Andrea Esposito

Andrea Esposito
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-05-17) 17 May 1986
Place of birth Galatina, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Cesena
Number 16
Youth career
2003 Lecce
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Lecce 46 (2)
2006–2007 → Sambenedettese (loan) 22 (0)
2009–2012 Genoa 5 (0)
2010 → Livorno (loan) 3 (0)
2010–2011 → Bologna (loan) 11 (0)
2011–2012 → Lecce (loan) 7 (0)
2012–2013 Lecce 46 (2)
2013–2016 Latina 64 (1)
2016–2017 Vicenza 35 (1)
2017– Cesena 8 (0)
National team
2002 Italy U17 1 (0)
2005 Italy U19 2 (0)
2005–2006 Italy U20[1] 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 October 2017

Andrea Esposito (born 17 May 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B club Cesena.

Club career

As a young boy, Esposito started his career in the local Lecce Primavera youth squad before being sent to Sambenedettese on loan for the 2006–07 season. He also played five Serie A games before he left on loan, the first of which was on 25 January 2004, against Lazio.

After returning to the Lecce side in 2007, he scored his first professional goal in a 3–2 win over Rimini and helped the club win promotion from Serie B. In the following season in Serie A he scored a goal in a 1–1 home draw against A.C. Milan and impressed enough to force his way into the senior Italy squad at the end of the 2008–09 Serie A season.

In July 2009, he was signed by Genoa in co-ownership deal. On 19 January 2010 Livorno signed the defender on loan from Genoa until June 2010.[2]

He rejoined Lecce for the 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season after the club's relegation from Serie A in 2011–12 and subsequent expulsion from the Serie B for their part in the Calcio Scommesse scandal.

International career

Esposito has represented Italy at Under-17 level. Despite being uncapped for the Under-21 side, he was named in Pierluigi Casiraghi's preliminary squad for the 2009 Under-21 European Championships but did not make the final 23.

He was called up to the senior Italy squad for the first time in June 2009 and was an unused substitute for the friendly against Northern Ireland.[3]

References

  1. ↑ FIGC Archive
  2. ↑ Bernardini ed Esposito sono già a disposizione di Cosmi
  3. ↑ Lecce’s Andrea Esposito Astounded By Italy Call-Up, goal.com, 29 May 2009
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