Shandong Officials: Taishan Brazilian Football School Has Cultivated Renowned UEFA Champions League Players; Overseas Study Program for National Youth Team to Restart Next Year

Shandong Taishan’s official website has issued an announcement confirming that the Taishan Brazilian Football School will restart the integrated training program for Chinese youth players in 2025.

The announcement is as follows:

According to statistics, a total of six players who graduated from the Brazilian sports club’s youth training system are participating in the 2024/2025 UEFA Champions League, making it one of the leading contributors in South America.

The current UEFA Champions League participants who graduated from the Brazilian sports club’s youth training include: Kevin (Shakhtar Donetsk); Bremer (Juventus); Éderson (Atalanta); Diego Carlos (Aston Villa); Ismaily (Lille); Mauro Júnior (PSV Eindhoven).

In recent years, the Brazilian sports club has continuously consolidated and optimized its player training and management systems, consistently supplying young players to the Brazilian Serie A, European leagues, and various levels of the national team platform. The quality of players produced by the club has been widely recognized in mainstream European leagues, gradually establishing itself as a top-tier youth training system in Brazil. These six players have established themselves as key figures in their respective clubs within mainstream European leagues, enhancing the global reputation of Brazilian sports youth training and proving that the club is capable of nurturing international stars. We are proud of their personal development and wish them greater success in their future careers.

The Brazilian sports club plans to restart the integrated training program for Chinese youth players in 2025. This program is a crucial component of Shandong Taishan Football Club’s high-quality development strategy for integrating youth training. We look forward to more outstanding domestic youth players participating in this program, transitioning from Brazilian sports to the national team, and stepping onto the international stage.