In this piece we will look at which youth academy each player from Italy's Champions League playing sides (Inter, Milan, Atalanta, Juventus), this season, came from. Some players may have been at multiple professional academies throughout their youth. For the sake of this article, we are going to list the last professional youth academy each player was at, on their journey to becoming a professional footballer.
*Data taken from Transfermarkt*
*Below each club logo are the players that came from that club's academy.*
Club's With 4+ Academy Graduates
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| Atalanta: Andrea Conti, Franck Kessie, Dejan Kulusevski, Alessandro Bastoni,
Roberto Gagliardini, Marco Sportiello, Francesco Rossi, Giorgio
Scalvini, Davide Zappacosta, Roberto Piccoli |
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| AC Milan: Alessandro Plizzari, Matteo Gabbia, Davide Calabria, Daniel Maldini, Mattia De Sciglio, Manuel Locatelli, Matteo
Darmian |
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| Inter Milan: Leonardo Bonucci, Ionut Radu, Alex Cordaz, Federico Dimarco, Martin Satriano, Facundo Colidio |
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| Juventus: Antonio Mirante, Carlo Pinsoglio, Moise Kean, Federico Mattiello
Clubs With 2-3 Academy Graduates  | Ajax: Matthijs De Ligt, Christian Eriksen
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 | Fiorentina: Federico Chiesa, Federico Bernardeschi, Danilo D'Ambrosio
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 | Genoa: Pietro Pellegri, Mattia Perin, Matteo Lovato
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 | | PSG: Mike Maignan, Fode Ballo-Toure, Adrien Rabiot |
 | | Roma: Alessio Romagnoli, Alessandro Florenzi, Luca Pellegrini |
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Arsenal: Ismael Bennacer, Wojciech Szczesny
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Hajduk Split: Ivan Perisic, Mario Pasalic
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Racing Club: Lautaro Martinez, Juan Musso
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Sparta Rottterdam: Denzel Dumfries, Martin de Roon
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Clubs with 1 Academy Graduate
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Aalborg: Joakim Maehle
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America de Cali: Duvan Zapata
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America Futebol Club: Danilo
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Anderlecht: Alexis Saelemaekers
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ASC Daco-Getica Bucuresti: Ciprian Tatarusanu
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Arezzo: Andrea Ranocchia
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Atletico Madrid: Theo Hernandez
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AZ Alkmaar: Teun Koopmeiners
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Brescia: Sandro Tonali
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Boca Juniors: Rodrigo Bentancur
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Cagliari: Nicolo Barella
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Cardiff City: Aaron Ramsey
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Central Espanol: Matias Vecino
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Cesena: Stefano Sensi
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| Chelsea: Fikayo Tomori |
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Cobreloa: Alexis Sanchez
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Colo-Colo: Arturo Vidal
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Cruzeiro: Gabriel Brazao
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Deportivo Cali: Luis Muriel
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Domzale: Samir Handanovic
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Empoli: Daniele Rugani
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Estudiantes: Joaquin Correa
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Fenerbahce: Merih Demiral
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Feyenoord: Stefan De Vrij
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Goias: Rafael Toloi
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Grasshoppers Zurich: Remo Freuler
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Gremio: Arthur
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Grenoble: Olivier Giroud
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Groningen: Hans Hateboer
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Hrvatski Dragovoljac: Marcelo Brozovic
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Independiente Medellin: Juan Cuadrado
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Instituto AC Cordoba: Paulo Dybala
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Karlsruher: Hakan Calhanoglu
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Livorno: Giorgio Chiellini
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Lokomotiv Moscow: Aleksey Miranchuk
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| Malaga: Samu Castillejo |
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Malmo: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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Manchester City: Brahim Diaz
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| Midtjylland: Simon Kjaer |
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Monza: Matteo Pessina
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MSK Zilina: Milan Skriniar
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| Olympique Lyonnais: Pierre Kalulu |
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Palermo: Giuseppe Pezzella
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Real Madrid: Alvaro Morata
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Red Star Belgrade: Aleksander Kolarov
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Rennes: Tiemoue Bakayoko
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RNK Split: Ante Rebic
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San Lorenzo: Jose Luis Palomino
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Santos: Kaio Jorge
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Schalke: Weston McKennie
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Shakhtar Donetsk: Rusian Malinovskyi
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Sporting Lisbon: Rafael Leao
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Sutjeska Foca: Rade Krunic
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Triglav Gorenjska: Josip Ilicic
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| Vitesse: Robin Gosens |
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Zeljeznicar: Edin Dzeko
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Zurich: Berat Djimsiti
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No Academy History Found: Junior Messias, Alex Sandro
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An incredible list of clubs. This list just shows how rare and difficult it is to reach the pinnacle that is Champions League football. So many clubs on this list, and yet most with only 1 player, with few with multiple. But it's players stories like these that truly make football, the greatest sport in the world.
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