The Cantera (quarry) of Mexican professional football club Pumas is the organisation's youth academy, developing players from childhood through to the integration of the best prospects into the adult teams.
| Nicknames | Pumas Universidad (University) Universitarios (Collegiates) | ||
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| Ground | Cantera Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Owner | National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) | ||
| Chairman | Luis Raúl González | ||
| Manager | Hugo García (Mexican footballer) (U-21) Alejandro Estrada (U-19) Miguel Carreón (U-17) N/A (U-15) | ||
| League | Liga MX U-23 Liga MX U-18 Liga MX U-16 Liga MX U-14 | ||
| Apertura 2022 | U-20: Winners U-18: Quarter-finals U-16: 10th U-14: Quarter-finals | ||
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The academy is based at the club training complex, Cantera, which is often the name used informally to refer to the system itself.
Current U-21 roster
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Current U-19 roster
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Current U-17 roster
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Notable youth system graduates
editThe following is a list of players who have played for the academy and have appeared in at least 100 top league games for the first team or whitin other clubs.
Aarón Padilla- Luis Regueiro
- Miguel Mejía Barón
- Héctor Sanabria
- José Luis González
- Enrique Borja
- Francisco Castrejón
- Arturo Vázquez Ayala
- Leonardo Cuéllar
- José Luis 'Pareja' López
- Jesús Ramírez
- Olaf Heredia
- Enrique López Zarza
- Pablo Luna
- Hugo Sánchez
- Manuel Negrete
- Rafael Amador
- Félix Cruz Barbosa
- Luis Flores
- Raúl Servín
- Abraham Nava
- Miguel España
- José Luis Salgado
- Jorge Campos
- Adolfo Ríos
- Alberto García Aspe
- Guillermo Vázquez
- David Patiño
- Roberto Medina
- Antonio Torres Servín
- Claudio Suárez
- Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales
- Luis García
- José Antonio Noriega
- Sergio Bernal
- David Oteo
- Alberto Rodríguez
- Jesús Olalde
- Rafael García
- Braulio Luna
- Israel López
- Antonio Sancho
- Miguel Ángel Carreón
- Joaquín Beltrán
- Mariano Trujillo
- Christian Ramírez
- Gerardo Galindo
- Gerardo Torrado
- Jaime Lozano
- José Luis 'Parejita' López
- Luis Ignacio González
- Manuel de la Torre
- Israel Castro
- Marco Palacios
- Alejandro Palacios
- Rafael Márquez Lugo
- David Toledo
- Gonzalo Pineda
- Jehu Chiapas
- Efraín Velarde
- Luis Fuentes
- Pablo Barrera
- Héctor Moreno
- Efraín Juárez
- Eduardo Herrera
- Javier Cortés
- David Cabrera
- Emilio Orrantia
- Diego de Buen
- Josecarlos Van Rankin
- Kevin Escamilla
- Jesús Gallardo
- Alan Mozo
- Pablo Bennevendo
- Érik Lira
- Rodrigo López
References
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External links
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- (in Spanish) Universidad Nacional official website
- (in Spanish) UNAM official website
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