Made in Cotia at the World Cup: Nicolas joins Switzerland for Qatar game | OneFootball

Paraguayan Bobadilla is São Paulo’s only representative competing in this World Cup in North America, but another Tricolor player will be present at the biggest football event on the planet.

At the invitation of the Swiss national team, a country he can represent because of his dual citizenship, young left-back Nicolas traveled to the United States to follow the Europeans’ debut in the World Cup against Qatar, which takes place this Saturday (13) at 4 p.m. (Brasília time).

The skillful player developed in Cotia’s youth academy took advantage of the under-20 team’s time off and will spend the entire weekend with the Swiss delegation at the World Cup, returning to Brazil on Monday (15). Nicolas posted images of his flight to the U.S. on social media.

The left-back’s talks with the Swiss are nothing new. For some time now, the country’s federation has been negotiating with Nicolas for him to start representing the nation. So this trip is meant to help the São Paulo player integrate more and more with his likely future national teammates and become increasingly familiar with Switzerland.

During this break for São Paulo’s main squad, Nicolas, like other youngsters, moved down to strengthen Júlio Baptista’s under-20 team at Dorival Júnior’s request, so they can keep up their match rhythm. This Thursday (11), São Paulo’s youth side lost 2-0 to Bragantino, and then got three days off.

The next match for the Made in Cotia side in the Brazilian Under-20 Championship is only next Wednesday (17) against Juventude in Caxias do Sul (RS), and Nicolas could be available to Júlio Baptista. The decision will be up to the club, since the professional squad also returns to training at Barra Funda on that same date after the vacation period.

So far in 2026, Nicolas has played six matches for the main Tricolor squad, with expectations that he would be called up to Brazil’s youth national team, which did not happen, thus accelerating his talks with Switzerland to represent the country in the coming seasons.

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