Pumas UNAM (youth)

Pumas UNAM (youth system)
NicknamesPumas
Universidad (University)
Universitarios (Collegiates)
GroundCantera
Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
Capacity2,000
OwnerNational Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
ChairmanLuis Raúl González
ManagerMartín Bravo (U-21)
Alejandro Pérez (U-19)
Miguel Carreón (U-17)
N/A (U-15)
LeagueLiga MX U-23
Liga MX U-18
Liga MX U-16
Liga MX U-14
Apertura 2022U-20: Winners
U-18: Quarter-finals
U-16: 10th
U-14: Quarter-finals

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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
181 GK  MEX Rodrigo Parra
182 GK  MEX Jorge Ortiz
183 DF  MEX Pablo Ibarra
184 DF  MEX Manuel Sánchez
185 DF  MEX Emiliano Villaseñor
186 DF  MEX Kevin Borges
187 DF  MEX Jonathan Flores
188 DF  MEX Guillermo Santana
189 DF  MEX Héctor Ramírez
190 DF  MEX Héctor Guzmán
191 DF  MEX Axel Rodríguez
192 DF  MEX Johan Ocampo
193 MF  MEX Dennis Ramírez
194 MF  MEX Alejandro Juárez
No. Pos. Nation Player
195 MF  MEX Axel Trujillo
196 MF  MEX Diego Villaluz
198 MF  MEX Édgar Quintanar
199 MF  MEX Kléber Carranza
200 MF  MEX Diego Contreras
201 MF  MEX Jan Zapata
202 DF  MEX Julio Domínguez
203 MF  MEX Stanley García
204 FW  MEX José Herrera
205 FW  MEX Oswaldo Hernández
206 FW  MEX Misael Torres
207 FW  MEX César Mundo
208 FW  MEX Jaime Obregón
210 FW  MEX Jared Salazar
212 GK  MEX Kevin Cuneo

Current U-19 roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
231 GK  MEX Néstor Cordero
232 GK  MEX Isaac Palacios
233 DF  MEX Andryk León
234 DF  MEX Nicolás Chacón .
235 DF  MEX Santiago Vigueras
236 DF  MEX Diego Barrios
237 DF  MEX Juan Briseño
238 DF  MEX Héctor Aguilar
239 DF  MEX Geudiel Jiménez
240 MF  MEX Axel Jiménez
241 MF  MEX Emiliano Hermida
242 MF  MEX Diego Barrera
243 FW  MEX José Mancilla
244 FW  MEX José Chávez
245 FW  MEX Austin Vázquez
246 MF  MEX Oswaldo Sánchez
No. Pos. Nation Player
247 FW  MEX Nicolás Lugo
248 FW  MEX Iker Jiménez
250 DF  MEX Andrés Correa
252 MF  MEX Cristiano Silva
254 MF  MEX Luis Gordillo
257 DF  MEX Emiliano Montaño
259 DF  MEX Guillermo Niño
260 DF  MEX Héctor Quezada
261 DF  MEX José Huerta
262 DF  MEX Roberto Hernández
263 MF  MEX Roberto Villegas
264 MF  MEX Gerardo Domínguez
265 MF  MEX Jhostyn Cortés
266 MF  MEX Rogelio Carreón
267 MF  MEX Whittingham Alanís

Current U-17 roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
287 MF  MEX Sebastián Herrera
289 FW  MEX Axel Rodríguez
290 MF  MEX Jefferson Barojas
291 MF  MEX Javier López
293 MF  MEX Jesús Lagunas
294 FW  MEX Aarón Arzate
295 DF  MEX Diego Barajas
No. Pos. Nation Player
296 FW  MEX Édgar Diez Marina
297 GK  MEX Elías Ortiz
299 DF  MEX Santiago Flores
300 MF  MEX Jonathan Juárez
302 MF  MEX Eiden Chávez
303 MF  MEX Ángel Chon
304 MF  MEX Adrián Zaragoza
305 MF  MEX Giovani Gil
306 FW  MEX Juan Ochoa
307 FW  MEX Sebastián Calva

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.

References