Juventus F.C. Youth Sector

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Juventus Youth Sector
Full name	Juventus F.C. Youth Sector
Nickname(s)	La Vecchia Signora[1] (The Old Lady) La Fidanzata d'Italia (The Girlfriend of Italy) I bianconeri (The white-blacks) Le Zebre (The Zebras)
Founded	1 November 1897
Ground	Juventus Center Vinovo (TO), Italy
Chairman	Giovanni Cobolli Gigli
Head Coach	Ciro Ferrara Vincenzo Chiarenza (Under 19)
League	Primavera TIM Championship
2006-07	Primavera TIM Championship, Quarter-finals [2]
Home colours 　 Away colours

Juventus F.C. Youth Sector (Settore Giovanile in Italian language) is the united of reserve teams of Juventus Football Club. All the Youth Sector squads currently train at Juventus Center, the football ground located at the piedmontese village of Vinovo (14 km at southwest of Turin).

In August 2007 the Juventus Under 19 team were runner-up in the inaugural edition of the Champions Youth Cup in Malaysia, intended to be a Club World Championship powered by G-14 ^[3] and hold the best defence of the tournament with only two goals conceded in six matches ^[3].

Contents 1 Structure 2 Squads 2.1 'Primavera' Squad 2.1.1 Current squad 2.1.2 Staff 2.1.3 Honours 2.1.3.1 National titles 2.1.3.2 International titles 2.2 'Berretti' Squad 2.2.1 Current squad 2.2.2 Staff 2.2.3 Honours 2.2.3.1 National titles 2.2.3.2 International titles 2.3 'Allievi' Squads 2.3.1 'Allievi Nazionali' Squad 2.3.1.1 Staff 2.3.1.2 Honours 2.3.1.2.1 National titles 2.3.1.2.2 International titles 2.3.2 'Allievi Regionali' Squad 2.3.2.1 Staff 2.3.2.2 Honours 2.3.2.2.1 National titles 2.3.2.2.2 International titles 2.4 'Giovanissimi' Squads 2.4.1 'Giovanissimi Nazionali' Squad 2.4.1.1 Staff 2.4.1.2 Honours 2.4.1.2.1 National titles 2.4.1.2.2 International titles 2.4.2 'Giovanissimi Regionali' Squad 2.4.2.1 Staff 2.4.2.2 Honours 2.4.2.2.1 International titles 2.4.3 'Giovanissimi Sperimentali' Squad 2.4.3.1 Staff 2.4.3.2 Honours 2.4.3.2.1 International titles 2.5 'Esordienti' Squad 2.5.1 Staff 2.5.1.1 Esordienti Fair Play Staff (2 squads) 2.5.1.2 Esordienti Fascia B Staff (2 squads) 2.6 'Pulcini' Squad 2.6.1 Staff 2.6.1.1 Pulcini 97 Staff (2 squads) 2.6.1.2 Pulcini 98 Staff (2 squads) 2.6.1.3 Pulcini 99 Staff (2 squads) 3 Contribution to Italian national football youth teams 4 Youth Sector General Staff 5 Notable former Youth Team players 6 See also 7 Footnotes and references 8 Bibliography 9 External links

[edit] Structure

Similarly as Ajax Amsterdam youth program, the torinese club maintains several soccer schools, some satellite clubs ^[4] and camps in Italy (addressed to 8 to 16 year-old boys who want to improve their own level of game), United States ^[5], Mexico ^[5] and England ^[6] (all addressed to 11 to 16 year-old boys) and football initiatives like Juventus University, the first Football University in the world (powered by University of Turin) ^[7] and Juventus National Academy, launched to creating a network of Juventus football schools (or academies) throughout Italy addressed to 8 to 12 year-old boys ^[8].

With one of the most renowned and successful Italian reserves, the Old Lady attaches great importance to working with young people with observers on all the Italian territory and talent-finders abroad ^[4]. One proof of this is the fact of the Italian national team, coached by Enzo Bearzot since the middle of 1970’s ^[9] and the middle of 1980’s ^[10], was mainly composed by young Juventus players ^[11] -nicknamed the Blocco Juve (Juve-Block), the backbone of the Italian squad ^[12]- like Roberto Bettega, Giuseppe Furino -two of the five Juventus players with most appearances and also two of the Italian footballers to have won more scudetti- and Paolo Rossi, Adidas Golden Shoe, Adidas Golden Ball and world champion in 1982 and European Footballer of the Year in the same year; them all former members at the Juventus youth program.
In the latest years, the Youth Sector has developed talented individuals like Raffaele Palladino, Antonio Nocerino, Sebastian Giovinco, Claudio Marchisio, Paolo De Ceglie, Antonio Mirante and Matteo Paro; them all currently FIGC Serie A players. Palladino, Nocerino and Marchisio were members to the Italian U-21 team qualificated for Beijing 2008.

[edit] Squads

The Youth Sector, according to Italian football league system, is divided into six squads: 'Primavera', 'Berretti', 'Allievi', 'Giovanissimi', 'Esordienti' and 'Pulcini' ^[13].

[edit] 'Primavera' Squad

The Juventus Primavera Squad is the Juventus football team composed of footballers between 15 and 20 years old. According to Italian Football’s hierarchy, it’s the main youth category and, as a consequence, it is above the 'Berretti' squad. Each season, the 'Primavera' squad is the experimental group, for the trial and/or promotion of the future members of the first squad before the beginning of the professional championships.

The team currently competes in the Italian Primavera TIM Championship ^[14]. They are the fourth team in Italy with the most number of titles in the Primavera Championship ^[15] and the third team -join to Roma and Atalanta- for number of victories in the Italian Youth Cup ^[16]. The torinese side, join to Lecce hold de record of titles won in the Italian Youth Super Cup ^[17].

Juventus also competes in the Viareggio World Tournament, one of the most prestigious U-20 championships in the world. In that competition, they are also the record holders for the number of consecutives titles won with 3 and also reached the record of 4 finals in row ^[18]. Overall, the bianconeri have the fifth best record of titles won (5) ^[18] and the third best record of finals played (10) in the competition ^[18]. The Old Lady also hold the record of the most De Cecco Memorial titles won with 3 ^[19] in four appearances.

[edit] Current squad

• As of 14 February 2008, according to official site ^[20].

No. Position Player GK Gianmarco Fiory GK Giorgio Merlano GK Carlo Pinsoglio DF Lorenzo Ariaudo DF Abdoulaye Bamba DF Yobiè Bassaoulè DF Davide Borin DF Salvatore D'Elia DF Andrea De Paola DF Marco Duravia MF Dario Campagna MF Luca Castiglia MF Nicola Cosentini

No. Position Player MF Fausto Rossi MF Simone Esposito MF Ayub Daud MF Giuseppe Leta MF Tullio Maio MF Luca Marrone MF Carlo Vecchione MF David Junior Toukam FW Donato Bottone FW Alessandro D'Antoni FW Oussama Essabr FW Piergiuseppe Marirato FW Cristian Pasquato

[edit] Staff

• Head Coach: Vincenzo Chiarenza
• Goalkeeping Coach: Claudio Maiani
• Fitness Coach: Marco Curletti
• Chaperone: Luciano Cerutti
• Referee Liaison: Maurizio Ternavasio
• Doctor: Dr. Paolo Gola
• Masseur: Gianluca Rossi

[edit] Honours

[edit] National titles

• Primavera TIM Championship, "Giacinto Facchetti" Cup ^[14] (4): 1962-63; 1971-72; 1993-94; 2005-06
• Primavera TIM Cup (3): 1994-95; 2003-04; 2006-07
• Primavera TIM Super Cup ^[17] (2): 2006; 2007 (record).

[edit] International titles

• Viareggio World Club Tournament, Carnevale Cup (5): 1961; 1994; 2003; 2004; 2005
• City of Gubbio Youth International Tournament ^[21] (1): 2003
• Filippo De Cecco Memorial Tournament (3): 2004-05; 2005-06; 2007-08 (record).

[edit] 'Berretti' Squad

The Juventus Berretti Squad is the Juventus football team composed by Under 19 footballers. According to Italian Football’s hierarchy, it’s before to the 'Allievi' squads. The team currently competes in the Italian “Dante Berretti” Championship and they have the third most number of titles in that youth competition join to Fiorentina and Inter ^[22].

Juventus are also the join record holders -with Inter- for the number of Carlin's Boys International Tournament titles won (6) ^[23], one of the most prestigious U-19 championships in the world recognized by FIFA and the oldest official youth championship organized in the Italian territory ^[24]. Juventus reached the San Remo Tournament final eleven times, which is more than any other club ^[23].

[edit] Current squad

• As of 14 February 2008, according to official site ^[25].

No. Position Player GK Marco Bodrito GK Thimothy Nocchi GK Romeo Urbano DF Raffaele Alcibiade DF Federico Mirarchi DF Giacomo Molinaro DF Anthony Ricciardi DF Simone Serino DF Ivan Mignano MF Luca Ficarrotta MF Luca Gerbaudo

No. Position Player MF Giuseppe Giovinco MF Fabrizio Lazzeri MF Alessandro Ntanos MF Alessandro Cretazzo MF Domenico Pirrotta MF Marco Siragusa FW Alessio Curcio FW Nicola Faralli FW Ciro Immobile FW Dennis Russo

[edit] Staff

• Head Coach: Maurizio Schincaglia
• Goalkeeping Coach: Lorenzo Frison
• Fitness Coach: Prof. Carlo Lanati
• Chaperone: Enrico De Bonis
• Doctor: Dr. Piero Negri
• Masseur: Maurizio Delfini

[edit] Honours

[edit] National titles

• “Dante Berretti” National Championship (3): 2001-02; 2003-04; 2004-05

[edit] International titles

• San Remo Carlin's Boys International Tournament ^[23] (6): 1961; 1965; 1967; 1997; 1998; 2004 (record).
• Salice Teme's International Tournament (1): 2003

[edit] 'Allievi' Squads

The 'Allievi' squad is the Juventus football team consists for two age-group teams addressed to 15 to 17 year-old footballers. According to Italian Football’s hierarchy, it’s before to the 'Giovanissimi' squads.

[edit] 'Allievi Nazionali' Squad

The Juventus Allievi Nazionali Squad is the main Juventus 'Allievi' team composed by Under 17 footballers. The team currently competes in the Italian Allievi Championship, competition to have won in the 2005-06 season.
The bianconeri have been crowned Maggioni-Righi International Tournament winners 5 times, more than any other club ^[26] and hold the record of appearances in that competition with 24 ^[27].
The torinese team have won the City of Arco's International Youth Trophy -one of the top U-16 international competitions- 5 times, making them the second most successful club in the history of the tournament behind Milan (6 wins) ^[28]. Juventus have appeared in eight City of Arco's finals, more than any other club ^[28].

[edit] Staff

• Head Coach: Massimiliano Maddaloni
• Goalkeeping Coach: Francesco Vono
• Fitness Coach: Andrea Lemma
• Chaperone: Flavio Mantovani
• Doctor: Dr. Marcello Valenti
• Masseur: Leonardo Pellegrin

[edit] Honours

[edit] National titles

• Allievi National Championship (1): 2005-06

[edit] International titles

• Maggioni-Righi International Football Tournament ^[29] (5): 1979; 1980; 1996; 1998; 2004 (record)
• City of Arco's International Youth Trophy “Beppe Viola” (5): 1983; 1984; 1991; 1996; 2007
• City of Rieti's International Trophy, “Manlio & Loris Scopigno Memorial” (1): 2003
• "Nereo Rocco" Memorial International Tournament (1): 2005
• City of San Bonifacio’s International Tournament, Ferroli’s Trophy (1): 2002
• International Friendship’s Tournament (1): 1997
• "G. Allemandi" International Tournament (1): 1984

[edit] 'Allievi Regionali' Squad

The Juventus Allievi Regionali Squad is the second 'Allievi' team composed by Under 16 footballers. The team currently plays in the U-16 regional championships as the “Stefano Sardi” Memorial Tournament, competition to have won three times.

[edit] Staff

• Head Coach: Gianluigi Gentile
• Goalkeeping Coach: Tomasso Dattila
• Fitness Coach: Massimo Civalleri
• Chaperone: Franco Mottola
• Doctor: Dr. Angelo De Fino
• Masseur: Giancarlo Ghelfi

[edit] Honours

[edit] National titles

• “Stefano Sardi” Memorial Tournament (3): 1978; 1995; 1997

[edit] International titles

• "Gaetano Scirea" International Tournament (2): 2003; 2008

[edit] 'Giovanissimi' Squads

The 'Giovanissimi' squad is the Juventus football team consists for three age-group teams addressed to 12 to 14 year-old footballers. According to Italian Football’s hierarchy, it’s before to the 'Esordienti' squads.

[edit] 'Giovanissimi Nazionali' Squad

The Juventus Giovanissimi Nazionali Squad, also known as Giovanissimi Professionisti, is the main 'Giovanissimi' team composed by Under 15 footballers. The team currently plays in the 'Giovanissimi Nazionali' Championship, competition to have won in the 1997-98 season.

[edit] Staff

• Head Coach: Domenico Maggiora
• Goalkeeping Coach: Massimo Ferraris
• Fitness Coach: Andrea Pertusio
• Chaperone: Massimiliano Ferrarotti
• Doctor: Dr. Michele Albano
• Masseur: Rocco Giampetruizzi

[edit] Honours

[edit] National titles

• Giovanissimi Nazionali National Championship (1): 1997-98

[edit] International titles

• City of Arco's Tournament (4): 1983; 1984; 1991; 1996
• "Vespignani" Memorial International Tournament (1): 2004
• City of Bastia’s International Tournament (2): 2004; 2006 (record).
• "Michele Cara" Memorial (1): 2003
• A.S.A.R International Tournament (1): 2002
• "Tommaso Maestrelli" International Tournament (2): 2000; 2005

[edit] 'Giovanissimi Regionali' Squad

The Juventus Giovanissimi Regionali Squad is the second 'Giovanissimi' team composed by Under 14 footballers. The team currently plays in the U-14 regional championships.

[edit] Staff

• Head Coach: Maurizio Molinelli
• Goalkeeping Coach: Massimo Ferraris
• Fitness Coach: Andrea Pertusio
• Chaperone: Franco Martino
• Doctor: Dr. Marco Cravero
• Masseur: Fabiano Bonati

[edit] Honours

[edit] International titles

• "Piccoli Grandi Squadre" International Championship, Devid Beltramo trophy (2): 2005; 2008

[edit] 'Giovanissimi Sperimentali' Squad

The Juventus Giovanissimi Sperimentali Squad is the third 'Giovanissimi' team composed by Under 14 footballers. The team currently plays in some U-14 international championships.

[edit] Staff

• Head Coach: Stefano Guidoni
• Goalkeeping Coach: Massimo Ferraris
• Fitness Coach: Massimo Berruti
• Chaperone: Domenico Delfino
• Doctor: Dr. Paolo Cresto
• Masseur: Roberto Spina

[edit] Honours

[edit] International titles

• "Stefano Maggioncalda" International Trophy (2): 2001; 2002
• "Carletto Annovazzi" Memorial International Tournament (2): 2005; 2008
• De Cillis Tournament (1): 2000
• Bergamin Memorial Tournament (1): 2001
• "Gaetano Scirea" Memorial, Castiglio Balsamo’s Tournament (1): 2002
• "Flavio Frontali" Memorial (1): 2005
• City of Gallipoli's Carnival Trophy (2): 2002; 2004

[edit] 'Esordienti' Squad

The Juventus Esordienti Squad is the Juventus football team addressed to 10 to 12 year-old boys. This category is part, join to the 'Pulcini' Squad, of the soccer school (called in Italy scuola di calcio ^[30]) and comprise two age-group teams ranging from Under-13's (on reduced and prescribed fields). Each year the 'Esordienti' squad competes in U-13 championships organized by the FIGC Scholastic & Youth Sector ^[31].

[edit] Staff

[edit] Esordienti Fair Play Staff (2 squads)

• Head Coach: Antonio Marchio / Fulvio Casella
• Goalkeeping Coach: Guillermo Eduardo Vignati
• Fitness Coach: Massimo Berruti / Prof. Giuseppe Trucchi
• Chaperone: Renzo Graziani / Eugenio Isola
• Doctor: Dr. Gianluca Alunni
• Masseur: Fabio Lanza / Giuseppe Ercole

[edit] Esordienti Fascia B Staff (2 squads)

• Head Coach: Massimiliano Alunni / Augusto Dotto
• Goalkeeping Coach: Guillermo Eduardo Vignati
• Fitness Coach: Prof. Giuseppe Trucchi
• Chaperone: Ivo Taverna / Roberto Bracco
• Doctor: Dr. Gianluca Alunni
• Masseur: Davide Dardanello / Stefano Rosso

[edit] 'Pulcini' Squad

The Juventus Pulcini Squad is the Juventus football team addressed to 8 to 10 year-old boys. This category is part, join to the 'Esordienti' Squad, of the soccer school (called in Italy scuola di calcio ^[30]) and comprise three age-group teams ranging from Under-11's (composed by 5; 7 and 9 players). Each year the 'Pulcini' squad competes in U-11 championships organized by the FIGC Scholastic & Youth Sector ^[32].

[edit] Staff

[edit] Pulcini 97 Staff (2 squads)

• Head Coach: Fabio Gregori / Mario Lebanti
• Goalkeeping Coach: Alberto Borsero
• Fitness Coach: Prof. Giuseppe Trucchi
• Chaperone: Riccardo Scrivo / Matteo De Marzo
• Doctor: Dr. Gianluca Alunni
• Masseur: Massimo Rinaldi / Leonardo Colucci

[edit] Pulcini 98 Staff (2 squads)

• Head Coach: Angelo Mirto / Lorenzo Gerbaudo
• Goalkeeping Coach: Claudio Cavazzini
• Fitness Coach: Prof. Giuseppe Trucchi
• Chaperone: Massimo Bortone / Guglielmo Daini
• Doctor: Dr. Gianluca Alunni
• Masseur: Ferruccio Achino / Giorgio Alternini

[edit] Pulcini 99 Staff (2 squads)

• Head Coach: Franco Perri / Giovanni Gallo
• Goalkeeping Coach: Claudio Cavazzini
• Fitness Coach: Prof. Giuseppe Trucchi
• Chaperone: Giancarlo Zanardi / Teodoro Cisero
• Doctor: Dr. Gianluca Alunni
• Masseur: Cristiano Russo / Tullio Dessì

[edit] Contribution to Italian national football youth teams

Just as its first squad, The Old Lady has also a notable contribution to the Italian national youth teams: Juventus is, as a matter of facts, the club to give most players to the Italian national U-21 team ^[33] and the Italian national U-20 team ^[33] in official matches. Also, the torinese team is one of the clubs with the most number of called-ups by the Italian national U-18 team in official matches ^[33].

[edit] Youth Sector General Staff

• Youth Sector Manager: Ciro Ferrara
• Director of Youth Football & Reserve Team Coach: Michelangelo Rampulla
• Under 19 and Under 21 Head Coach: Vincenzo Chiarenza
• Athletic Head Coordinator: Antonio Pintus
• Technical Skills Development Coach: Adolfo Sormani
• Juventus Soccer School Manager: Marco Marchi
• Head of Medical Staff: Dr. Riccardo Agricola
• Club coordinator and doctor: Dr. Bartolomeo Goitre
• Club doctors: Dr. Michele Manlio Albano (Physiatry), Dr. Gianluca Alunni (Cardiology), Dr. Angelo De Fino (General medicine), Dr. Paolo Gola, Dr. Piero Negri, Dr. Luca Stefanini and Dr. Marcello Valenti (Sports medicine)

[edit] Notable former Youth Team players

Below is a list of some footballers who have played at some Juventus youth squads:

Giancarlo Bercellino Iº Roberto Bettega Carlo Bigatto Iº Giampiero Boniperti Sergio Brio Gianpiero Combi Alessandro Del Piero Andrea Fortunato Giuseppe Furino Guglielmo Gabetto Giuseppe Galderisi Guido Marchi	Pio Marchi Carlo Mattrel Domenico Marrocchino Carlo Parola Pietro Rava Tomasso Rocchi Paolo Rossi Gianluigi Roveta Salvatore Schillaci Umberto Colombo Giovanni Viola

[edit] See also

• Youth system
• Reserve team
• Youth Sector
• Youth development

[edit] Footnotes and references

[edit] Bibliography

• (Italian) Hurrà Juventus Editorial Staff (2001; 2002; 2004). Hurrà Juventus (Juventus F.C. Official Sportive Magazine). Cantelli Editore. 
• (Italian) Giacone, Gianni (1993). Juve Azzurri - I bianconeri che hanno fatto grande la Nazionale. Hurrà Juventus - Fabbri Editori. 
• (Italian) Caroli, Angelo (1987). Ho conosciuto la Signora. Editrice Graphot. 

[edit] External links

• Juventus F.C. Youth Sector (Official Website) (English) (Italian) (Chinese)
• Primavera TIM Championship - "Giacinto Facchetti" Cup (English) (Italian)
• Primavera TIM Cup (English) (Italian)
• FIGC Scholastic & Youth Sector (Italian)
• Italian youth championships and cups (Italian)

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