Fifty years of existence, but above all, fifty years of success! As the club from the Principality celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Academy this week, on the eve of their Ligue 1 match against Auxerre (Sunday, 3 p.m.), let's take a look at the remarkable figures of this half-century of developing young talent, including World Cup winners, Big 5 players, and numerous diplomas. 📊
147 🏟️
This represents the number of players trained at the Academy who have played at least one professional match with the AS Monaco first team since the creation of the training center in the 1975-1976 season!
91 🇪🇺
This represents the number of players trained in the Principality who have played in one of the top five European leagues since July 1, 2005*. The three most recent to have made their professional debuts this season are Aladji Bamba, Pape Cabral, and Samuel Nibombé.
*Updated figure based on the CIES study of February 24, 2025
47 🌍
The number of internationals trained at the foot of the Rock with at least one senior international cap, including 20 with the French national team and 27 across 18 different other countries.
4 🇫🇷
This is the number of goalscorers in the finals of major international competitions played and/or won by the French national team who came through the Monaco youth system: Bruno Bellone at Euro 1984, Emmanuel Petit at the 1998 World Cup, David Trezeguet at Euro 2000, and Kylian Mbappé at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. AS Monaco is thus the only club to have a goalscorer in each of these five finals, and what's more, all of them were trained in the Principality!
18% 🇲🇨
Players from the French team that won the World Cup in 1998 and Euro 2000 had played or were still playing for AS Monaco at the time of the two titles: Thierry Henry, Emmanuel Petit, Lilian Thuram and David Trezeguet.
5 🏅
Five players who came through the AS Monaco youth system have also won the World Cup with the French national team. Following the four mentioned earlier in 1998, there is also Kylian Mbappé who won the 2018 World Cup! However, six have also won the European Championship: Henry, Petit, Thuram, and Trezeguet in 2000, as well as Manuel Amoros and Bruno Bellone in 1984.
5 🏆
Five is also the number of titles won by AS Monaco in the Coupe Gambardella, making them the second most successful French team after AJ Auxerre (7). The club from the Principality triumphed in 1962, 1972, 2011, 2016 and most recently 2023!
400 🎓
With around fifteen graduates per year, the Monaco Academy has thus supported more than 400 young graduates since 1994. Proof that the Club does not only train footballers, but also young men with a strong academic background.
18% 📈
This is the percentage of minutes played by young players from the training center in the overall playing time of the 2025-2026 AS Monaco first! It's a proportion which is also being maintained, since it was exactly the same in 2024-2025.
24 👥
This represents the number of players from the Rouge et Blanc youth academy who have been called up to the national team this season, or 29% of the players currently at La Diagonale (82). Among them, 10 have been called up to the French youth teams, and the other 14 to 8 different countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Denmark, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, Mali, Lithuania).
