A cantera is geographical area that football clubs recruit players from.
Cantera may also refer to:
Places Cantera (Ponce), a barrio of Ponce, Puerto Rico La Cantera Formation, a geologic formation in Argentina La Cantera, San Antonio, a district of San Antonio, Texas Las Canteras, Chile, a town in Biobío Region, Chile Las Canteras, Uruguay, a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay
People Francisco Cantera Burgos (1901–1978), Spanish historian Ignacio Romaní Cantera, Spanish politician Maximiliano Cantera (born 1993), Uruguayan footballer Zaida Cantera (born 1977), Spanish military officer and politician
Other uses Cantera (software), chemical kinetics software Cantera (stone), volcanic, quartz-based stone or quarry in Spanish