SANTOS FC
Founded in 1912, Santos is one of the top professional football clubs in Brazil. In over 100 year existence, Santos has built a reputation for developing some of the best football players in Brazil.
Santos Youth Academy is rated among the best youth academies in the World. One of the most prominent players from the academy is Pele, who made his football debut at Santos. Neymar, Rodrygo are other super starts that started at Santos.
Santos is Pele.
Vila Belmiro, home of Santos FC
SANTOS IS KNOWN FOR HAVING ONE OF THE BEST YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN BRAZIL. MANY OF OUR PLAYERS HAVE BEEN CALLED TO PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL YOUTH TEAMS AND OTHERS HAVE BECOME GLOBAL STAR PLAYERS STARS SUCH AS NEYMAR (PSG), RODRYGO (REAL MADRID) AND DANILO(JUVENTUS)
Players developed our academy have transferred to World famous clubs such as:
OUR PLAYERS
Some of our academy players have become super stars and have played for the Brazilian National Team in World Cups and other competitions. Neymar and Danilo have played for the national team in the last three world cups while Rodrygo and Gabriel are current playing at a very high level for Real Madrid and Flamengo.
OUR TRACK RECORD
Over the last 15 years, Santos FC has developed players that generated over 100 Millions USD in transfer fees. Check out some of the players that were developed at Santos Academy:
Juventus
Transferred to Barcelona
Transferred to Real Madrid
Transferred to Benfica
Transferred to Werder Bremen
Transferred to Lille
Transfered to Real Madrid
Transferred to Inter
VILA BELMIRO STADIUM
WORLD FAMOUS AND HOME OF THE BIRTH OF GLOBAL ICON PLAYERS
One of the oldest stadiums in Brazil was built in a very congested area, the main reason for its modest capacity compared to other famous grounds in the country. In 1916 Vila Belmiro was not even part of the city, it was a village in the suburbs. This was however the first venue owned by Santos FC to which the stadium was already third venue used.
TRAINING FACILITIES
Santos FC has a training complex for the professional team and for youth teams U15 to U20 named CT Rei Pele (Training Complex King Pele) and has its youth Training Complex for players U10 to U14.
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First 50 goals of Naymar for Santos