Atalanta Internationals in Action: De Ketelaere seals 2026 world cup spot

With the Novembber '25 international break wrapping up on Tuesday, Noveember 18, a total of 14 Nerazzurri first-team players were called up to represent their countries.

Here's how they fared in their latest fixtures:

Charles De Ketelaere and Belgium punched their ticket to the World Cup with a commanding 7-0 win over Liechtenstein. Charles bagged a brace -his first with the Red Devils - while also chippung in with an assist.

Both Isak Hien and Sead Kolašinac (on the respective squad lists as Sweden drew 1-1 with Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina’s shared spoils with Austria at the end of a 1-1 tie) didn’t get a run-out instead.

Closing on with today’s friendlies, Ivory Coast cruised to a 2-0 win over Oman, with Odilon Kossounou coming off the bench in the second half, while Ghana suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to South Korea, with Kamaldeen Sulemana playing the full 90 minutes.

Twelve Atalanta players called up for World Cup Qualifiers: here’s the schedule, results, and how the Nerazzurri fared:

Raoul Bellanova, Marco Carnesecchi and Gianluca Scamacca - ITALY
- Thursday 13 in Chisinau: Moldova 0-2 Italy | Bellanova played the full 90 minutes, Scamacca stayed on for 65, while Carnesecchi was an unused substitute
- Sunday 16 in Milan: Italy 1-4 Norway | Scamacca was subbed in on 79 minutes while Bellanova and Carnesecchi were unused subs

Charles De Ketelaere - BELGIUM
- Saturday 15 in Nur-Sultan: Kazakhstan 1-1 Belgium |De Ketelaere played the opening 71 minutes
- Tuesday 18 in Liège: Belgium 7-0 Liechtenstein | On the pitch for 60 minutes, De Ketelaere scored a brace and provided an assist

Berat Djimsiti - ALBANIA
- Thursday 13 in Encamp: Andorra 0-1 Albania | Captain Djimsiti featured for the entire match
- Sunday 16 in Tirana: Albania 0-2 England | Djimsiti skippered the team for the whole match

Isak Hien - SVEZIA
- Saturday 15 in Geneve: Switzerland 4-1 Sweden |Hien skippered the team for the whole game
- Tuesday 18 in Solna: Sweden 1-1 Slovenia | Hien was an unused sub

Sead Kolašinac - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
- Saturday 15 in Zenica: Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1 Romania | Kolašinac was an unused sub
- Tuesday 18 in Vienna: Austria 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Kolašinac was an unused sub

Nikola Krstović - MONTENEGRO
- Friday 14 in Gibraltar: Gibraltar 1-2 Montenegro | Krstović played the opening 74 minutes scoring the winning goal
- Monday 17 in Podgorica: Montenegro 2-3 Croatia | Krstović played the whole game scoring Montenegro's second goal of the night

Ademola Lookman - NIGERIA
- Thursday 13 in Rabat (Morocco) single-leg semifinal: Nigeria 4-1 Gabon | Lookman, a starter, played the opening 60 minutes of the game
- Sunday 16 in Rabat (Morocco) final: Nigeria 1-1 DR Congo (3-4 on pens) | Lookman featured for 57 minutes

Mario Pašalić - CROATIA
- Friday 14 in Rijeka: Croatia 3-1 Faroe Islands | Pašalić featured for the Vatreni in the first half
- Monday 17 in Podgorica: Montenegro 2-3 Croatia | Pašalić played the whole match

Lazar Samardžić - SERBIA
- Thursday 13 in London: England 0-2 Serbia | Samardžić came on in the 69th minute.
- Sunday 16 a Leskovac: Serbia 2-1 Latvia | Samardžić played the whole game

Nicola Zalewski - POLAND
- Friday 14 in Warsaw: Poland 1-1 The Netherlands | Zalewski played the opening 82 minutes
- Monday 17 in Ta' Qali: Malta 2-3 Poland | Zalewski played the full first half of the game

Two Nerazzurri will be involved in friendlies instead:

Kamaldeen Sulemana - GHANA
- Friday 14 in Toyota: Japan 2-0 Ghana | Kamaldeen remained on the field until the 88th minute
- Tuesday 18 in Seoul: South Korea 1-0 Ghana | Kamaldeen played the whole game

Odilon Kossounou - IVORY COAST
- Friday 14 in Riyad: Saudi Arabia 1-0 Ivory Coast | Kossounou played the whole second half
- Tuesday 18 in Oman: Oman 0-1 Ivory Coast | Kossounou played the whole second half