Andrea Esposito

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Andrea Esposito
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-05-17) 17 May 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Galatina, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
2003 Lecce
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2009 Lecce 41 (2)
2006–2007 → Sambenedettese (loan) 22 (0)
2009–2012 Genoa 5 (0)
2010 → Livorno (loan) 3 (0)
2010–2011 → Bologna (loan) 11 (0)
2011–2012 → Lecce (loan) 7 (0)
2012–2013 Lecce 46 (2)
2013–2016 Latina 64 (1)
2016–2017 Vicenza 35 (1)
2017–2018 Cesena 26 (0)
2018–2020 Catania 36 (2)
2020–2023 Latina 80 (3)
International career
2002 Italy U17 1 (0)
2005 Italy U19 2 (0)
2005–2006 Italy U20 [1] 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrea Esposito (born 17 May 1986) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender.

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Club career

As a young boy, Esposito started his career in the local Lecce Primavera youth squad before being sent to Sambenedettese on loan for the 2006–07 season. He also played five Serie A games before he left on loan, the first of which was on 25 January 2004, against Lazio.

After returning to the Lecce side in 2007, he scored his first professional goal in a 3–2 win over Rimini and helped the club win promotion from Serie B. In the following season in Serie A he scored a goal in a 1–1 home draw against A.C. Milan and impressed enough to force his way into the senior Italy squad at the end of the 2008–09 Serie A season.

In July 2009, he was signed by Genoa in co-ownership deal. On 19 January 2010 Livorno signed the defender on loan from Genoa until June 2010. [2]

He rejoined Lecce for the 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season after the club's relegation from Serie A in 2011–12 and subsequent expulsion from the Serie B for their part in the Calcio Scommesse scandal.

On 4 September 2018, following the bankruptcy of Cesena, he signed with the Serie C club Catania. [3]

International career

Esposito has represented Italy at Under-17 level. Despite being uncapped for the Under-21 side, he was named in Pierluigi Casiraghi's preliminary squad for the 2009 Under-21 European Championships but did not make the final 23.

He was called up to the senior Italy squad for the first time in June 2009 and was an unused substitute for the friendly against Northern Ireland. [4]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 April 2022 [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lecce 2003–04 Serie A 1000——10
2004–05 Serie A1000——10
2005–06 Serie A3000——30
2007–08 Serie B 14100—2 [a] 0161
2008–09 Serie A28100——281
Total412000020492
Sambenedettese (loan) 2006–07 Serie C1 22000——220
Genoa 2009–10 Serie A50102 [b] 0—80
Livorno (loan) 2009–10 Serie A3000——30
Bologna (loan) 2010–11 Serie A11020——130
Lecce (loan) 2011–12 Serie A27100——271
Lecce 2012–13 Lega Pro 24120—3 [a] 0291
Total512200030562
Latina 2013–14 Serie B36010—3 [a] 0400
2014–15 Serie B5010——60
2015–16 Serie B23110——241
2016–17 Serie B0010——10
Total641400030711
Vicenza 2016–17 Serie B35100——351
Cesena 2017–18 Serie B26010——270
Catania 2018–19 Serie C 19110—3 [a] 0231
2019–20 Serie C17120——191
Total362300030422
Latina 2020–21 Serie D 252——2 [a] 0272
2021–22 Serie C291———291
Total543000020563
Career total354111302013038211
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ↑ FIGC Archive
  2. ↑ Bernardini ed Esposito sono già a disposizione di Cosmi
  3. ↑ "Andrea Esposito al Catania: profilo calcistico del difensore pugliese" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 4 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Lecce’s Andrea Esposito Astounded By Italy Call-Up, goal.com, 29 May 2009
  5. ↑ Andrea Esposito at Soccerway
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