Sporting CP Youth Academy

The Sporting CP Youth Academy is the youth development division of Sporting CP and part of Academia Cristiano Ronaldo in Alcochete. Sporting CP's youth system, which counted for several decades with Aurélio Pereira among its scouting staff,[1] helped develop footballers such as Paulo Futre, Luís Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo.[2]

Sporting CP Youth Academy
Full nameSporting Clube de Portugal Youth Academy
GroundAcademia Sporting
Alcochete
WebsiteClub website

Youth Squads

Sporting U23 team

As of 4 October 2023[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 Portugal POR Salvador Gomes
GK Portugal POR Francisco Silva
GK Portugal POR Guilherme Pires
GK Portugal POR Martim Botão
GK Portugal POR Diogo Clara
DF Portugal POR José Silva
DF Portugal POR Gonçalo Braga
DF Portugal POR Pedro Silva
DF Spain ESP Lucas Taibo
DF Portugal POR Emanuel Fernandes
DF Portugal POR Guilherme Silva
DF Guinea-Bissau GNB Malam Malú
DF Portugal POR Tiago Parente
DF Portugal POR Rodrigo Dias
MF Portugal POR Henrique Arreiol
MF Portugal POR João Assunção
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Portugal POR Tiago Octávio
MF Portugal POR Rafael Besugo
MF Portugal POR Marco Cruz
MF Portugal POR Guilherme Santos
MF Angola ANG Manuel Kissanga
MF Canada CAN Lucas Dias
MF Portugal POR Diogo Cardoso
FW Brazil BRA Ewandro Santos
FW Portugal POR Geovany Quenda
FW Portugal POR Lucas Anjos
FW Portugal POR Luís Gomes
FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Isnaba Mané
FW Portugal POR Pedro Sanca
FW Portugal POR Mauro Couto
FW Portugal POR Francisco Canário
FW Brazil BRA Rafael Melo

Staff

  • Head coach: João Pereira
  • First assistant coach: Tiago Teixeira
  • Assistant coach: António Calça e Pina
  • Assistant coach: José Caldeira
  • GK Coach: Dário Ezequiel
  • Fitness coach: Pedro Cardoso
  • Analytics coach: João Ferreira

Sporting U19 team - Juniores

As of 5 October 2023[5][6]

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 Portugal POR Miguel Gouveia
GK Portugal POR David Ivanov
GK Portugal POR Diogo Clara
GK Portugal POR Tiago Leitão
DF Portugal POR Konstantin Nikitenko
DF Portugal POR Mamadu Queta
DF Portugal POR Marlon Júnior
DF Portugal POR Rafael Mota
DF Portugal POR Francisco Machado
DF Guinea-Bissau GNB Malam Malú
DF Portugal POR Rodrigo Dias
DF Portugal POR Rayhan Momade
MF Netherlands NED Ivanildo Mendes
MF Portugal POR Eduardo Felicíssimo
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Portugal POR João Simões
MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Amadu Baldé
MF Angola ANG Manuel Kissanga
MF Portugal POR Rodrigo Viola
FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Micael Sanhá
FW Portugal POR Pedro Sanca
FW Portugal POR Telmo Coimbra
FW Angola ANG Adair Kandala
FW São Tomé and Príncipe STP Winilson Lopes
FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Sérgio Matos
FW Brazil BRA Luís Gustavo
FW Portugal POR Diogo Martins
FW Portugal POR Gabriel Silva
FW Portugal POR João Infante

Staff

  • Head coach: Pedro Coelho
  • Assistant coach: Paulo Carvalho
  • Assistant coach: Pedro Cruz
  • GK Coach: Rodolfo Vieira
  • Analytics coach: João Jorge
  • Scout: César Fragoso
  • Scout: André Figueiró
  • Team Manager: Mariana Vaz Pinto

Sporting U17 team - Juvenis

As of 5 October 2023[7][8]

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 Portugal POR Alexandre Tverdohlebov
GK Portugal POR Tiago Leitão
GK United States USA William Lodmell
GK Portugal POR Tiago Gaeiras
DF Portugal POR Daniel Costa
DF Portugal POR Rodrigo Cabrito
DF Portugal POR Atanásio Cunha
DF Portugal POR Afonso Lee
DF Portugal POR Diego Coxi
DF Portugal POR Cristiano Palamarchuk
DF Portugal POR Denilson Santos
DF Portugal POR Joel Moura
MF Portugal POR João Rodrigues
MF Portugal POR Gonçalo Correia
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Portugal POR Sandro Nascimento
MF Portugal POR Rafael Camacho
MF Portugal POR Flávio Gonçalves
MF Portugal POR Tomás Mendes
MF Cyprus CYP Argyris Christodoulou
FW São Tomé and Príncipe STP Winilson Lopes
FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Frederico Monteiro
FW Portugal POR Salvador Blopa
FW Portugal POR Afonso Moço
FW Portugal POR Martim Peixoto
FW Portugal POR Diogo Martins
FW Portugal POR Miguel Almeida
FW Portugal POR Rafael Melo

Staff

  • Head coach: José João
  • Assistant coach: Rafael Pinto
  • Assistant coach: Diogo Souto
  • GK Coach: Luís Caetano
  • Analytics coach: André Gonçalves

Sporting U15 team - Iniciados

As of 5 October 2023[9][10]

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 Portugal POR Valdir Nascimento
GK Portugal POR Guilherme Alves
GK Portugal POR Afonso Redondo
GK Portugal POR Patrick Moreira
DF Portugal POR Salvador Fortuna
DF Portugal POR Paulo Rodrigues
DF Portugal POR David Conceição
DF Brazil BRA João Guerra
DF Portugal POR Alexandre Rosado
DF Portugal POR Mário William
DF Portugal POR Gustavo Laginhas
DF Ukraine UKR Illia Iablonskyi
DF Guinea-Bissau GNB David Sá
DF Portugal POR João Rijo
DF Portugal POR Francisco Cabeçana
DF Portugal POR Luís Balza
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Portugal POR Rodrigo Nogueira
MF Portugal POR Francisco Simões
MF Portugal POR Leonardo Varela
MF Portugal POR Guilherme Rocha
MF Portugal POR Igor Cabral
MF Portugal POR Martim Diogo
MF Portugal POR Martim Almeida
MF Portugal POR Tiago Camargo
FW Portugal POR Duarte Tomás
FW Portugal POR José Lino
FW Portugal POR José Garrafa
FW Portugal POR Vítor Conceição
FW Portugal POR Henrique Tavares
FW Portugal POR Sandro Ferreira
FW Portugal POR Rodrigo Correia
FW Portugal POR Rafael Fial

Staff

  • Head coach: Bernardo Bruschy
  • Assistant coaches: Gonçalo Olim
  • 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.[11][12]

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.[13] 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.[14]

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).[11]

Notable Academy graduates

List criteria
Name Country National Football Team Best Result in Major Awards
Apps Goals Ballon d'Or FIFA World Player of the Year / The Best FIFA Men's Player FIFA Ballon d'Or
Adrien Silva  Portugal 26 1 - - -
Augusto Inácio  Portugal 25 0 - - -
Beto  Portugal 31 2 - - -
Cédric Soares  Portugal 34 1 - - -
Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal 184 115 1st (2008,2016,2017) 1st (2008, 2016, 2017) 1st (2013, 2014)
Eric Dier  England 45 3 - - -
Hugo Viana  Portugal 29 1 - - -
João Moutinho  Portugal 135 7 - - -
João Mário  Portugal 45 2 - - -
Jorge Cadete  Portugal 33 5 - - -
José Fonte  Portugal 46 0 - - -
Luís Boa Morte  Portugal 28 1 - - -
Luís Figo  Portugal 127 32 1st (2000) 1st (2001) -
Marco Caneira  Portugal 25 0 - - -
Manuel Bento  Portugal 63 0 - - -
Mica Pinto  Luxembourg 27 1 - - -
Miguel Veloso  Portugal 56 3 - - -
Nani  Portugal 112 24 - - 22nd (2011)
Nuno Valente  Portugal 33 1 - - -
Paulo Futre  Portugal 41 6 2nd (1987) - -
Rui Águas  Portugal 31 10 - - -
Rui Patrício  Portugal 97 0 12th (2016) - -
Ricardo Quaresma  Portugal 80 10 Nominee (2007) Nominee (2006) -
Silvestre Varela  Portugal 27 5 - - -
Simão  Portugal 85 22 - - -
Vítor Damas  Portugal 29 0 - - -
William Carvalho  Portugal 68 4 - - -
Bold denotes players still playing professional football.
Caps and goals are correct as of 26 January 2022.

Academia Aurélio Pereira and Pólo EUL

The youth development division includes the Pólo EUL, Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth development campus at the Estádio Universitário de Lisboa (6 to 13 years old children),[15][16][17] and the Aurélio Pereira Academy located at the football fields next to the Pavilhão João Rocha, within a short walking distance from the Estádio José Alvalade.[18][19]

Escolas Academia Sporting

The Escolas Academia Sporting (EAS – Sporting Academy Schools) are football training schools affiliated with Sporting CP. Boys and girls aged 4 to 15 are elegible to get admission in the EAS, which are in operation in several locations across Portugal.[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, South Africa and Spain, among other countries,[29] are countries where the EAS have been founded.[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]

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