Academia Sporting


The Academia Sporting is the name given to Sporting's training facilities located outside Alcochete, Portugal.

History

Inaugurated in 2002, The Sporting Academy is the first of such size and quality to be constructed in Portugal. The Academy is one of the most modern and well equipped academies in Europe; situated in a tranquil environment and climate that is recommended for the preparation of football teams. Devoted to training and management, the complex is ready to prepare for football competition of any characteristic.
Known for its football youth academy system, Sporting has developed footballers such as Paulo Futre, Luís Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Miguel Veloso, Luís Boa Morte, Dani Carvalho, Ricardo Quaresma, Simão Sabrosa, Hugo Viana, Nuno Valente, Miguel, Rui Patrício, Cédric Soares, Daniel Carriço, Marco Caneira, André Santos, André Martins, Carlos Saleiro, João Gonçalves, Nuno Reis, Pedro Filipe Mendes, André Marques, Adrien Silva, Bruno Pereirinha, Renato Neto, Wilson Eduardo, Rui Fonte, Amido Baldé, William Owusu.
The 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. The Academy has been renamed Sporting/Puma Academy to reflect the sponsorship and naming contract signed by the club and the sports brand Puma in 2006; the contract lasts until 2012.
Sporting's Academy was also the first 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.

In March 2010, the television channel CNN is on your television reporting on the sporting academy, where it refers to a million people migrate to the "factory of talents". In June 2010, the Sporting signed the first contract for consultancy in sports training at the international level, with Al-Ahli Saudi Soccer Academy, from Saudi Arabia, a partnership that would last for three years.
On 15 May 2018, after Sporting finished third in the Portuguese league, several players and coaches were attacked by around 50 supporters of Sporting at the academy.