BVB star Samuele Inacio decides his future | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund’s young striker Samuele Inacio is facing a landmark decision for his international career – and he could set the course for it as early as the upcoming international matchdays.

Samuele Inacio has been called up for the upcoming matches of the Italian national team. The federation of the Squadra Azzurra officially confirmed this on Friday (18 September). For the 18-year-old Borussia Dortmund attacker, it is the next step in his meteoric rise.

It was only last season that Samuele Inacio began the campaign with BVB’s U19s. There, he played 21 matches, scored nine goals and set up two more. In winter, the club promoted him to the U23s, where he added another goal in four appearances. He then moved up to the first team. In the closing stages of the season, the Italian established himself in the Bundesliga squad under coach Niko Kovac and made seven appearances, four of them from the start. By the end of the season, he had one top-flight goal to his name. In the summer, Samuele Inacio then became a full part of the senior squad during pre-season and impressed in the friendlies – especially against Arsenal, where he showed his potential.

So far this season, the 18-year-old has already made three appearances for Borussia Dortmund. However, he missed the last two Bundesliga matches after being sent off on the opening matchday against Hamburger SV. In the DFB-Pokal against HEBC, however, he already scored twice.

BVB talent Samuele Inacio is on the verge of an important step

So far, Samuele Inacio has one international appearance to his name: he was on the pitch for one minute in the friendly against Luxembourg. However, he has yet to make a competitive appearance for Italy. If he also remains unused during the upcoming international break, he could theoretically still switch national teams – his father is from Brazil, so a move to the Seleção would also be conceivable. However, the call-up for the current international trip as well as the friendly he already played for the Squadra Azzurra during the previous international break send a clear message: Samuele Inacio apparently sees his future with the Italian national team.

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Meanwhile, a whole Italian axis is taking shape at BVB. Alongside Samuele Inacio, Luca Reggiani and Filippo Mane could soon also become regular members of the Squadra Azzurra squad. Luca Reggiani has likewise already made a friendly appearance for Italy, while Filippo Mane already has two friendlies to his name. However, the same rule applies to both as it does to Samuele Inacio: only a competitive match would tie them permanently to Italy. Due to a muscle injury for Filippo Mane and a lack of playing time for Luca Reggiani, the Dortmund defensive duo is currently missing from national coach Roberto Mancini’s squad.

Samuele Inacio could make his competitive debut for Italy as early as Friday (25 September). That is when the Squadra Azzurra face Belgium in the Nations League. This will be followed by matches against Turkey (28 September), France (02 October) and Turkey again (05 October).

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