Roberto Mancini has announced his first squad since returning to the Italy national team. The coach who led the Azzurri to victory at Euro 2020 has named 34 players for the first matches of the Nations League, in a packed schedule of four matches in just 11 days.
The 34-player squad includes nine debutants, including Massimo Pessina, Daniele Ghilardi, Michael Kayode, Eddy Kouadio, Alessandro Romano, Issa Doumbia, Sebastiano Esposito, Antonio Vergara and Mohamed Alì Zoma.
Daniel Maldini is also on the list, while Nicolò Fagioli and Nicolò Zaniolo return to the national team, having been absent since October 2024.
Rolando Mandragora also returns, as his last international with Italy was in March 2021.
Honest Ahanor and Samuele Inacio have been confirmed after the June squad for the friendlies against Luxembourg and Greece.
Italy will begin their training camp on September 21 in Coverciano and will make their Nations League debut on September 25 against Belgium in Rome.
Then, matches are scheduled with Turkey on September 28 in Bursa, France on October 2 in Saint-Denis and Turkey again on October 5 in Bologna.
LIST
Goalkeepers: Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Massimo Pessina (Bologna), Guglielmo Vicario (Juventus);
Defenders: Honest Ahanor (Crystal Palace), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Diego Coppola (Paris FC), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Daniele Ghilardi (Roma), Michael Kayode (Brentford), Eddy Kouadio (Monza), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta);
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Issa Doumbia (Sporting CP), Nicolò Fagioli (Fiorentina), Davide Frattesi (Lazio), Rolando Mandragora (Torino), Alessandro Romano (Cagliari), Sandro Tonali (Tottenham);
Forwards: Nicolò Cambiaghi (Bologna), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Sebastiano Esposito (Sassuolo), Samuele Inacio (Borussia Dortmund), Moise Kean (Como), Daniel Maldini (Cagliari), Giacomo Raspadori (Atalanta), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), Antonio Vergara (Napoli), Nicolò Zaniolo (Udinese), Mohamed Alì Zoma (Nurenberg).