La Masia de Can Planes, usually shortened to La Masia (Catalan pronunciation:[ləməˈzi.ə]; English: "The Farmhouse"),[1] is a term used for FC Barcelona's youth academy. The academy includes more than 300 young players. It has been an instrumental factor in Barcelona's European success, and produced several world class players in the early 2000s.
In 2010, La Masia became the first youth academy to have trained all three finalists for the Ballon d'Or in a single year: Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi and Xavi.[2]
La Masia is also the name of FC Barcelona's football training facilities, originally located near the Spotify Camp Nou in the Les Corts district of Barcelona. The original building itself was an ancient country residence (in Catalan, masia) built in 1702, and once Camp Nou was inaugurated in 1957, the building was remodelled and extended for use as the club's social headquarters. With the gradual expansion of the club, the building became too small for headquarters, and on 20 October 1979 La Masia was converted into a dormitory for young players from outside Barcelona. On 30 June 2011, the Masia building ceased housing the academy players. In a simple ceremony, the doors were closed and the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper took over the function of the residential centre for the players.
^Price, Sean (6 July 2010). "School of Soccer Champions". Scholastic. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
^totalbarca.com, It’s an all Barça affair at FIFA Ballon d’Or Archived 10 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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