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=== Academia Cristiano Ronaldo and youth academy ===
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The Cristiano Ronaldo Academy is the center of all Sporting CP's football activity. It is the place where the Sporting CP professional football team has all its daily preparation and also serves as a hub for carrying out internships. It is at the Sporting Professional Academy of Football that Sporting hosts its support staff, which includes the directive, clinical and administrative components. On the other hand, the academy is also Sporting CP's Sports Training School.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube/infraestruturas/academia | title=Academia | date=10 July 2015 | access-date=2 February 2023 | archive-date=2 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202174722/https://www.sporting.pt/pt/clube/infraestruturas/academia | url-status=live }}</ref>

Sporting's youth academy system helped develop [[Ballon d'Or]] recipients [[Luís Figo]] and [[Cristiano Ronaldo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/meet-sportings-exciting-wing-duo-who-could-be-new-ronaldo-and-quaresma|title=Meet Sporting's exciting wing duo who could be the new Ronaldo and Quaresma|date=2 December 2015|access-date=12 June 2016|website=fourfourtwo.com|last=Kundert|first=Tom|archive-date=22 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622224930/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/meet-sportings-exciting-wing-duo-who-could-be-new-ronaldo-and-quaresma|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the victorious campaign of [[Portugal national football team|Portuguese National Team]] in the [[UEFA Euro 2016|Euro 2016]] 10 out of the 14 players who played the final against France were players "made in Sporting".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/in-bed-with-maradona/2018/feb/16/sporting-lisbon-academy-ronaldo-figo-ballon-dor|title=Inside the Sporting Lisbon academy, where Ballon d'Or winners are made|last=Clapham|first=Alex|date=2018-02-16|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-07-27|archive-date=27 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727115217/https://www.theguardian.com/football/in-bed-with-maradona/2018/feb/16/sporting-lisbon-academy-ronaldo-figo-ballon-dor|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publico.pt/2016/07/12/desporto/noticia/portugal-campeao-europeu-com-equipa-made-in-sporting-1737971|title=Euro 2016. Um campeão europeu com uma equipa ""made in"" Sporting|last=Perez|first=Francisco|work=PÚBLICO|access-date=2018-07-27|language=pt|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120052211/https://www.publico.pt/2016/07/12/desporto/noticia/portugal-campeao-europeu-com-equipa-made-in-sporting-1737971|url-status=live}}</ref> Moreover, at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] Sporting CP had 14 players that came through their youth system, making it the most represented youth academy system in the tournament, followed by [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] with eleven.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/interior/sabe-qual-o-clube-que-formou-mais-jogadores-para-o-mundial-o-sporting-9516697.html|title=O clube que formou mais jogadores para o Mundial? Sporting bate Barcelona|publisher=Global Media Group|date=2018-06-27|work=DN|access-date=2018-07-27|language=pt-PT|archive-date=27 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727054709/https://www.dn.pt/desporto/interior/sabe-qual-o-clube-que-formou-mais-jogadores-para-o-mundial-o-sporting-9516697.html|url-status=live}}</ref>