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Cardiff City

Full name	Cardiff City
Nickname(s)	The Bluebirds
Founded	2003
Chairman	Dato Chan Tien Ghee
Manager	Neal Ardley
League	Premier Academy League U18 Group B
2010–11	Premier Academy League U18 Group B, 8th
Home colours Away colours

The Cardiff City F.C. Academy is the youth academy currently set up at Cardiff City in order to discover and nurture young talent. The academy has a range of players from ages seven to 18.

Information

The youth academy was set up in 2003, the youth team however has taken part in several FA Youth Cup and Welsh Youth Cup competition before 2003. According to the official Cardiff City FC Website,

"the Cardiff City football academy, is not simply a scheme, or a group of young players and coaches. It is all of these things; but most importantly, it is a philosophy and a culture. The club has always been dependent upon, and focused around the local community. The great players and teams throughout the clubs' history have always been built on the foundations of local boys and local talent. Cardiff City has a fantastic and proud history of nurturing young talent and are committed to continuous development of youth teams in future years. Cardiff City Football Club is fully committed to their fantastic academy, and recognises the importance of youth development".

Cardiff's scouts currently concentrate on searching South Wales, Hereford, Worcester, Swindon and Oxford. Now looking towards other areas of the United Kingdom including Ireland and Scotland with the recent appointment of scouts in these areas by Neal Ardley Cardiff scouts are also based in foreign countries such as Austria, France and Guinea, with players coming to the academy from these countries.

1Malaysia Grassroots Academy

Cardiff City also have an academy in capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. As their owners from 2010, Vincent Tan and Chan Tien Ghee are from the Asian country as well as other of their board members.

The Under-18s team regularly merge with several out of favour first team players to form the reserve squad.

Notable graduates

Those in bold have been capped at full international level. Those marked * progressed prior to academy status confirmed.

Personnel

• Academy Manager

Neal Ardley

• Assistant Academy Managers

Geraint Twose (12–16 year olds) Mark Neville (7–11 year olds)

• Youth Team Coach

Geraint Twose

• Head of Recruitment

• Head of Education and Welfare

Steve Ellis

• Senior Academy Physiotherapist

Neil Lewis

• Academy Physiotherapist

Adam Rattenbury

• Academy Secretary

Anthony Redwood

• Head of Local Schoolboy Recruitment

Graham Pulling

• Club "Doctor"

Len Nokes

• Kit & Equipment Manager

Ian Lanning

• Assistant Kit Manager

Alan Cross

• Fitness Coach

Alex Armstrong

Under 18s

The under-18s team plays in Group B of the FA Premier Academy League. Players with squad numbers have appeared in or are part of the senior team but regularly return to play for the under-18 team.

As of 17 April 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player - GK  WAL Liam Matthews – GK  ENG Reece Ottley – GK  WAL David Richards – DF  ENG Sameth Al-Basith – DF  ENG Ben Nugent – DF  ENG Adedeji Oshilaja – DF  WAL Luke Jones – DF  WAL Adam Davies – DF  WAL Josh Powell - DF  WAL Kane Owen - DF  WAL Josh Yorwerth – MF  ENG Jordan Carter – MF  ENG Joe Ralls

No. Pos. Nation Player – MF  ENG Jordan Jackson – MF  GUI Mamadou Diallo – MF  FRA Kevin Sainte Luce - MF  WAL Declan John - MF  WAL Theo Wharton - MF  ENG Bradley Williams - FW  WAL Jaye Bowen – FW  AUT Jesse Darko – FW  WAL Dane Griffiths - FW  WAL Gethyn Hill – FW  FRA Yannis Drais - FW  WAL Rhys James - FW  WAL Tommy O'Sullivan

References

1. "Prem clubs keep tabs on rising stars". walesonline.co.uk. South Wales Echo. 25 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007.
2. "Prem clubs keep tabs on rising stars" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 19 December 2007
3. "CARDIFF WEAR 'MALAYSIA' WITH PRIDE". Cardiff City F.C. Official Website. Cardiff City Football Club. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
4. "UNDER 18S TEAM 2010/11". cardiffcityfc.co.uk. Cardiff City F.C. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.

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