Where the
beautiful game begins.
From local pitches to the biggest stages. Discover the clubs behind the talent, their training stages and their journeys.
One pathway.
Many horizons.
Connect a youth spell to the documented club in the current snapshot. Every link represents identified players.
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13 other pathways to clubs not shown. Partial sample. A player may be linked to several training stages.
Development, measured.
The official academy assessment, across five sporting and educational criteria.
Selected leaders in the assessment. Divisions refer to the assessed season. Education and careers are evaluated together.
Data through 31 May 2026 · LFP publication ↗
Their story started here.
Selected pathways, checked against official sources.
Kylian Mbappé
Real Madrid
2013 — 2015Joined Monaco’s Academy in 2013; won the Gambardella youth cup in 2016.
Official sourceWilliam Saliba
Arsenal
2016 — 2018Joined Saint-Étienne in 2016 and won the 2019 Gambardella before moving permanently to Arsenal.
Official sourceAurélien Tchouaméni
Real Madrid
2011 — 2018Joined Bordeaux’s academy in 2011 and won the national U19 title in 2017.
Official sourceEduardo Camavinga
Real Madrid
2013 — 2018Trained at Rennes from 2013 to 2019 after starting in Fougères.
Official source
Ousmane Dembélé
Paris Saint-Germain FC
2010 — 2014Moved from Évreux to Rennes’ academy before making his professional debut in 2015.
Official sourceIbrahima Konaté
Real Madrid
2014 — 2017Real Madrid records his Sochaux youth spell from 2014 to 2016, following Paris FC.
Official sourceJules Koundé
FC Barcelona
2013 — 2018After playing for local amateur clubs, he entered Bordeaux’s youth setup.
Official source
Rayan Cherki
Manchester City
2010 — 2019Developed in Lyon’s academy and made his senior debut aged 16 in October 2019.
Official sourceWhere it all begins.
Ordered by documented player count in this sample; a player may have several academies.
Paris Saint-Germain FC
Toulouse FC
Stade Rennais FC 1901
Olympique Lyonnais
Paris FC
Le Havre AC
Racing Club de Lens
FC Metz
Lille OSC
OGC Nice
AS Monaco FC
FC Nantes
AS Saint-Étienne
Olympique de Marseille
FC Lorient
RC Strasbourg Alsace
AJ Auxerre
Montpellier HSC
SM Caen
Stade de Reims
FC Sochaux
Girondins de Bordeaux
Angers SCO
EA Guingamp
ESTAC Troyes
Nîmes Olympique
Red Star FC
Clermont Foot 63
Stade Lavallois
Grenoble Foot 38
Le Mans FC
Amiens SC
AS Bondy
Stade Brestois 29
AS Nancy Lorraine
Rodez AF
AC Ajaccio
INF Clairefontaine
SC Bastia
US Boulogne
Dijon FCO
Pau FC
USL Dunkerque
FC Rouen
Understanding the academy data
Pathways come from youth sections of biographies linked to exact player identities. A youth spell establishes neither exclusive training credit, regulatory club-trained status nor promotion to the first team.
The sample covers documented identities in current squads plus an editorial selection of players elsewhere. Counts are neither a national academy ranking nor an export rate. Missing periods remain visible.
Pathways retrieved 23 October 2026 · Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 4.0. International stories and clubs have separate official checks. Monaco is included within French football, with country MC.
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