Sporting in the spotlight! Top brass side by side with Ancelotti | OneFootball

Sporting’s academy success continues to be an international benchmark. Tomaz Morais, the area’s general director, was one of several guest speakers at the 1st Grassroots Working Group, organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in Rio de Janeiro.

The event, strategic in nature for the future of Brazilian football, featured the prominent presence of Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti and CBF president Samir Xaud. Tomaz Morais took part in the panel dedicated to policies and best practices in the development of young athletes, sharing the model that the green and whites have been applying and that has been delivering clear results in Europe. In addition to the general director, Sporting was also represented by Luís Branco, a market and scouting specialist.

Ancelotti, who is leading this new cycle for Brazil’s senior national team, stressed the urgency of looking at the foundations: “Talent is not created, it is educated. This project was born to invest in Brazilian football through youth development. We want to create strong minds, not just strong legs”, said the Italian coach.

Many players have already come through Sporting’s academy. One need only recall Euro 2016, the European Championship won by the national team, in which, in the final against France, of the fourteen players used, ten had passed through the hands of Mr. Aurélio Pereira: Rui Patrício, Cédric Soares, José Fonte, William Carvalho, Adrien Silva, João Mário, Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo started, while João Moutinho and Ricardo Quaresma came off the bench.

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