Cagliari forward Yael Trepy is out of a medically induced coma and off mechanical ventilation two days after being pulled unconscious from a swimming pool.
Trepy, 20, was airlifted to hospital after the incident at a villa in Sardinia on Sunday afternoon.
His club shared a statement, external on Tuesday evening from the Santissima Annunziata Civil Hospital in Sassari, where Trepy is being treated.
It said his ventilation and sedation was reduced gradually through the day, allowing him to wake from the induced coma.
“Upon awakening, the patient showed a full recovery of consciousness: he is alert and co-operative and, at present, shows no evident neurological deficits,” said Dr Stefania Milia, director of the Emergency and Intensive Care Unit at the hospital.
However, Trepy remains in intensive care and “continues to receive close clinical and respiratory monitoring,” Dr Milia added.
A statement earlier on Tuesday had said Trepy was “fever free” and his “respiratory function” had improved compared with his severe condition when he was admitted, though it added “the prognosis remains guarded”.
BBC Sport has been told the player was in the swimming pool with friends and it is thought he got into difficulty after reaching an area of the pool where he could not touch the bottom.
Cagliari players had the weekend off after they beat Arezzo 1-0 in the Coppa Italia on Friday, in which Trepy played 54 minutes.
Trepy scored once in eight Serie A appearances last season after being a Cagliari youth player.
He joined the club’s academy in 2022, having started his youth career with Parisian side US Creteil-Lusitanos.