São Paulo team up with Guarani de Palhoça for youth development | OneFootball

São Paulo has a new partner in its youth categories. Guarani de Palhoça-SC has signed an agreement that gives priority to Tricolor in recruiting athletes from the Santa Catarina team.

Amaro Junior, president and technical coordinator of Guarani de Palhoça, celebrated the agreement. In addition to giving São Paulo priority in recruiting youth athletes, the Santa Catarina team will use Tricolor's working methodologies.

“We are going to use São Paulo's working methodologies in our youth categories. There will be interaction between the professionals who work in player development at both clubs, training our professionals. It will be a very interesting exchange,” said Amaro Junior.

According to the agreement, players who stand out in the under-11, under-13, under-15, or under-17 categories will have priority to go to São Paulo, in search of better market opportunities.

“This will be very important, because today we look for the ‘raw material’, we polish it, and sometimes we have difficulty with the ‘final step’, which is putting the athlete on the market. I hope we succeed, that it will be a long partnership, and that we can provide athletes here in Palhoça and the region with the opportunity to fulfill their dream of becoming a professional football player,” he added.

Partnerships in São Paulo’s youth system

This is the second youth category partnership that São Paulo has established in recent months. In July, Tricolor signed an agreement with Stuttgart, from Germany, for an “exchange of experiences.”

The partnership includes visits by young athletes to the facilities of both teams, occasional exchanges of professionals for training periods, and participation of the teams in friendly matches in Brazil and Germany.

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