| Full name | Academia Sporting Clube de Portugal | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Alcochete | ||
| Founded | 1 July 1906 | ||
| Ground | Academia Cristiano Ronaldo | ||
| Capacity | 1.200 | ||
| Chairman | Frederico Varandas | ||
| Head coach | João Couto | ||
| League | Various youth leagues | ||
| Website | https://escolasacademia.sporting.pt/ | ||
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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]
- ^ "Aurélio Pereira, o "olho de ouro" da formação do Sporting". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "Aurélio Pereira compara chegada de Ronaldo a um ovni caído do céu". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-10-14.