La Masia is situated in the heart of Barcelona youth system, located at the Camp Nou stadium next to the hotel. It was founded in 1979 and is now used to the young players had to leave their families to develop in Barcelona train both in sporting and intellectual sense.
Apparently, a total of about 260 young players have to learn their craft - Ninety percent of them are Spanish and more than 50 percent of Catalans. In fact, the current Barca team of 12 of the first team havePlayers who have come from the academy.
There are several young people who had lived in La Masia, have for the first team, as Josep 'Pep' Guardiola (Academy of years have passed play 1984-90), Iván de la Peña (1991-94), Carles Puyol (1994 -- 98), Andres Iniesta (1996-2001), Víctor Valdés (1996-2000) and Lionel Messi (2000-04).
Pep was the largest product La Masia has been announced. A charismatic player who has 43 caps for Spain and won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. He ledthe club to six La Liga titles, a Champions Cup in 1992 and two Spanish Cups.
Puyol, a native Catalan, is the club captain and current in the direction of his 250th Game for the club.
But not all graduates of La Masia established in Barcelona, and some have moved to other clubs to advance their careers.
These have, for example, De la Pena, Luis Garcia, Jose Manuel Reina, Mikel Arteta, Gerard Pique, Cesc Fabregas and Albert Luque.
Fabregas, a nativeCatalan, was persuaded by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger for a better and better-paid future at Arsenal, and so has, ever since he joined the Gunners as a 16-year-old boy in September 2003.
Piqué was torn by Sir Alex Ferguson in in order to strengthen his team. He is a defender who not only good for his defensive skills, but also gets forward and scores.
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