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La Masia de Can Planes was an old Catalan farmhouse, built in 1702. In 1979, it was first used by the club to house its young footballers who originated from outside Barcelona. [ 3 ] The idea for the youth academy was proposed to Josep Lluís Núñez by Jaume Amat Murtra [ 4 ] and Oriol Tort was put in charge of the facility.
Rise and Fall is a British reality television series broadcast on Channel 4, which premiered on 19 March 2023 and was hosted by Greg James. Sixteen contestants divided themselves into the "Rulers" and the "Grafters".
The FC Barcelona youth academy is called La Masia, so named because it was formerly located in an authentic 18th-century masia called the 'Masia de Can Planes'.The masia is located adjacent to the Camp Nou in the Les Corts district of Barcelona, and was used to house young footballers from 1979 to 2011.
That They May Face the Rising Sun is a 2023 Irish film directed by Pat Collins. It is an adaptation of the 2002 novel of the same name by John McGahern . The film was nominated for 11 awards, winning Best Film, at the 2024 Irish Film & Television Awards .
The Sun Comes Up is a 1949 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor picture with Lassie. Jeanette MacDonald had been off the screen for five years until her return in Three Daring Daughters (1948), but The Sun Comes Up was to be her last. In it, she had to share the screen not with an up-and-coming younger actress but with a very popular animal star.
Born in Berga, Barcelona, Catalonia, Bernal is a youth product of CE Berga and Gimnàstic Manresa, and moved to La Masia at the age of 6 where he worked his way up their youth categories. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On 23 June 2023, he signed his first professional contract with Barcelona until 2026. [ 3 ]
Iniesta says he "cried rivers" the day he left for La Masia and struggled being separated from his parents; [12] he was very shy and kept to himself while there. [13] He captained the Barcelona Under-15 team to victory in the Nike Premier Cup of 1999, scoring the winning goal in the last minute of the final, and was named player of the tournament.
In January 2020 he held talks with Aston Villa, [16] signing for them later that month for a fee of £880,000, [17] which could rise to £3.5m with add-ons. Barry signed a three-year contract, as this is the maximum allowed for a player of his age – with an agreement of an automatic further three years at the end of that. [ 18 ]