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| 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) |
| 2006–2007 | →Sambenedettese (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Genoa | 5 | (0) |
| 2010 | →Livorno (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | →Bologna (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | →Lecce (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 formerfootballer who played as adefender.
As a young boy, Esposito started his career in the local Lecce Primavera youth squad before being sent toSambenedettese 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, againstLazio.
After returning to the Lecce side in 2007, he scored his first professional goal in a 3–2 win overRimini and helped the club win promotion fromSerie B. In the following season inSerie A he scored a goal in a 1–1 home draw againstA.C. Milan and impressed enough to force his way into the seniorItaly squad at the end of the2008–09 Serie A season.
In July 2009, he was signed byGenoa in co-ownership deal. On 19 January 2010Livorno signed the defender on loan from Genoa until June 2010.[2]
He rejoined Lecce for the2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season after the club's relegation fromSerie A in2011–12 and subsequent expulsion from theSerie B for their part in theCalcio Scommesse scandal.
On 4 September 2018, following the bankruptcy ofCesena, he signed with theSerie C clubCatania.[3]
Esposito has represented Italy at Under-17 level. Despite being uncapped for the Under-21 side, he was named inPierluigi Casiraghi's preliminary squad for the2009 Under-21 European Championships but did not make the final 23.
He was called up to the seniorItaly squad for the first time in June 2009 and was an unused substitute for the friendly againstNorthern Ireland.[4]
| 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 | ||