIFA Ballon d'Or | |||||
Adrien Silva | ![]() |
26 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
Augusto Inácio | ![]() |
25 | 0 | - | - | - | |||
Beto | ![]() |
31 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
Cédric Soares | ![]() |
34 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
Cristiano Ronaldo | ![]() |
184 | 115 | 1st (2008,2016,2017) | 1st (2008, 2016, 2017) | 1st (2013, 2014) | |||
Eric Dier | ![]() |
45 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
Hugo Viana | ![]() |
29 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
João Moutinho | ![]() |
135 | 7 | - | - | - | |||
João Mário | ![]() |
45 | 2 | - | - | - | |||
Jorge Cadete | ![]() |
33 | 5 | - | - | - | |||
José Fonte | ![]() |
46 | 0 | - | - | - | |||
Luís Boa Morte | ![]() |
28 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
Luís Figo | ![]() |
127 | 32 | 1st (2000) | 1st (2001) | - | |||
Marco Caneira | ![]() |
25 | 0 | - | - | - | |||
Manuel Bento | ![]() |
63 | 0 | - | - | - | |||
Miguel Veloso | ![]() |
56 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
Nani | ![]() |
112 | 24 | - | - | 22nd (2011) | |||
Nuno Valente | ![]() |
33 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
Paulo Futre | ![]() |
41 | 6 | 2nd (1987) | - | - | |||
Rui Águas | ![]() |
31 | 10 | - | - | - | |||
Rui Patrício | ![]() |
97 | 0 | 12th (2016) | - | - | |||
Ricardo Quaresma | ![]() |
80 | 10 | Nominee (2007) | Nominee (2006) | - | |||
Silvestre Varela | ![]() |
27 | 5 | - | - | - | |||
Simão | ![]() |
85 | 22 | - | - | - | |||
Vítor Damas | ![]() |
29 | 0 | - | - | - | |||
William Carvalho | ![]() |
68 | 4 | - | - | - | |||
Bold denotes players still playing professional football. Caps and goals are correct as of 26 January 2022. |
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