Vincenzo Esposito (footballer)

Vincenzo Esposito (born 5 February 1963) is an Italian football coach and former player. He is the manager of Serie D club Livorno.

Vincenzo Esposito
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-02-05) 5 February 1963
Place of birth Turin, Italy
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Livorno (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1982 Torino 2 (0)
1982–1986 Prato 116 (1)
1986–1988 Lazio 47 (0)
1988–1989 Atalanta 28 (0)
1989–1992 Cesena 52 (3)
1992–1996 Prato 72 (6)
Managerial career
1996–1997 Prato (assistant)
1997 Prato
1998–2004 Prato
2004–2005 Grosseto
2005 AlbinoLeffe
2006–2009 Inter (Under-19)
2009–2010 Ravenna
2011–2015 Prato
2019–2021 Prato
2022– Livorno
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

A midfielder, Esposito made his Serie A debut in 1982 with Torino. He successively joined Prato. He successively played for Lazio in the Serie B, and then for Atalanta and Cesena at Serie A level. He retired in 1996 after a second stint at Prato, with whom he totalled almost 200 first team appearances in total.

Coaching career

After retiring, Esposito stayed on at Prato as part of the club's coaching staff, then becoming the head coach in 1997, and again between 1998 and 2004. He successively went on to work as a head coach for a number of teams in the minor leagues of Italian professionalism, as well as a three-year period as Inter Milan's Under-19 coach.

In 2011, Esposito returned to Prato as their new head coach until 2015, and then again from 2019 to 2021.

On 22 November 2022, he was hired by Serie D club Livorno as their new head coach, under the ownership of former Prato chairman Paolo Toccafondi.[1]

References

  1. "Toccafondi chiama una vecchia conoscenza: Esposito nuovo mister del Livorno" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.


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