Sporting CP (youth)

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Sporting Juniors
Full nameSporting Clube de Portugal Juniors
Nickname(s)Sporting Juniors
Founded1 July 1906
Ground Academia Cristiano Ronaldo
Capacity1,200
ChairmanFrederico Varandas
Head coachJoão Couto
LeagueVarious youth leagues
Website escolasacademia.sporting.pt

Sporting Clube de Portugal "Juniors" (Portuguese : Juniores), commonly known as Sporting Juniors, is the under-19 football team comprised in the youth department of Portuguese club Sporting CP. They play their home matches at the Academia Cristiano Ronaldo in Alcochete which counted for several decades with Aurélio Pereira among its scouting staff [1] and helped develop footballers such as Paulo Futre, Luís Figo, Eric Dier and Cristiano Ronaldo. [2]

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Youth Squads

Sporting U23 team

As of 4 October 2023 [3] [4]

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

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

Staff

Sporting U19 team - Juniores

As of 5 October 2023 [5] [6]

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

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

Staff

Sporting U17 team - Juvenis

As of 5 October 2023 [7] [8]

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

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

Staff

Sporting U15 team - Iniciados

As of 5 October 2023 [9] [10]

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

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

Staff

The Academy

Sporting's Academy was 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 certification, which is recognised both locally and internationally. [11] [12]

Facilities

Budgeted at around 2,000,000,000$00 million (2 million contos), the construction of the academy commenced in August 1999 in the municipality of Alcochete, located on the outskirts of Lisbon on the southern bank of the river Tejo, and the inauguration was on 21 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 and the larger Sporting Academy in general 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
NameCountryNational Football TeamBest Result in Major Awards
AppsGoals Ballon d'Or FIFA World Player of the Year / The Best FIFA Men's Player FIFA Ballon d'Or
Adrien Silva Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 261---
Augusto Inácio Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 250---
Beto Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 312---
Cédric Soares Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 341---
Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 1841151st (2008,2016,2017)1st (2008, 2016, 2017)1st (2013, 2014)
Eric Dier Flag of England.svg  England 453---
Hugo Viana Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 291---
João Moutinho Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 1357---
João Mário Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 452---
Jorge Cadete Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 335---
José Fonte Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 460---
Luís Boa Morte Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 281---
Luís Figo Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 127321st (2000)1st (2001)-
Marco Caneira Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 250---
Manuel Bento Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 630---
Mica Pinto Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 271---
Miguel Veloso Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 563---
Nani Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 11224--22nd (2011)
Nuno Valente Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 331---
Paulo Futre Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 4162nd (1987)--
Rui Águas Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 3110---
Rui Patrício Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 97012th (2016)--
Ricardo Quaresma Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 8010Nominee (2007)Nominee (2006)-
Silvestre Varela Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 275---
Simão Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 8522---
Vítor Damas Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 290---
William Carvalho Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 684---
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 eligible to get admission in the EAS, which are in operation in several locations across Portugal. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [ excessive citations ] Angola, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Singapore, South Africa and Spain, among other countries, [30] are foreign countries where the EAS have been founded. [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [ excessive citations ]

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