Samuele Inacio
Italian footballer (born 2008)
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Samuele Inácio Piá (born 2 April 2008) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward, attacking midfielder and winger for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He is an Italian youth international.
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| Full name | Samuele Inácio Piá | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 April 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bergamo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2024 | Atalanta | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Borussia Dortmund II | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Italy U15 | 11 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Italy U16 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Italy U17 | 20 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Italy U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Italy U19 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:59, 8 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Early life
Inácio was born on 2 April 2008 in Bergamo, Italy. He is the son of Brazilian former footballer Piá. His mother is a native of Bergamo, Italy. Inácio is the nephew of Brazilian former footballer Joelson.[1] He has regarded Belgium international Kevin de Bruyne and Brazil international Neymar as his football idols. Inácio has been a supporter of French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain. He started playing football at the age of five.[2]
Club career
As a youth player, he joined the youth academy of Italian side Atalanta. In 2024, Inácio joined the youth academy of German Bundesliga 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.[3] Later that year, on 8 May, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 3–2 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt.[4]
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.
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".[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 8 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2025–26 | Regionalliga West | 4 | 1 | — | — | 5[a] | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 3 | ||
- Notes
- Appearances in Premier League International Cup
Honours
Italy U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup third place: 2025[6]
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship top scorer: 2025[7]
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2025[8]