Made in Cotia at the World Cup: Nicolas heads to Switzerland v Qatar | 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 is eligible to represent due to his dual nationality, young left-back Nicolas traveled to the United States to attend the Europeans’ debut at 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 break and will spend the entire weekend following the Swiss delegation at the World Cup, returning to Brazil on Monday (15). Nicolas posted pictures 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 in talks with Nicolas so that he can begin representing the nation. This trip, therefore, 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 the São Paulo first team’s vacation, Nicolas, like other youngsters, moved down to reinforce Júlio Baptista’s under-20 side at Dorival Júnior’s request, so they could maintain their match rhythm. This Thursday (11), São Paulo’s youth team lost 2-0 to Bragantino and was then given 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 may be available to Júlio Baptista. The decision will be up to the club, since on that same date the professional squad returns to training at Barra Funda after the vacation period.

So far in 2026, Nicolas has played six matches for the senior Tricolor side, 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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