Sebastiano Esposito

Sebastiano Esposito (Italian pronunciation: [eˈspɔːzito]; born 2 July 2002) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Venezia on loan from Inter.

Sebastiano Esposito
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-07-02) 2 July 2002
Place of birth Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Venezia
Number 70
Youth career
2011–2014 Brescia
2014–2019 Internazionale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Internazionale 7 (1)
2020 → SPAL (loan) 10 (1)
2021– → Venezia (loan) 3 (0)
National team‡
2017–2018 Italy U16 12 (8)
2018–2019 Italy U17 20 (14)
2019 Italy U18 2 (1)
2019– Italy U19 3 (2)
2020– Italy U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:52, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 October 2020

Club career

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]

International career

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.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 29 January 2021.[6]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Internazionale 2018–19 Serie A 00001010
2019–20 712050141
Total 712060151
SPAL (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 10130—131
Venezia (loan) 2020–21 3000—30
Career total 2025060312

    Honours

    Inter Milan

    References
    1. @David_Heras (15 March 2019). "Sebastino Esposito debutó con el Inter ante el Eintracht en Europa League con tan solo 16 años. Es el primer jugador nacido en 2002 en jugar en una competición europea" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
    2. Rotondaro, Vittorio (30 May 2019). "Who is Sebastiano Esposito? Inter's record-breaking teen striker sensation". Goal.com. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
    3. "Esposito: "A fantastic feeling, but I'm especially happy with the win"". inter.it. 23 October 2019.
    4. "SEBASTIANO ESPOSITO È BIANCAZZURRO" (Press release) (in Italian). SPAL. 25 September 2020.
    5. "Football Italia". app.football-italia.net. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
    6. Sebastiano Esposito at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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