Academia Cristiano Ronaldo

Academia Cristiano Ronaldo
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LocationAlcochete, Portugal
Coordinates38°43′49″N 8°51′0″W / 38.73028°N 8.85000°W / 38.73028; -8.85000
OwnerSporting Clube de Portugal
TypeSports facility
Opened2002
Website
sporting.pt

The Academia Cristiano Ronaldo (English: Cristiano Ronaldo Academy),[1][2][3] formerly known as Academia Sporting (English: Sporting Academy)[4][5] and also known as Academia de Alcochete (English: Alcochete Academy),[6] is the name given to the football training facilities of Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP or Sporting Lisbon), located outside Alcochete, in Setúbal District, Portugal. It includes the Sporting CP Youth Academy which helped to develop footballers such as Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo from a young age.[7] Both Sporting CP B, the reserve men's football team of Sporting CP's main squad, and the main Sporting CP women's football team,[8][9] play their home matches at the Estádio Aurélio Pereira (named after long-serving Sporting CP's head youth player scout Aurélio Pereira) in the Academia Cristiano Ronaldo, which holds a seating capacity of 1,200.[10][11]

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  5. ^ Inside the Sporting Lisbon academy, where Ballon d'Or winners are made
  6. ^ "Sporting: Academia de Alcochete vai passar a chamar-se Cristiano Ronaldo". www.sabado.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  7. ^ Clapham, Alex (16 February 2018). "Inside the Sporting Lisbon academy, where Ballon d'Or winners are made". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Liga BPI: Sporting derrota Marítimo em Alcochete e é líder à condição". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  9. ^ "CGD Stadium Aurelio Pereira, home to Sporting Club de Portugal Feminino, Sporting Club de Portugal B - Football Ground Map". www.footballgroundmap.com. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  10. ^ "CGD Stadium Aurélio Pereira :: zerozero.pt". www.zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  11. ^ "O caloroso abraço entre Aurélio Pereira e Varandas: 'Senhor Formação' está nas bancadas do 'seu' estádio". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 21 November 2023.