Samuele Inacio

Samuele Inácio Piá (born 2 April 2008) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward, attacking midfielder and winger for club Borussia Dortmund and the Italy national team.

Early life Inácio was born on 2 April 2008 in Bergamo, Italy. He is the son of Brazilian former footballer Piá, and the nephew of Brazilian former footballer Joelson. His mother is a native of Bergamo, Italy. He has regarded Belgium international Kevin de Bruyne and Brazil international Neymar as his football idols. Inácio has been a supporter of French side Paris Saint-Germain. He started playing football at the age of five.

Club career As a youth player, he joined the youth academy of Italian side Atalanta. In 2024, Inácio joined the youth academy of German side Borussia Dortmund. On 28 February 2026, at 17 years old, he made his debut with the Borussia Dortmund senior team during a 3–2 home loss Bundesliga match against Bayern Munich in Der Klassiker, substituting Maximilian Beier at the 75th minute. Later that year, on 8 May, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 3–2 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt.

International career Inácio is an Italy youth international. He made his debut with the Italian youth national teams starting with the Italy U15.

With the Italy U17 team he took part in the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in which he was the top scorer with 5 goals, and in the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup, scoring 4 goals and reaching the third place.

In May 2026, Inácio was one of the players who were called up with the Italy national senior squad by interim head coach Silvio Baldini, for the friendly matches against Luxembourg and Greece. On 3 June 2026, he made his debut, as a substitute, in a 1–0 win over Luxembourg.

Style of play He mainly operates as a forward. Inácio 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".

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Honours Italy U17 FIFA U-17 World Cup third place: 2025

Individual UEFA European Under-17 Championship top scorer: 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2025