Salvatore Esposito (born 7 October 2000) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club SPAL and the Italy national team.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Salvatore Esposito[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-10-07) 7 October 2000 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Castellammare di Stabia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | SPAL | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2014 | Brescia | ||
| 2014–2018 | Inter | ||
| 2018 | → SPAL (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | SPAL | 71 | (9) |
| 2019 | → Ravenna (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | → Chievo (loan) | 36 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019 | Italy U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Italy U20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2019– | Italy U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2022– | Italy | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2022 | |||
He 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]
On 9 January 2019, he 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]
On 11 July 2019, Esposito joined Serie B club Chievo on loan until 30 June 2020.[6]
He 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.[7]
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.[8]
He is the older brother of Inter Milan striker Sebastiano Esposito.[9]
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