While many professional football players may have started out as street kids, football academies’ influence and chances have been crucial in helping these players reach their full potential. A youth academy originally housed all of the foreign soccer players from various clubs. Use the phrase “baby steps,” as no one is naturally talented.
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The Catalan youth academy has produced World Cup winners, Champions League heroes and a five-time Ballon d’Or icon. Football academies exist at almost every club, particularly at the elite level, but few have built a reputation to rival that of Barcelona’s La Masia.
Former Barcelona player, coach and product of La Masia, Pep Guardiola, put it thus: “The player who has passed through La Masia has something different to the rest, it’s a plus that only comes from having competed in a Barcelona shirt from the time you were a child.”
