Lisbon, Portugal - November 2024 - The Juventude Atlântico Clube - football section received the ‘Quinas de Ouro 2024’ Award for its many years of work in football training. The prize, which was awarded to some of the best players, clubs and coaches, including the captain of the Portuguese football team, Cristiano Ronaldo, was presented by the Portuguese Football Federation. The Juventude Atlântico Clube - Football Department of the Salesians in Funchal received the award for their work in training athletes. The award ceremony took place on 11 November at the Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon, and included a video tribute to the various award-winning clubs, from the north to the south of mainland Portugal and the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. The ceremony was broadcast on RTP1, the public television channel. “The Juventude Atlântico Clube has been a 3 Star Training Entity for five consecutive years and, as such, received this award as part of the ‘Quinas de Ouro’, for its remarkable contribution to the development and promotion of football training,” explained the JAC management. The club received the trophy and corresponding certificate sent by the Portuguese Football Association. The certification as a training body is the result of the evaluation of the quality of the facilities (pitch, swimming pool, auditorium, among others), training methods, coaches, organisation, encouragement of fair play and the training of parents and athletes.