In recent years, City's academy has produced a number of players who have gone on to represent the first team including Shaun Wright-Phillips, Micah Richards and Michael Johnson.

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Like Micah Richards, Stephen Ireland and Michael Johnson, Onuoha is a product of City's successful academy.

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