Salvatore Esposito (footballer, born 2000)

Salvatore Esposito

Personal information
Full name	Salvatore Esposito[1]
Date of birth	(2000-10-07) 7 October 2000 (age 24)
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	5
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	57	(6)
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 14:40, 4 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ 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.

Club career

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]^[better source needed] The same year in 29 June, SPAL secured his permanent transfer from Inter.[3]

On 9 January 2019, Esposito was loaned to Serie C club Ravenna until the end of the season.[4] The same year on 22 January, he made his Serie C debut against Triestina as a half-time substitute for Carlo Martorelli and scored a late equalizer in a 2–2 draw.[5]^[better source needed]

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

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

International career

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

Esposito was selected in the Italian senior squad that ranged from the 2022 Finalissima against Argentina until the second leg of 2022–23 UEFA Nations League group stage match against Germany.[9] He debuted against England in the latter tournament on 11 June 2022.[10]

Personal life

He is the older brother of strikers Sebastiano Esposito[11] and Francesco Pio Esposito.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 December 2024[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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
Spezia	2023–24	Serie B	37	1	2	0	—		39	1
	2023–24	Serie B	20	5	1	0	—		21	5
	Total		72	7	4	0	1	0	77	7
Career total			208	20	12	0	1	0	221	20

1. Appearance in Serie A relegation tie-breaker

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). 29 June 2018.
4. "Salvatore Esposito Ceduto a Titolo Temporaneo al Ravenna". SPAL (in Italian). 9 January 2019.
5. "Ravenna v Triestina game report". Soccerway. 22 January 2019.
6. "Ufficiale: Chievo Verona, preso dalla SPAL il 2000 Esposito" (in Italian). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
7. "Ufficiale: Spezia, preso Salvatore Esposito dalla SPAL. Prestito con obbligo di riscatto". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian).
8. "L'Italia supera a pieni voti l'esame di Spagnolo: 3-0 con i gol di Esposito, Zennaro e Petrelli". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 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.
10. "Italia 0–0 Inghilterra: Esordii in Nazionale per Salvatore Esposito, 21 anni nato a Castellammare di Stabia" [Italy 0–0 England: Debut in the national team for Salvatore Esposito, a 21-year-old footballer born in Castellammare di Stabia]. CalcioNapoli24 (in Italian). 11 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
11. "I fratelli Esposito, alle radici del talento: "Dal Club Napoli alla Champions League"". Gianluca Di Marzio (in Italian). 8 November 2019.
12. "Tre finali tutte perse: che domenica da incubo per i fratelli Esposito". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 12 June 2023.
13. "S. Esposito". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

External links

• Salvatore Esposito at Soccerway