Some of the senior members of the U20 team also eventually play for Atlético Mineiro's first squad. As of June 2021, the current head coach of the U-20 squad (Júnior) Marcos Valadares. Lucas Batista coaches the U-17 (Juvenil) squad, the Infantil category (U-15) is coached by Filipe Mattos and the U-14 is coached by Rodolfo Paz. Erasmo Damiani oversees the overall youth development setup at the club as Director.
Structure
Atlético Mineiro's youth sector operates in Cidade do Galo, the main training facility for the club. It has a hotel able to host 90 youths, in 19 quadruple apartments and 12 triple ones. The youth facilities include a gym, a restaurant, a pedagogy room, a library, a gaming room, an auditorium with a 150 capacity, an Internet café, and departments for medicine, dentistry and physiotherapy. The youths are able to live in the facility and receive medical and educational assistance from the club.[1][2]
The club's main youth squad is the U-20, called Júnior, which includes athletes aging 17 to 20.[3] The Juvenil category is the U-17 squad.[4] Players with 15 years old and less are categorised under the Infantil.[5]