Sebastiano Esposito (Italian pronunciation: [eˈspɔːzito]; born 2 July 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian First Division A club Anderlecht, on loan from Inter Milan.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 20) | ||
Place of birth | Castellammare di Stabia, Italy | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Anderlecht (on loan from Inter Milan) | ||
Number | 70 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2014 | Brescia | ||
2014–2019 | Internazionale | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Inter Milan | 7 | (1) |
2020 | → SPAL (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2021 | → Venezia (loan) | 19 | (2) |
2021–2022 | → Basel (loan) | 23 | (6) |
2022– | → Anderlecht (loan) | 9 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2017–2018 | Italy U16 | 12 | (8) |
2018–2019 | Italy U17 | 20 | (14) |
2019 | Italy U18 | 2 | (1) |
2019 | Italy U19 | 3 | (2) |
2022 | Italy U20 | 2 | (0) |
2020– | Italy U21 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022 |
Esposito made his professional debut for Inter Milan at 16 years old, on 14 March 2019, in the second leg of Europa League match against Eintracht Frankfurt, coming in as a substitute for Borja Valero in the 73rd minute. He became the youngest player ever to feature in a European competition match for the club.
The following season, on 23 October 2019 he made his debut in Champions League replacing Romelu Lukaku in the group stage match against Borussia Dortmund, and becoming the first player born in 2002 and the second youngest ever for the club to feature in a Champions League/European Cup match, after Giuseppe Bergomi.[1][2][3] On 26 October he made his Serie A debut, aged 17, coming as a substitute for Lautaro Martínez in a home match against Parma in San Siro. On 21 December 2019, Esposito scored his first goal for Inter, on his full debut, from a penalty in a 4–0 win at home against Genoa. On 18 June 2020, he was nominated for the Golden Boy award.
On 25 September 2020 he joined SPAL on loan.[4]
On 15 January 2021, Esposito joined Venezia on loan. [5]
On 13 July 2021, he was loaned to Swiss club FC Basel, with an option to buy.[6] On 25 July, Esposito made his Swiss Super League debut for Basel against Grasshoppers and scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win.[7]
On 4 July 2022, Esposito joined Belgian club Anderlecht on loan.[8]
He took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, reaching the final of the tournament.
He made his debut with the Italy U21 on 3 September 2020, in a friendly match won 2–1 against Slovenia.
He is the younger brother of midfielder Salvatore Esposito.[9]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Internazionale | 2018–19 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2019–20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
Total | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
SPAL (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |
Venezia (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | |
Basel (loan) | 2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 34 | 7 |
Career total | 57 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 81 | 11 |
Inter Milan
Italy U17
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