CT Rei Pelé
| CT Rei Pelé | |
| Address | Rua Francisco Manoel, w/n Gate 1 – Jabaquara – Santos (SP) |
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| Location | Santos (SP) |
| Owner | Santos FC |
| Type | Football training ground |
| Opened | 2005 |
| Website | |
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Centro de Treinamento Rei Pelé, commonly referred to as simply CT Rei Pelé, is the training facility of Brazilian professional football club Santos. Built in 2005, is a tribute to Pelé, a Brazilian football legend.
It is one of the most modern training centers of the world, contains a five star hotel in an extremely private (Hotel Recanto dos Alvinegros), contains three football fields with official measures and a modern Physical Rehabilitation Centre (CEPRAF).
Field
CT Rei Pelé has three fields with official dimensions, where the main team of Santos Football Club held their workouts.[1] The first, smaller size, stands to have five thousand people. The first with a small size, contains a with capacity for 5000 people. The second has the same dimensions of the Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Santos' stadium) and the third has the dimensions of the stadium Morumbi.[1]
Beside the field, is located in the Media Centre Peirão Castro, where is the assistance to journalists. On the first floor is the room of press conferences, where players and coaches give interviews. The second floor has internet access, to facilitate the sending of photos and news of journalists to their respective companies. The top floor is devoted to capturing images. In a wide area, overlooking the entire CT Pele, the cameramen filming activities.[1]
CEPRAF
Opened in January 2007, the Center for Excellence in Prevention and Recovery of Athletes Soccer (in Portuguese: CEPRAF) has the highest level equipment, with advanced equipment in the world market. The structure makes Departments and Medical Physicist working in an integrated way, facilitating recovery and injury prevention.[1]
It is part of the structure of the CEPRAF physical therapy, weight room, the living room physiology and Isokinetic dynamometry is considered the flagship of Santos' structure.
CT Meninos da Vila
Another option for training is the CT Meninos da Vila, located at the entrance of the city. Like all fields of Santos FC, the lawns of the CT Meninos da Vila are clean and very well maintained.
Opened in late 2006, the area of 25.5 square meters, has two fields with official measures. The place is used by Santos' Youth Team. Both fields are named Diego and Robinho, in honor of two players revealed for Santos in 2002.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Santos na Copa". Globo.com. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ↑ "CT Meninos da Vila". SantosFC.com.br. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
External links
- Globo (Portuguese)
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