Sebastiano Esposito

Sebastiano Esposito (born 2 July 2002) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Inter Milan.

Sebastiano Esposito

Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002
Place of birth	Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Internazionale
Number	30
Youth career
2011–2014	Brescia
2014–2019	Internazionale
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Internazionale	7	(1)
National team^‡
2017–2018	Italy U16	12	(8)
2018–2019	Italy U17	20	(14)
2019	Italy U18	2	(1)
2019–	Italy U19	3	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:28, 16 July 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

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 17 August 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[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	2019–20		7	1	2	0	5[lower-alpha 2]	0	14	1
	Total		7	1	2	0	6	0	15	1
Career total			7	1	2	0	6	0	15	1

1. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
2. Three appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa League

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 at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

External links

• Sebastiano Esposito at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)