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Cantera
Youth academy and farm team organised by sports clubs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the youth academies in Spain. For the Barrio in Ponce, Puerto Rico, see Sexto (Ponce).
See also: Cantera (disambiguation)
Cantera, literally meaning "quarry" in Spanish, is a term used in Spain to refer to youth academies and farm teams organized by sports clubs. It is also used to refer to the geographical area that clubs recruit players from. The term is widely used in football but is also applied to other sports, such as basketball. This article, however, is about the football canteras. Notable canteras include those of Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Espanyol, Sporting de Gijón, Celta de Vigo and Valencia.
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