VCF Academy amongst the Top 5 best in Europe
The VCF Academy has been named amongst the five best youth systems in Europe, in the November 2020 publication by the CIES Football Observatory. The study ranks the clubs to have produced the most players competing at the highest level in Europe’s five biggest leagues: Spain, England, France, Italy and Germany.
For the second consecutive year, Valencia CF are fifth in quantitative terms, with a total of 28 players having spent at least three years at the Ciudad Deportiva between the age of 15-21 and now featuring at elite level around the continent.
The club have added four more players to their total this year, raising the number of talents provided to the ‘Big 5’ from 24 to 28. This brings their figure closer to a series of sides tied in second place.
The VCF Academy climbs to fourth in the CIES Football Observatory’s points-based ranking of the top youth systems in Europe, which is based on the number of games contested by each player, their age and the level of the club at which they were trained. This produces a valuation that is not only quantitative, but also qualitative.
This ranking once again shows the good job being done at the VCF Academy to provide players prepared for first team football at Valencia CF, or capable of generating resources for the club.
List of ‘Big 5’ players trained at the VCF Academy
Valencia CF
José Luis Gayà
Valencia CF
Toni Lato
Valencia CF
Carlos Soler
Valencia CF
Cristian Rivero
Valencia CF
Kang-In Lee
Valencia CF
Álex Blanco
Valencia CF
Hugo Guillamón
Valencia CF
Vicente Esquerdo
Crystal Palace FC
Vicente Guaita
Leeds United AFC
Pablo Hernández
Manchester City FC
Ferran Torres
Tottenham Hotspur FC
Paulo Gazzaniga
CA Osasuna
Nacho Vidal
CD Alavés
Antonio Sivera
Getafe CF
David Timor
Granada CF
Ángel Montoro
Levante UD
Roger Martí
Real Betis Balompié
Víctor Camarasa
Real Madrid CF
Isco Alarcón
Real Sociedad de Fútbol
David Silva
Real Sociedad de Fútbol
Portu Manzanera
Real Valladolid CF
Míchel Herrero
SD Huesca
Rafa Mir
Villarreal CF
Raúl Albiol
Villarreal CF
Paco Alcácer
Villarreal CF
Jaume Costa
Paris St-Germain FC
Juan Bernat
AS Roma
Gonzalo Villar
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