Antonio Esposito (footballer, born 1972)

Antonio Esposito
Personal information
Date of birth	13 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Lugano, Switzerland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1996	AC Lugano
1996–2001	Grasshopper
1999	→ Extremadura (loan)
2001–2002	→ Cagliari
2001–2002	Saint-Étienne
2002–2004	FC Basel
2004–2005	Varese
2005	AC Lugano
	Total
International career
1997–2001	Switzerland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio Esposito (born 13 December 1972 in Lugano, Switzerland) is a Swiss-Italian former football midfielder who played throughout the 1990s and 2000s. He is remembered most for his time at Grasshopper Club Zürich and FC Basel.

Career

Esposito started playing professional football in 1992 with AC Lugano. In 1996, he signed for Grasshopper Club Zürich and had loan spells at Spain's CD Extremadura in 1999 and Italy's Cagliari Calcio in 2001. Later that year, he moved to AS Saint-Étienne of France but returned to Switzerland with FC Basel in 2002 and was part of the Basel team that reached the Second Group Phase of the UEFA Champions League. A.S. Varese 1910 acquired his services in 2004 before he retired with AC Lugano in 2005.

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