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Andrea Esposito

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Andrea Esposito
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-05-17) 17 May 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Galatina, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2003 Lecce
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Lecce 41 (2)
2006–2007Sambenedettese (loan) 22 (0)
2009–2012 Genoa 5 (0)
2010Livorno (loan) 3 (0)
2010–2011Bologna (loan) 11 (0)
2011–2012Lecce (loan) 7 (0)
2012–2013 Lecce 46 (2)
2013–2016 Latina 64 (1)
2016–2017 Vicenza 35 (1)
2017–2018 Cesena 26 (0)
2018–2020 Catania 36 (2)
2020–2023 Latina 80 (3)
International career
2002 Italy U17 1 (0)
2005 Italy U19 2 (0)
2005–2006 Italy U20[1] 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrea Esposito (born 17 May 1986) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

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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.

On 4 September 2018, following the bankruptcy of Cesena, he signed with the Serie C club Catania.[3]

International career

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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.[4]

Career statistics

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As of match played 24 April 2022[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lecce 2003–04 Serie A 1 0 0 0 1 0
2004–05 Serie A 1 0 0 0 1 0
2005–06 Serie A 3 0 0 0 3 0
2007–08 Serie B 14 1 0 0 2[a] 0 16 1
2008–09 Serie A 28 1 0 0 28 1
Total 41 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 49 2
Sambenedettese (loan) 2006–07 Serie C1 22 0 0 0 22 0
Genoa 2009–10 Serie A 5 0 1 0 2[b] 0 8 0
Livorno (loan) 2009–10 Serie A 3 0 0 0 3 0
Bologna (loan) 2010–11 Serie A 11 0 2 0 13 0
Lecce (loan) 2011–12 Serie A 27 1 0 0 27 1
Lecce 2012–13 Lega Pro 24 1 2 0 3[a] 0 29 1
Total 51 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 56 2
Latina 2013–14 Serie B 36 0 1 0 3[a] 0 40 0
2014–15 Serie B 5 0 1 0 6 0
2015–16 Serie B 23 1 1 0 24 1
2016–17 Serie B 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 64 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 71 1
Vicenza 2016–17 Serie B 35 1 0 0 35 1
Cesena 2017–18 Serie B 26 0 1 0 27 0
Catania 2018–19 Serie C 19 1 1 0 3[a] 0 23 1
2019–20 Serie C 17 1 2 0 19 1
Total 36 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 42 2
Latina 2020–21 Serie D 25 2 2[a] 0 27 2
2021–22 Serie C 29 1 29 1
Total 54 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 56 3
Career total 354 11 13 0 2 0 13 0 382 11
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

References

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  1. ^ FIGC Archive
  2. ^ Bernardini ed Esposito sono già a disposizione di Cosmi
  3. ^ "Andrea Esposito al Catania: profilo calcistico del difensore pugliese" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 4 September 2018.
  4. ^ Lecce’s Andrea Esposito Astounded By Italy Call-Up, goal.com, 29 May 2009
  5. ^ Andrea Esposito at Soccerway
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