Italy coach Antonio Conte believes that players of Italian descent should be free to decide whether they want to play for the 'azzurri ' . Conte 's latest call-ups , Argentine-born Franco Vazquez and Brazilian-born Eder , have caused a stir in Italy even though both players possess Italian passports . ' I 'm not the first ( to call-up a player of Italian descent ) and I wo n't be last , ' Conte told a news conference on Monday . Brazilian-born Eder ( right ) is one of two players not born in Italy to be called up by Antonio Conte . The Italy manager had defended his right to call up foreign-born players to the national squad . Argentine-born Franco Vazquez ( left ) has an Italian mother and made it clear he wanted to play for the azzurri . 'In the past ( Mauro ) Camoranesi ( Mauro ) won the World Cup with Italy . ( Christian ) Ledesma , ( Gabriel ) Paletta , Thiago Motta , Amauri and Romulo all played with the national team . 'At the last World Cup , of the 736 players that took part 83 were born in a different country from the one they were playing for , ' Conte added . Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini expressed a different opinion earlier on Monday . Former City boss Roberto Mancini had previously disagreed with foreign-born players being picked . ' I believe that an Italian player deserves to play for Italy , ' Mancini said . 'Anyone who was n't born in Italy , even though he may have Italian relatives , should n't be allowed to play . At least this is my opinion . ' Conte said Vazquez had made it clear right from the start that he wanted to represent Italy . 'It 's not that I forced him to accept , ' the coach added . Mauro Camoranesi ( right ) was born in Argentina but won the 2006 World Cup playing for Italy . Vazquez 's mother was born in Padua and Eder 's great grand- father was from Treviso . Italy travel to Bulgaria for a Euro 2016 qualifier on Saturday and host England in Turin three days later in a friendly . Conte 's team are second in Group H , behind Croatia on goal difference with 10 points from four games . Goalkeepers : Buffon ( Juventus ) , Perin ( Genoa ) , Sirigu ( Paris Saint Germain ) ; . Defenders : Barzagli ( Juventus ) , Bonucci ( Juventus ) , Chiellini ( Juventus ) , Moretti ( Torino ) , Ranocchia ( Inter ) ; . Midfielders : Antonelli ( Milan ) , Bertolacci ( Genoa ) , Candreva ( Lazio ) , Cerci ( Milan ) , Darmian ( Torino ) , Florenzi ( Roma ) , Marchisio ( Juventus ) , Parolo ( Lazio ) , Pasqual ( Fiorentina ) , Soriano ( Sampdoria ) , Valdifiori ( Empoli ) , Verratti ( Paris Saint Germain ) ; . Forwards : Eder ( Sampdoria ) , Gabbiadini ( Napoli ) , Immobile ( Borussia Dortmund ) , Pellé ( Southampton ) , Vazquez ( Palermo ) , Zaza ( Sassuolo )
Antonio Conte has called up Brazilian-born Franco Vazquez and Argentine-born Eder to the Italy national squad . Former Juventus boss insists players should be free to decide if they want to represent the azzurri . Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini holds a different opinion .