Juliano Belletti, new coach of the U19A squad

The new U19A coach for FC Barcelona for 2024/25 will be Juliano Belletti. The former Barça player and Brazil international is currently assistant coach at Barça Atlètic but for the coming season he will be in charge of the U19A squad with Fran Sánchez as his assistant. 

The squad is not unknown to Belletti as last season he was assistant coach of the U19A squad until the Christmas break, after which he moved to become assistant at Barça Atlètic. Before returning to the Club where he featured during his playing days, Belletti was assistant coach to the first team at Cruzeiro EC from September 2022 to June 2023 he was coach of the U20 side at São Paulo FC. 

With Belletti confirmed as U19A coach, the coaching structure of the Youth Teams for the season 2024/25 is now complete. 

Continuity 

There are no changes to the coaching structure for the 11 a side teams within the youth set up. 

• COACH U19B: Pol Planas
• COACH U16A: Arnau Blanco
• COACH U16B: David Sanchez
• COACH U14: Pere Olivé
• COACH U13: Jordi Poma
• COACH U12: Juanan Gil

Restructuring of youth football by the Catalan Federation sees the U14B squad become the U13 squad and with U12A and U12B squads coming together to form one U12 squad. 

7 a side teams 

With the creation of the U12 squad at 11 a side level, there has been a restructuring of the 7 a side teams for next season who will all play in the category above compared to last season. 

COACH U11A: Jordi Pérez
COACH U11B: Iban Tey 
COACH U10A: Pol Combellé
COACH U10B: Dani Segovia
COACH U9A: Mario Jordano
COACH U9B: Albert Ametller
COACH U8A: Àlex Fernández
COACH U8B: Paco Revert