The quarries are a very important part of football, from there come the players who in the future will be the stars of this sport. The CIES Football Observatory has published the list of clubs whose quarries contribute the most players to the teams currently active in one of the five major leagues in Europe.
For this they have developed a training index that takes as a reference the importance of the clubs, the minutes played by the player and age. Based on that index, let’s see which quarries are the ones with the most players.
25. Hertha Berlin: 17
24. Osasuna: 17
23. AC Milan: 17
22. Hoffenheim: 17
twenty-one. Rome: 19
Milan have always had a good youth squad and they continue to show it. In addition, in these times of such expensive signings the rossonero team is not for large investments and in recent years players have been arriving to the first team, some to stay and others to make money.
Milan is one of the Serie A teams that contributes the most homegrown players to teams from Germany, Spain, France, England and Italy. Of the players that are part of the first squad, Davide Calabria, Daniel Maldini, Matteo Gabbia and Alessandro Plizzarri were trained in the quarry.
twenty. Bayern Munich: 19
19. Atalanta: 20
18. Atlético de Madrid: 20
17. Espanyol: 20
16. Manchester City: 20
Manchester City is the protagonist in every transfer market for all the players it incorporates. But to buy first you have to sell and there the homegrown players play an important role. Only three players from the quarry play in the first team, as in Bayern while in Atleti only Koe remains. The rest are on other teams.
fifteen. Ajax: 20
14. Sporting de Portugal: 21
13. Real Sociedad: 21
12. Athletic Club: 22
eleven. Monaco: 23
In this era of globalization and so much buying and selling of players, Athletic Club continues to remain faithful to its philosophy: “Players who have been made in their own quarry and those trained in clubs in Euskal Herria can play in their ranks, which includes the following territorial demarcations: Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Araba, Nafarroa, Lapurdi, Zuberoa and Nafarroa Behera, as well as, of course, the players who were born in any of them “. Lezama does not stop training players and most of them end up having a chance in the first team.
Ajax from Amsterdam and Sporting from Portugal are the only two teams in this Top that contribute more players to the five major leagues in Europe without belonging to any of them with 20 and 21 players respectively.
10. Manchester United: 23
9. Chelsea: 23
8. Saint Ettiene: 25
7. Arsenal: 25
6. Valencia: 25
Chelsea were proclaimed European champions with two players trained in their lower categories in the starting eleven: Reece James and Mason Mount. Additionally, Chalobah, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Lewis Baker, Harvey Vale, and Hudson-Odoi are also on the first team.
5. Stade Rennes: 30
Four. PSG: 30
3. Olympique Lyon: 32
The French market is one of the most active and exchanges between the Ligue 1 teams themselves are constant with Stade Rennes, PSG and Lyon in the lead. However, the Parisian team is usually more protagonist due to their millionaire signings, and in Rennes their last big move was not with a French club but the sale of Camavinga to Real Madrid.
2. FC Barcelona: 42
1. Real Madrid: 42
The first two places are for Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. Both have 42 homegrown players playing the five major leagues in Europe, while the whites have a training index of 66.4 that of the Catalans is 61.9. Nacho or Carvajal have been in the first team for years while Koeman is giving opportunities to homegrown players like Nico or Gavi.
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