Academy
| Full name | Manchester City Academy | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Citizens, The Blues, City | |
| Ground | Platt Lane, Fallowfield, Greater Manchester, England |
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| Chairman | Khaldoon Al Mubarak | |
| Manager | Scott Sellars | |
| Coach | Adam Sadler | |
| League | Premier Academy League | |
| 2010–11 Season | Fourth (Group C) | |
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Manchester City's Academy is responsible for youth development at the club, with the goal of developing young players for the future. The academy is one of the most revered in the country and since its new incarnation in 1998 it has produced more professional players than any other Premier League club. To date, the club has produced 15 graduates who have received full international call-ups from their various countries; 14 that have represented their respective countries at the 'Under-21' or 'Under-20' level; 35 who have progressed on to become City first team players at some point; and more than 60 that are currently playing professional league football.
Read more about this topic: Manchester City F.C. Reserves And Academy
Famous quotes containing the word academy:
“When the State wishes to endow an academy or university, it grants it a tract of forest land: one saw represents an academy, a gang, a university.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)
“...I have come to make distinctions between what I call the academy and literature, the moral equivalents of church and God. The academy may lie, but literature tries to tell the truth.”
—Dorothy Allison (b. 1949)