Salvatore Esposito (footballer, born 2000)
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Salvatore Esposito[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 2000 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2023 | SPAL | 83 | (10) |
| 2019 | → Ravenna (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | → Chievo (loan) | 39 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Spezia (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2023– | Spezia | 9 | (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 23 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2023 | |||
Club career edit
SPAL edit
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 edit
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 edit
On 11 July 2019, Esposito joined Serie B club Chievo on loan until 30 June 2020.[6]
Spezia edit
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 edit
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 edit
He is the older brother of strikers Sebastiano Esposito[10] and Francesco Pio Esposito.[11]
Career statistics edit
- As of match played 11 June 2023[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ravenna | 2018–19 | Serie C | 14 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||
| Chievo | 2019–20 | Serie B | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | |
| SPAL | 2020–21 | Serie B | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 5 | |
| 2021–22 | Serie B | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie B | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | ||
| Total | 83 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 10 | ||
| Spezia (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Career total | 151 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 14 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Serie A relegation tie-breaker
Honours edit
- Italy U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup fourth place: 2019[13]
References edit
- ^ (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ "SPAL v Sampdoria game report". ESPN. 20 May 2018.
- ^ "SALVATORE ESPOSITO IN BIANCAZZURRO A TITOLO DEFINITIVO" (in Italian). SPAL. 29 June 2018.
- ^ "SALVATORE ESPOSITO CEDUTO A TITOLO TEMPORANEO AL RAVENNA" (in Italian). SPAL. 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Ravenna v Triestina game report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 22 January 2019.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Chievo Verona, preso dalla SPAL il 2000 Esposito". Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Spezia, preso Salvatore Esposito dalla SPAL. Prestito con obbligo di riscatto".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "I fratelli Esposito, alle radici del talento: "Dal Club Napoli alla Champions League"" (in Italian). GianlucaDiMarzio.com. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Tre finali tutte perse: che domenica da incubo per i fratelli Esposito" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 12 June 2023.
- ^ "S. Esposito". Soccerway.
- ^ . FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
External links edit
- Salvatore Esposito at Soccerway