Every year, when the winter sun returns and our mild climate settles in, a huge number of young athletes arrive on the island. They are the footballers of LALIGA FC FUTURES, one of the main sporting events hosted by Gran Canaria. LALIGA FC FUTURES has become the most important under-13 football tournament in the world. And that’s no joke! Year after year, the best youth academies of the best football clubs participate in this children’s tournament, which closes out the year by bringing together a multitude of boys who are already promising talents in global sport.

If you want to see the Stars of the Future, they will be in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a few kilometers from Las Canteras beach, in a giant display of colorful shirts that perfectly complements the Christmas lights of Gran Canaria. Sprints uphill, sprints downhill, penalties, passes, offsides, a bump on the head—all the excitement of live matches. There will be only one champion team, but all the children will be champions. And they’ll treasure the fun days they spent in southern Gran Canaria. Do your little ones love football? They’ll surely love going to the LALIGA FC FUTURES matches.

PS: The referee, the tall man in the orange shirt, is not Father Christmas.