Salvatore Esposito (footballer, born 2000)

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Salvatore Esposito
Personal information
Full name Salvatore Esposito [1]
Date of birth (2000-10-07) 7 October 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Spezia
Number 10
Youth career
2011–2014 Brescia
2014–2018 Inter Milan
2018 → SPAL (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2023 SPAL 83 (10)
2019 → Ravenna (loan) 14 (2)
2019–2020 → Chievo (loan) 39 (1)
2023 → Spezia (loan) 15 (1)
2023– Spezia 18 (1)
International career‡
2019 Italy U19 4 (0)
2019 Italy U20 10 (0)
2019–2023 Italy U21 10 (0)
2022– Italy 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2023

Salvatore Esposito (born 7 October 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie B club Spezia and the Italy national team.

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Club career

SPAL

Esposito first joined SPAL on loan from Inter Milan U-19 squad in January 2018. He made several bench appearances for SPAL late in the 2017–18 Serie A season. [2]

On 29 June 2018, SPAL secured his permanent transfer from Inter. [3]

Loan to Ravenna

On 9 January 2019, Esposito was loaned to Serie C club Ravenna until the end of the season. [4]

He made his Serie C debut for Ravenna on 22 January 2019 in a game against Triestina as a half-time substitute for Carlo Martorelli and scored a late-added-time equalizer in a 2–2 draw. [5]

Loan to Chievo

On 11 July 2019, Esposito joined Serie B club Chievo on loan until 30 June 2020. [6]

Spezia

On 6 January 2023, Esposito joined Serie A club Spezia on loan with an obligation to buy. He scored his first goal for the club with a direct free kick against AC Milan. [7]

International career

Esposito was first called up to represent his country in 2015 for the Italy U16, as a player of Inter Milan.

On 16 January 2019, he made his debut for the Italy U19 in a friendly against Spain and scored a goal in a 3–0 victory. [8]

He took part in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Italy U20 squad, reaching the fourth place.

He made his debut with the Italy U21 on 16 November 2019, in a qualifying match won 3–0 against Iceland.

He was selected in the senior Italy squad for the 2022 Finalissima against Argentina on 1 June 2022 and for 2022–23 UEFA Nations League group stage matches against Germany, Hungary, England and Germany between 4 and 14 June 2022. [9]

Personal life

He is the older brother of strikers Sebastiano Esposito [10] and Francesco Pio Esposito. [11]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 June 2023 [12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ravenna 2018–19 Serie C 142——142
Chievo 2019–20 Serie B 39120—411
SPAL 2020–21 Serie B31530—345
2021–22 Serie B35310—363
2022–23 Serie B17220—192
Total831060008910
Spezia (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 151101 [lower-alpha 1] 0171
Career total15114901016114
  1. ↑ Appearance in Serie A relegation tie-breaker

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "SPAL v Sampdoria game report". ESPN. 20 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "SALVATORE ESPOSITO IN BIANCAZZURRO A TITOLO DEFINITIVO" (in Italian). SPAL. 29 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "SALVATORE ESPOSITO CEDUTO A TITOLO TEMPORANEO AL RAVENNA" (in Italian). SPAL. 9 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Ravenna v Triestina game report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 22 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Chievo Verona, preso dalla SPAL il 2000 Esposito" . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Spezia, preso Salvatore Esposito dalla SPAL. Prestito con obbligo di riscatto".
  8. ↑ "L'Italia supera a pieni voti l'esame di spagnolo: 3-0 con i gol di Esposito, Zennaro e Petrelli" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 16 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Una 'Finalissima' per salutare l'azzurro. Chiellini: "Lascio senza rimpianti, l'Europeo il ricordo più bello"". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "I fratelli Esposito, alle radici del talento: "Dal Club Napoli alla Champions League"" (in Italian). GianlucaDiMarzio.com. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "Tre finali tutte perse: che domenica da incubo per i fratelli Esposito" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 12 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "S. Esposito". Soccerway.
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