The best football academy in Spain

Website design By BotEap.comthe farmhouse It is the heart of the Barcelona youth academy, which is located next to the Camp Nou Stadium. It was established in 1979 and is now used to develop young players who have had to leave their families to train in Barcelona in both a sporting and an intellectual sense.

Website design By BotEap.comThey apparently have a total of about 260 junior players learning their trade here. Ninety percent of them are Spanish and more than 50 percent Catalan. In fact the current the Barca The team has 12 first-team players who have come from the academy.

Website design By BotEap.comThere are several young people who had lived in the farmhouse have gone on to play in the first team, such as Josep “Pep” Guardiola (academy years 1984-90), Iván De la Peña (1991-94), Carles Puyol (1994-98), Andrés Iniesta (1996-2001), Víctor Valdes (1996-2000) and Lionel Messi (2000-04).

Website design By BotEap.comPep was promoted as the farmhouse larger product. A charismatic player who made 43 caps for Spain and won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He led the club to six La Liga titles, a Champions Cup in 1992 and two Spanish Cups.

Website design By BotEap.comPuyol, of Catalan origin, is the current patron of the club and is heading towards his 250th game with the club.

Website design By BotEap.comHowever, not all graduates of the farmhouse they settled in Barcelona and some have moved on to other clubs to further their careers.

Website design By BotEap.comThese include de la Peña, Luis García, José Manuel Reina, Mikel Arteta, Gerard Piqué, Cesc Fábregas and Albert Luque.

Website design By BotEap.comFabregas, also a native of Catalonia, was persuaded by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger for a brighter, better-paid future at Arsenal, and has shown that since joining the Gunners as a 16-year-old in September 2003.

Website design By BotEap.comPiqué has also been signed by Sir Alex Ferguson to strengthen his team. He is a defender who is not only good because of his defensive skills, but also gets ahead and scores.