Corinthians shine in ranking of youth academies producing the most players | OneFootball

Throughout this Wednesday, October 22, the CIES Football Observatory—a Swiss sports research organization—published a study related to the most productive youth academies in the world. Among Brazilian clubs, Corinthians stands out alongside São Paulo as the most productive, even ahead of Palmeiras, which is considered by many to have the best youth development program in Brazil.

São Paulo holds 12th place and Corinthians, in turn, is in 14th place, with 57 players spread around the globe. In addition, six more Brazilian football clubs appear in the top-100 list of the most productive youth academies in the world. They are: Flamengo (15th), Palmeiras (18th), Santos (31st), Grêmio (33rd), Cruzeiro (35th), Internacional (37th), Fluminense (38th), Athletico-PR (58th), and Atlético-MG (81st).

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The survey conducted by CIES analyzed 49 leagues around the world and considered the following parameters to create the ranking of the top 100 teams: number of players, total minutes played, and estimated quality level of the athletes. In South America, the most productive academy is Boca Juniors from Argentina, with 95 players spread across the globe.

Furthermore, Boca Juniors appears in the top 5 of the ranking. Amid financial difficulties in recent years, Corinthians’ youth academy has become a major lifeline for the club, which has frequently been using players promoted from the lower categories in the professional team.

Just this season, the following players were promoted: right-back João Vitor ‘Jacaré’, midfielder Luiz Gustavo Bahia, attacking midfielder Dieguinho, and forward Gui Negão, who until recently were part of the Under-20 squad. Gui Negão, in fact, already has five goals and two assists in 15 games.

In recent years, Corinthians has also revealed great prospects such as defender Murillo (now at Nottingham Forest-ENG), midfielder Gabriel Moscardo (currently on loan at Braga-POR and owned by PSG), as well as forwards Wesley (Al-Nassr) and Pedro (Zenit-Russia). Moscardo and Wesley have been sold since 2023 for more than R$ 100 million. In the starting lineup, Breno Bidon, voted best player of the 2024 Copinha, is one of the main figures and is already attracting interest from European clubs.

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