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Sheffield United F.C. Academy

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nickname	The Blades, Red & White Wizards
ground	Shirecliffe Ground
Firshill Crescent
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manager	Derek Geary
league	Professional Development League 2
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Firshill Crescent Sheffield S4 7DW | Sheffield United Football Club Youth Academy are the youth team of Sheffield United. The Under-18 and Under-23 teams play in Professional Development League 2.

The academy is currently run by Jack Lester while Derek Geary coaches the U18s side. Sheffield United's youth system was given Academy status in December 2002. In July 2017 the academy was recognised, in a study conducted by Press Association Sport, for having the 7th best academy for minutes played in the 2016–17 Premier League. In between Arsenal and Chelsea they placed by far the highest for a club outside the top-flight.

The team plays at the Shirecliffe Ground at Firshill Crescent.

Current squad

:Updated 2 December 2024

Out on loan

The Sheffield United F.C. Academy & Training ground at Shirecliffe

List of Academy managers

Name	Nationality	From	To	Notes
	England England			title=Sheffield United appoint new chief executive	url=http://www.kickitout.org/news.php/news_id/394	accessdate=24 March 2013	publisher=Kick It Out	date=28 September 2005}}
	England England			title=Pemberton appointed	url=http://www.sufc.co.uk/page/AcademyProfiles/0,,10418~2002868,00.html	publisher=Sheffield United F.C.	date=2010-03-23	accessdate=24 March 2013	url-status=dead	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528100933/http://www.sufc.co.uk/page/AcademyProfiles/0%2C%2C10418~2002868%2C00.html	archivedate=28 May 2010	df=dmy-all }}
	England England
Nick Cox	England England
Travis Binnion	Ireland Ireland	1 July 2016	19 July 2019
Jack Lester	England England	19 July 2019	25 November 2021
Derek Geary	Ireland Ireland	11 January 2022

Notable Academy Graduates

The academy has produced England internationals such as Phil Jagielka, Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire as well as many players who have gone on to have careers in professional football, whether at Sheffield United or at other clubs. Current Sheffield United players are highlighted in green.

Player	Current Club	Born	International Honours	Notes
Somalia Liban Abdi	Retired	Somalia Burao
England Micky Adams	Retired	England Sheffield	England Youth	Former Manager
England Frank Barlow	Retired	England Mexborough		Former Assistant Manager
Ireland Aaron Barry	Ireland Bray Wanderers	Ireland Dublin
England Alan Birchenall	Retired	England East Ham	England under-23
Wales David Brooks	England Bournemouth	England Warrington	Full Wales call-up
England Scott Boden	ENG Boreham Wood	England Sheffield
England Dominic Calvert-Lewin	England Everton	England Sheffield	Full England cap
Northern Ireland Adam Chapman	ENG Gainsborough Trinity	England Doncaster	Northern Ireland under-21
England Ryan Cresswell	Retired	England Rotherham
England Kevin Davies	Retired	England Sheffield	Full England Cap
Ireland Connor Dimaio	England Boston United	England Chesterfield	Ireland under-21
Italy Diego De Girolamo	England Buxton	England Chesterfield	Italy under-19
Northern Ireland Martin Donnelly	Northern Ireland Linfield	Northern Ireland Belfast	Full Northern Ireland Cap
Barbados Jonathan Forte	Retired	England Sheffield	Full Barbados Caps
England Alan Hodgkinson	Retired	England Laughton-en-le-Morthen	Full England Caps
England Evan Horwood	England West Auckland Town	England Billingham
England Kevan Hurst	England Guiseley	England Chesterfield
England Phil Jagielka	Retired	England Sale	Full England Caps
England Mick Jones	Retired	England Worksop	Full England Caps
England Otis Khan	England Walsall	England Ashton-under-Lyne
England Nicky Law	USA Indy Eleven	England Nottingham
England George Long	England Millwall	England Sheffield	England under-20
England Matthew Lowton	England Burnley	England Chesterfield
England Harry Maguire	England Manchester United	England Sheffield	Full England caps	World Record Transfer Fee for a Central Defender
Scotland Callum McFadzean	ENG Wrexham	England Sheffield	Scotland under-21
England Kyle McFadzean	EnglandBlackburn Rovers	England Sheffield	England C
England Jacob Mellis	England Southend United	England Nottingham	England under-19
Scotland Nick Montgomery	Retired	England Leeds	Scotland Futures
England Kyle Naughton	WAL Swansea City	England Sheffield	England under-21
England George Oghani	Retired	England Manchester
Northern Ireland David Parkhouse	NIR Ballymena United	Northern Ireland Strabane	Northern Ireland under-21
England Tony Philliskirk	Retired	England Sunderland
England Ben Purkiss	Retired	England Sheffield
Ireland Stephen Quinn	England Mansfield Town	Ireland Dublin	Full Ireland Caps
England Wayne Quinn	Retired	England Truro
England Aaron Ramsdale	England Arsenal	England Stoke-on-Trent	Full England Caps
England Louis Reed	England Swindon Town	England Barnsley	England under-20
Scotland Chris Robertson	England Coalville Town	Scotland Dundee
England Jordan Slew	England FC Halifax Town	England Sheffield	England under-19
England Billy Sharp	England Hull City	England Sheffield		EFL Championship record goalscorer
England Graham Shaw	Retired	England Sheffield	Full England Caps	Deceased
Poland Ben Starosta	England Free Agent	England Sheffield	Poland under-20
Algeria Aymen Tahar	GRE Athlitiki Enosi Larissa	England Sheffield	Algeria under-20
England Nicky Travis	Retired	England Sheffield
England Michael Tonge	Retired	England Manchester	England under-21
England Kyle Walker	England Manchester City	England Sheffield	Full England Caps
England Sam Wedgbury	England Stalybridge Celtic	England Oldbury
England Alan Woodward	Retired	England Chapeltown
England Dane Whitehouse	Retired	England Sheffield
England Elliott Whitehouse	EnglandForest Green Rovers	England Worksop
England Ben Whiteman	England Preston North End	England Rochdale

Honours

Professional U21 Development League 2
- Champions: 2023–24
FA Youth Cup
- Runners-up: 2011
Professional U18 Development League 2
- Champions: 2016–17, 2021–22

Notes

References

"Academy staff".
(24 July 2017). "Revealed: The 20 European club academies that produced most Premier League minutes in 2016/17". The Telegraph.
"U21".
(28 September 2005). "Sheffield United appoint new chief executive". Kick It Out.
(2010-03-23). "Pemberton appointed". Sheffield United F.C..
Shield, James. (7 September 2012). "Sheffield United's academy coach boss John Pemberton quits Blades". Johnston Press.
(25 September 2012). "Academy make key appointments". sufc.
(19 March 2013). "Hoyland leaves Academy". Sheffield United FC Official Website.

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