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Boca Juniors Reserves and Academy are the reserve

Reserve team

Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...

and youth academy

Youth system

Youth system is a sporting terminology used to refer to a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise, and to fill up squads numbers in some teams...

teams of Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

Reserve team

Boca Juniors reserve team play in the Primera División de Reserva. The team plays home matches at La Bombonera in La Boca.

The Academy

Known as The Boca Factory, Boca Juniors youth divisions contains teams from under-8 to under-20 level, they participate in Argentina's youth leagues organized by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino

Argentine Football Association

The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...

. In 1996 new ownership took over Boca Juniors and the ownership stated that rather than buy players for huge money only to put too much expectation on them and watch them under-perform, they wanted to create their own stars. Boca hired two very influential figures; one was leading expert of youth in Argentina who at Newell Old Boys created a fantastic scouting network. The second was the king of 'baby football' (indoor 6-a side football for 5-12 year olds). Since then Boca's academy has brought through, and also sold, more than 350 home-grown players from all age categories. From the list of the 350 players, more than 130 of the academy graduates would play around the world, including in Argentina, Spain, Italy, England, and many others in places ranging from Germany and Holland to China and Israel. More than 35 leagues contain players that were raised and developed by the Boca academy system. The players are taught the same formation (4-3-1-2) from early on to the first-team. This makes fitting into the first-team far easier for a young player. Boca's under-20 team are regular participants in the under-20 Copa Libertadores and other international youth football tournaments.

Scouting

The scouting system is comprehensive. There is a Boca Juniors scout in every small town and close to every village. Nearly all are ordinary people, such as teachers, butchers or policemen, and the head of the youth system, Jorge Griffa, regularly travel around Argentina when he took over and listened to the watching crowd, hiring the most appropriate as a scout for the area.

Reserves

Under-20

Notable graduates

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1990's

Sebastián Battaglia

Sebastián Alejandro Battaglia is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays with Argentine club Boca Juniors.-Career:...

Nicolas Burdisso

Nicolás Burdisso

Nicolás Andrés Burdisso is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central or right defender for A.S. Roma. He also holds European Union nationality.-Boca Juniors:...

Juan Roman Riquelme

Juan Román Riquelme

Juan Román Riquelme is an Argentine footballer who plays for Boca Juniors. A longtime Argentine international, Riquelme is best known for his spells with Boca Juniors and Villarreal...

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2000's

Sergio Araujo

Sergio Ezequiel Araujo is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Boca Juniors.-Club career:Araujo is a product of Boca Juniors youth divisions...

Josué Ayala

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Éver Banega

Éver Maximiliano David Banega is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Valencia CF in Spain, mainly as a central midfielder.-Boca Juniors:...

Luciano Becchio

Luciano Héctor Becchio is an Argentine footballer who plays for Leeds United as a striker. Born in Córdoba, Argentina, Becchio began his career at Boca Juniors before moving to Europe on an Italian passport, where he established himself in the Spanish lower leagues.He moved to England in the...

Exequiel Benavídez

Exequiel Emanuel Benavídez , is an Argentine football midfielder currently playing with Boca Juniors....

Neri Cardozo

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Cristian Manuel Chávez

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Leandro Díaz

Leandro Díaz (footballer)

Leandro Javier Díaz is an Argentine football midfielder currently playing for Huracán on loan from Boca Juniors....

Juan Forlín

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Fernando Gago Nicolas Gaitan

Nicolás Gaitán

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Luis Ibáñez

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Emiliano Insúa

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Luciano Fabián Monzón

Luciano Fabián Monzón is an Argentine football defender currently playing for OGC Nice. He made his Boca Juniors debut during the Clausura 2008 tournament in Boca Juniors, and was a surprise choice for the Argentina squad for the 2008 Olympic Games later that year, this doubt was put to rest as...

Sony Norde

Sony Norde is a Haitian footballer who currently plays for Argentine club Boca Juniors. After a trial with Mexican side San Luis FC he was able to secure a spot...

Jonathan Phillippe

Jonathan Phillippe is an Argentine Striker who currently plays for Sportivo Luqueno.He was signed in 2008 from the youth divisions of Boca Juniors and made his debut on August 31, 2008 in a 3-0 win over Huracán.-Honours:...

Facundo Roncaglia

Facundo Sebastián Roncaglia is an Argentine footballer who plays for Boca Juniors. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a right back.-Football career:...

Carlos Tevez

Carlos Tévez

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Lucas Viatri

Lucas Ezequiel Viatri is an Argentine football striker currently playing for Boca Juniors.-Career:Viatri started his playing career with loan spells with Emelec of Ecuador and Unión Atlético Maracaibo of Venezuela. He returned to Boca Juniors in 2008.On May 17, 2008 Viatri made his debut with Boca...

Santiago Villafañe

Santiago Hernán Villafañe is an Argentine footballer who plays for Boca Juniors.-Boca Juniors:Of Italian origin, Santiago Hernán Villafañe began his playing career in Argentina with Boca Juniors, with whom he debuted in the First Division...

Arlind Kukaj
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