X-ray of Argentine soccer: River and Vélez have the most performing inferiors of the last decade

Oscar Barnade

10/28/2020 11:48 AM

• Clarín.com

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Updated 10/28/2020 11:57 AM

After eight months,

.

First it was the Libertadores, now the South American and the weekend the Professional Football League Cup.

The Covid-19 pandemic, the quarantine and everything that is already known caused several consequences: suspension of relegations, extension of contracts for just six months, exodus of players abroad and

in the practices of the upper campus.

One of the objectives set before the new panorama and in the face of the economic crisis that clubs have to surf is a closer look at their bases, since it will fundamentally lower the contractual conditions.

That is why the declines are also eliminated until 2022.

The bet is in sight.

Among the almost 900 players from the 24 teams that prepared for the return, there are

.

Many will do so starting this Wednesday, October 28.

The future is uncertain, it is nothing new.

The specialists in youth divisions assure that

And what about those who arrive?

This work tries to reflect what happened to the products of the Inferiors of First Division clubs in the last decade (2011-2020).

How many players debuted?

What is the overall and job average age?

What clubs manage to add youth elements to their superior teams?

How many have continuity?

What contributions are there to the youth teams and the senior team?

How many continued their careers abroad?

Which clubs are the best sellers?

Where do they come from?

For this report, the

Inferiores

who debuted in the

that played in First

were taken into account.

The first was

, on February 6, 2011, with the Tigre shirt ;

the last,

, from Defense and Justice, on October 1, 2020. This is worth a clarification: there are teams that played one, two or three years in the First National.

Of them, such as River, Independiente, Huracán, Argentinos, Banfield or Rosario Central, some considerations were taken into account that will be clarified.

In the cases of teams that played only one season in Primera, such as Crucero del Norte, only the data for 2015 were recorded.

River and Vélez, those who won the most

Sebastián Driussi (River) and Nicolás Domínguez (Vélez), products of the Inferiores.

Until the sale

of Lucas Martínez Quarta

for

, Vélez occupied the first place in money raised by the sale of the players emerged from his Inferiores.

But the millionaire transfer of River's defender changed the equation.

In the last decade, Núñez's club sold six players who made their debut in First

, plus two loans, for a global amount of

Meanwhile, the youth players generated income for the Liniers team of

product of 10 sales and a loan with a charge.

The third team that raised the most money from the sale of Inferiores youths is Estudiantes, with

, then Boca surpassing

and fifth Racing, they are

after the sale of 50% of

.

In all cases, they are the global figures that were released and not exactly the clean amount that the club received for the transfer.

In the case of Boca, the sale of

is counted as an exception

, who did not make his debut and was sold to Inter of Italy for

.

Now a lawsuit with Barcelona began over

, a case similar to the one that Vélez had with

, who left for Manchester City through parental authority.

Product of the youthful

, he finally made his debut in the Primera de Racing.

There are a few cases like those of Ramos Mingo and Garré.

Vélez and Newell's, the suppliers

In the last decade, the players of the Inferiores de Vélez were the ones who debuted in the First in the greatest number:

.

In addition, the average of games that get to play in the superior division is 26, one of the highest among the 37 teams relieved (the general average is 20).

Newell's appears in second place, with

, and River third, with

in the A plus those named in the current First National.

Argentinos appear in fourth place along with Estudiantes, with

youth players, but since they performed several seasons in the National B, 8 players from the world's seedbed also appeared there.

As in the case of River, the two millionaire sales of the La Paternal team were by players who made their debut in the highest promotion category:

(8,500,000 euros) and

(8,000,000 euros) .

In a comparison between the five teams

considered great, the 50 players of River stayed in an average of 22 parties in First;

San Lorenzo, with 44, just 16;

Boca, with 42, has the lowest average: 13;

Independent, with 39, the highest with 24;

and Racing, also 39, averages the average of 20.

To exemplify with names,

is the youth

who played the most matches in First Division: 105.

is one game away from matching him.

Meanwhile, 9 players barely played a game.

In the case of Boca, the Uruguayan

is the one who played the most: 66. While 7 barely played one match.

Selection Players

Only

from the Lower Divisions in the last decade made it to the National Team.

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The greatest contribution is that of River, with 7 of those who started in A:

Exequiel Palacios, Gonzalo Montiel and Lucas Martínez Quarta.

In addition to the 3 of the ascent: Pezzella, Funes Mori and Ocampos.

Later, they are followed by five from Estudiantes and Racing, and 3 from Vélez.

The only one, the Uruguayan Bentancur, for La

.

On the other hand, almost 20% played or were called up for the youth teams.

The greatest contribution continues to be from River, with 23 players.

Then Vélez (18), San Lorenzo (16), Argentinos (15) and Boca (14).

Here is another clarification: in recent years

grown a lot

.

The forwards, the most precocious

Another aspect that was possible to detail in the investigation is the average age with which the youths debut in First:

.

But when dividing them by position on the playing field,

, with an average of 19 years and 5 months, while the midfielders make their debut at 19 years and 9 months and the defenders, with 20 years and two months .

Goalkeepers have a harder time playing their first game: 22 years and two months.

In the last decade, the youngest player to reach the First

was striker

, from Unión, who did so with just

(the youngest in the history of that team, according to some Santa Fe records).

Born on September 22, 1999 in San Jerónimo Norte (Santa Fe), he made his debut on November 7, 2015 against Estudiantes de La Plata (0-2).

He barely played 19 games in Union, spent two seasons in Zurich in Switzerland, one in Aldosivi and now he returned to

.

Among the five youngest there are two players from San Lorenzo:

, aged 16 years and 4 months, and

,

16 years and 9 months.

The other two,

from Newell's and

from Estudiantes, aged 16 years and 6 months, share a curiosity: they were both born on March 29 and debuted on October 5.

Among the most veteran, two deserve an explanation.

was for a long time a substitute goalkeeper at Arsenal, since 2011 at the age of 20 he started on loan to Ascenso and just played his first match in the A in 2017 in the Sarmiento de Junín goal, at 26 years and 7 months.

Like the midfielder

de Estudiantes, with several loans, who played his only match at 25 years and months.

However, those who endured a lot until its premiere without going on loan to another category were goalkeeper

, eternal substitute in Lanús (2013-2017), who finally debuted in Defense (he played only 2 games) in May 2018, with 25 years and 2 months.

And the defender

, from San Antonio de Areco, born on May 4, 1987, managed to play his first game in Vélez on May 29, 2011, with 24 years and 25 days.

He is the oldest of the Inferiors to reach the First of the

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The origin of the juveniles

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What path do the juveniles follow

On average, as said, the youth play 20 games in the First League in their home team.

Then they go to different destinations.

Of the 997 players who came out of the Inferiors and played in the First Division in the last decade, 54.1% (538 players) later played in some category of Promotion, 25% (256) in American leagues, 18.1 (181 in Europe) and 1.1 (11) in other continents.

29% (296) are in the 24 teams that will start the Professional League Cup this Friday 30, - but half did so in the last two seasons and with few matches in First Division.

In addition, more than 200 youths are preparing to fulfill the dream of the kid:

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