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.

Salvatore Esposito
Personal information
Full name Salvatore Esposito[1]
Date of birth (2000-10-07) 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

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
Club Season League National cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ravenna 2018–19 Serie C 142——142
Chievo 2019–20 Serie B 39120—411
SPAL 2020–21 Serie B 31530—345
2021–22 Serie B 35310—363
2022–23 Serie B 17220—192
Total 831060008910
Spezia (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 151101[lower-alpha 1]0171
Career total 15114901016114
  1. Appearance in Serie A relegation tie-breaker

Honours
Italy U20

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.
  13. "Mina sparks historic finish for Ecuador". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
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