Italy Under 21: first call-ups for Silvio Baldini

After those of Rino Gattuso for the senior national team also come the first summonses of Silvio Baldini as coach of the Under-21 team ahead of the two matches of the 2027 European qualifiers on Friday, Sept. 5, with Montenegro in La Spezia and Tuesday, Sept. 9, against North Macedonia in Bitola.

25 of Baldini’s summoned players, nine ‘veterans’ from the last two years (Fini, Kayode, Koleosho, Ndour, Pafundi, Palestra, Pisilli and Raimondo, in addition to Comuzzo who did not take the field, however) and 16 on their first call-up. Five are under-age boys: 2008 Camarda and 2006 Mascardi, Fini, Pafundi and Venturino. These are the call-ups.

Keepers: Diego Mascardi (Spezia), Edoardo Motta (Reggiana), Lapo Nava (Cremonese).

Defenders: Davide Bartesaghi (Milan), Fabio Chiarodia (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Pietro Comuzzo (Fiorentina), Riyad Idrissi (Cagliari), Michael Kayode (Brentford), Filippo Mane (Borussia Dortmund), Luca Marianucci (Napoli), Brando Moruzzi (Empoli), Marco Palestra (Cagliari).

Central midfielders: Lorenzo Amatucci (Las Palmas), Tommaso Berti (Cesena), Matteo Dagasso (Pescara), Luca Lipani (Sassuolo), Cher Ndour (Fiorentina), Niccolò Pisilli (Roma).

Forwards: Francesco Camarda (Lecce), Luigi Cherubini (Sampdoria), Seydou Fini (Genoa), Luca Koleosho (Espanyol), Simone Pafundi (Sampdoria), Antonio Raimondo (Frosinone), Lorenzo Venturino (Genoa).