Clube Atlético Mineiro (youth)

The Clube Atlético Mineiro Youth Sector (Brazilian Portuguese: Categorias de Base) are the youth academy of Clube Atlético Mineiro, a Brazilian football club based in Belo Horizonte. The youth sector is composed of various squads divided by age groups. All the youth teams currently train at the club's main training ground, Cidade do Galo, located in the municipality of Vespasiano. The U-20 squad currently compete in the Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 Série B, the Copa do Brasil Sub-20 and the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior. Atlético Mineiro's youth squads of all categories have won trophies at national and international level.

Atlético Mineiro Youth Sector

Full name	Clube Atlético Mineiro
Nickname(s)	Galinho ("Little Rooster")
Ground	Cidade do Galo
President	Sérgio Coelho
Head Coach	Leandro Zago (U-20) Henrique Teixeira (U-17) Vacant (U-15) Lucas Colturato (U-14)
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 Série B (U-20)
2025	19th (relegated from Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20)
Website	www.atletico.com.br/base/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Structure

Atlético Mineiro's youth sector operates in Cidade do Galo, the main training facility for the club. It has a hotel able to host 90 youths, in 19 quadruple apartments and 12 triple ones. The youth facilities include a gym, a restaurant, a pedagogy room, a library, a gaming room, an auditorium with a 150 capacity, an Internet café, and departments for medicine, dentistry and physiotherapy. The youths are able to live in the facility and receive medical and educational assistance from the club.^[1][2]

The club's main youth squad is the U-20, called Júnior, which includes athletes aging 17 to 20.^[3] The Juvenil category is the U-17 squad.^[4] Players with 15 years old and less are categorised under the Infantil.^[5]

Honours

International

• Terborg Tournament (U-20): 3^[6][7]

2006, 2008, 2016

• Kvarnerska Rivijera (U-19): 2^[8]

2003, 2004

• ICGT Youth Tournament (U-19): 3^[9]

2003, 2004

• Spax Cup (Ennepetal Tournament) (U-19): 3^[10]

2005, 2008, 2014

• Future Champions Tournament (U-17): 5^[11]

2010, 2011 (I), 2011 (II), 2012, 2014

• Torneo Internazionale Città di Gradisca (U-17): 4^[12]

2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

• Surf Cup International (U-16): 1

2023

• BH Youth Cup (U-15): 2

2009, 2011

• Copa da Amizade Brasil-Japão (U-15): 2

2000, 2010

National

• Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20: 1

2020

• Copa do Brasil Sub-20: 1

2017

• Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (U-20): 3

1975, 1976, 1983

• Super Copa São Paulo de Juniores (U-20): 1

1994

• Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores (U-20): 6^[13]

1988, 1989, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2018

• Copa do Brasil Sub-17: 1^[14]

2014

• Copa Rio Sub-17: 2

1988, 2003

• Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil (U-17): 1

2006

• Copa 2 de Julho (U-15): 1

2023

State

• Campeonato Mineiro Sub-20: 34

1945, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2017 , 2019

• Campeonato Mineiro Sub-17: 24

1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021

• Campeonato Mineiro Infantil Sub-15: 25

1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023

Notable graduates

List of former Clube Atlético Mineiro youth squads graduates who have played matches at full international level.

Player	Year joined club	Years played for first team	National team	Years played for national team
Afonso Alves	2000	2001–2002	Brazil	2007
Bernard	2006	2010–2013, 2024–	Brazil	2012–2014
Bremer	2017	2017–2018	Brazil	2022–
Cláudio Caçapa	1996	1997–2001	Brazil	2000–2001
Dedê	1995	1996–1998	Brazil	2004
Diego Alves	2004	2005–2007	Brazil	2011–2017
Edivaldo	1981	1982, 1984–1987	Brazil	1986–1989
Jemerson	2010	2012–2015, 2022–2024	Brazil	2017
João Leite	1970	1976–1988, 1991–1992	Brazil	1980–1981
João Pedro	2006	2010	Italy	2022
Kléber	2007	2009	Brazil	2011
Leandro Castán	2003	2005–2007	Brazil	2012–2013
Lincoln	1989	1997–2001	Brazil	1999
Mancini	1997	1999–2002, 2011–2013	Brazil	2004–2008
Marcelo Oliveira	1969	1972–1984	Brazil	1975–1977
Marcos Rocha	2005	2009, 2012–2017	Brazil	2013
Moacir	1987	1988–1992, 1996	Brazil	1990–1991
Paulo Isidoro	1969	1975–1979, 1985–1987	Brazil	1977–1983
Reinaldo	1971	1973–1985	Brazil	1975–1985
Savinho	2018	2020–2022	Brazil	2024–
Sérgio Araújo	1975	1980–1988	Brazil	1987
Toninho Cerezo	1971	1972–1983, 1997	Brazil	1977–1985
Vantuir	1968	1969–1978	Brazil	1972–1975

See also

• Clube Atlético Mineiro