Academia Cantolao

Full name	Academia Deportiva Cantolao
Nickname(s)	El Delfín La Cantera del Perú
Founded	14 April 1981; 44 years ago (1981-04-14)
Ground	Estadio Miguel Grau
Capacity	17,000
Chairman	Gisella Mandriotti
Manager	Adrián Taffarel
League	Liga 2
2023	Liga 1, 19th of 19 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Academia Deportiva Cantolao is a Peruvianfootball club based in the city ofCallao, Peru. However, the club is mostly known for itsyouth academy. Their football academy is considered one of the best in Peru. Academia Cantolao has educated many players who have gone on to play in theTorneo Descentralizado (Peruvian top-flight) and abroad, including manyPeruvian international players. Probably their most recognized graduate is formerBayern Munich strikerClaudio Pizarro, one of the greatest Peruvian players in history.

In the1982 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the Final Stage, but was eliminated byAtlético Grau andAtlético Torino.In the2015 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the final againstDefensor La Bocana to whom they lost. They were promoted to thePeruvian Segunda División for the first time in the club's history. After only one year in the first division the club won the2016 Peruvian Segunda División. They defeatedSport Áncash by 2–0 in a play-off final after tying at the end of the season for first place with 53 points each and thus qualified for the2017 Torneo Descentralizado.

Academia Cantolao as a youth academy currently educates players ranging from the U-8 level up to U-20.

Player[1]	Year of birth	Playing Position	National team	Years Played for National Team
Miguel Rebosio	1976	Centre back	Peru	1997–2005
Claudio Pizarro	1978	Striker	Peru	1999–2016
Carlos Lobatón	1980	Central Midfielder	Peru	2005–2016
Rainer Torres	1980	Central Midfielder	Peru	2005–present
Juan Carlos Mariño	1982	Attacking Midfielder	Peru	2006–present
Luis Ramírez	1984	Attacking Midfielder	Peru	2005–present
Junior Viza	1985	Attacking Midfielder	Peru	2006
Junior Ross	1986	Winger	Peru	2005–2013
Daniel Chávez	1988	Striker	Peru	2008–2015
Carlos Zambrano	1989	Centre back	Peru	2008–present
Reimond Manco	1990	Attacking Midfielder	Peru	2008–2013
Yoshimar Yotún	1990	Full back	Peru	2011–present

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  URU Facundo Moreira(Captain) 9 FW  ARG Franco Pérez 10 MF  PER Valentino Delgado 12 GK  PER Ricardo Bettocchi 15 FW  PER Jefferson Córdova 18 MF  PER Jeamson Jiménez 24 MF  PER Jean Lara 25 DF  PER Álvaro Laura 27 FW  PER Guillermo Oliva 32 MF  PER Sidan Taype 34 FW  PER OIiver López 36 MF  PER Lionel Herrera 37 MF  PER Robert Ardiles 41 GK  PER Tiago Gatica — DF  PER Rodrigo Valenzuela — MF  PER Eliezer Crisóstomo — MF  PER Farid Rojas

• Ronald Pitot (1981)
• Rafael Castañeda (1982)
• Luis Roth (1983)
• Eloy Campos (1983)
• Adrián Mendoza (1984)
• Luis Roth (1985)
• Teodoro Wuchi (1988-1989)
• Eduardo Asca (1990)
• Carlos Solís (1991-1992)
• Agapito Rodríguez (1995)
• Ramón Perleche (2013)
• Mauro Pinedo (2013)
• Iván Chaves (2014)
• Álvaro Bonelli (2014)
• Guillermo Esteves (2015)
• Carlos Silvestri (2016-2018)
• Guillermo Esteves (2018)
• Jorge Araujo (2018-2019)
• Hernán Lisi (2020)
• Jorge Espejo (2020-2021)
• Carlos Silvestri (2021-2022)
• Guillermo Esteves (2022)
• Alejandro Apud (2022)
• Matías Rosa (2023)
• Ramón Perleche (2023)
• Edgardo Malvestiti (2023)
• Adrián Taffarel (2023)
• Jersi Sócola (2023-)

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