Arnie won't rush Volpato into Roos squad

Socceroos coach Graham Arnold will not be naming teenage wunderkind Cristian Volpato for next month's World Cup qualifiers unless the Italian-based rising star is among his 23 best options.

Volpato scored his maiden Serie A goal for Roma last weekend, just three minutes after coming off the bench for the Italian giants in a 2-2 draw with Verona.

The 18-year-old's strike made him the youngest goal scorer in Italy's top flight this season and the first Australian to score in the league since Mark Bresciano in 2009.

With the Sydney-born player also eligible to represent Italy, Volpato's climb up the ranks has led to calls for Arnold to cap him for the Socceroos to prevent losing him to the Azzurri.

However, next month's international matches against Japan and Saudi Arabia, which Australia most likely will have to win to have any chance of automatic qualification for this year's World Cup, is not the place to be gifting caps in Arnold's opinion.

"I spoke to his father Oscar about three months ago and the organisation, (national technical director) Trevor Morgan, has spoken to the kid, and I have an appointment to speak to the kid in the next day or so," Arnold told AAP.

"He's played 30 minutes in Serie A.

"It's so great to see that he's playing and he's doing his family proud.

"I'm not one to just cap someone for one minute, two minutes, especially during a World Cup qualifier.

"I've already had to develop players while I'm trying to win World Cup qualifiers for the last three years with all those Olyroos boys.

"I'm not one to just throw the kid on for one minute, just to cap him to say, 'oh OK, now he can't play for anyone else'."

Arnold said Volpato is yet to make an official decision on where his international future