Samuele Inacio
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| Full name | Samuele Inacio Piá | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 April 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bergamo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2024 | Atalanta | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Italy U15 | 11 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Italy U16 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Italy U17 | 17 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:49, 16 November 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Samuele Inacio Piá (born 2 April 2008) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for youth academy of German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Inacio was born on 2 April 2008 in Bergamo, Italy. He is the son of Brazilian footballer Piá. His mother is a native of Bergamo, Italy. He is the nephew of Brazilian footballer Joelson.[1] He has regarded Belgium international Kevin de Bruyne and Brazil international Neymar as his football idols. He has been a supporter of French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain. He started playing football at the age of five.[2]
Club career
[edit | edit source]As a youth player, he joined the youth academy of Italian side Atalanta. In 2024, he joined the youth academy of German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund.
International career
[edit | edit source]Inacio is an Italy youth international. He has played for the Italy national under-16 team and the Italy national under-17 team. On 3 September 2024, he debuted for the Italy national under-17 team during a 2–0 win over the Portugal national under-17 team.
Style of play
[edit | edit source]Inacio mainly operates as a forward. He can also operate as an attacking midfielder or as a winger. He has been described as "impressed... with his high level of game intelligence, his ability to use both feet and a good sense of space".[3]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Italy U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup third place: 2025[4]
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship top scorer: 2025[5]
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2025[6]
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External links
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