Sebastiano Esposito
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Castellammare di Stabia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Internazionale | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2014 | Brescia | ||
| 2014–2019 | Internazionale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Internazionale | 7 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Italy U16 | 12 | (8) |
| 2018–2019 | Italy U17 | 20 | (14) |
| 2019 | Italy U18 | 2 | (1) |
| 2019– | Italy U19 | 3 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:28, 16 July 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019 | |||
Sebastiano Esposito (born 2 July 2002) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Inter Milan.
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 the 18th June 2020 Esposito was nominated for the golden boy award.
International career
He took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, reaching the final of the tournament.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 July 2020[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Inter Milan | 2018–19 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Total | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Three appearances in the UEFA Champions League, one appearance in the UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ @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.
- ^ Rotondaro, Vittorio (30 May 2019). "Who is Sebastiano Esposito? Inter's record-breaking teen striker sensation". Goal.com. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Esposito: "A fantastic feeling, but I'm especially happy with the win"". inter.it. 23 October 2019.
- ^ Sebastiano Esposito at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
External links
- Sebastiano Esposito at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
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