) is an Italian footballer (midfielder).

Career

Albeit born in Naples, Esposito started his professional career in Catanzaro

F.C. Catanzaro

Catanzaro Calcio 2011 is an Italian football club based in Catanzaro, Calabria.The club were founded in 1929 as Catanzarese, then changed their denomnation to Unione Sportiva Catanzaro in 1946, shortly after the end of the World War II and in 2006 to Football Club Catanzaro...

, where he was a promising midfielder in the early 1990s. When Reggiana

A.C. Reggiana 1919

Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 is an Italian association football club, based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1919 as A.C. Reggiana and refounded in July 2005 as Reggio Emilia F.C., but it was renamed A.C. Reggiana 1919 soon after the start of the 2005–06 season. The...

 was promoted to Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 in 1993

Serie B 1992-93

This article contains information on the 1992-1993 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.-Final classification:-Results:...

, they signed Esposito as its playmaker. During his two years in Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....

, Esposito was one of the clubs' key players, but had to spend the second of those years in Serie B, since Reggiana were relegated in 1994.

In the summer of 1995, one of the Italian giants of the time, Lazio

S.S. Lazio

Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

, bought Esposito. He spent one year at the Roman club, but could not earn himself a regular starting XI spot, much because he was up against players such as Aron Winter

Aron Winter

Aron Mohamed Winter [VIN-ter] is a retired Dutch football midfielder and current head coach of Toronto FC...

 and Roberto Di Matteo

Roberto Di Matteo

Roberto Di Matteo is a Swiss-born Italian former professional footballer and the current assistant manager of Chelsea. As a midfielder, he enjoyed spells at Schaffhausen, Zürich Aarau, Lazio, and Chelsea. He was capped by Italy 34 times, scoring two goals for the Italian national team, and played...

 for the first time in his career. Therefore he was sold to his hometown club Napoli

S.S.C. Napoli

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....

, where he performed decently during the 1996-97 season, before unexpectedly being sold to Hellas Verona in the midst of the league campaign. Following his time in Serie B with Verona, Napoli bought him back when it was relegated in 1998. Esposito's second foray at Napoli did not result in promotion, and he left for Perugia at the end of the season. In the three coming years, Esposito spent his last years in Serie A as a player, with Brescia

Brescia Calcio

Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...

 and Chievo

A.C. ChievoVerona

Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...

 the clubs following Perugia. He played about 140 matches in the top domestic division, before rounding off his career in several Serie B and amateur clubs.

Following his Esposito's retirement from professional football, he became a stalwart in the Italian beach soccer

Beach soccer

Beach soccer, also known as beach football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. The game emphasises skill, agility and shooting at goal....

 national team.

Sources

• Italian Wikipedia

Tuttocalciatori.net (Italian)