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.
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
Current U-19 roster
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Current U-17 roster
Notable youth system graduates
The 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 Alfredo Saldivar Emilio Orrantia Diego de Buen Luis Quintana Josecarlos Van Rankin Kevin Escamilla Jesús Gallardo Alan Mozo Pablo Bennevendo Érik Lira Rodrigo López
References
External links
Universidad Nacional official website UNAM official website