Antonio Esposito

Infobox Football biography
playername = Antonio Esposito


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|12|13|df=yes
cityofbirth = Viganello
countryofbirth = Switzerland
height = height|m=1.85
position = Midfielder
currentclub =
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1990-1996
1996-2001
1999
2001-2002
2001-2002
2002-2004
2004-2005
2005
clubs = AC Lugano
Grasshopper
→ CD Extremadura "(loan)"
→ Cagliari
St. Étienne
FC Basel
Varese
AC Lugano
Total
caps(goals) = 121 (7)
100 (15)
16 (2)
11 (1)
24 (0)
29 (4)
4 (0)
15 (2)
320 (31)
nationalyears = 1997-2001
nationalteam = Switzerland
nationalcaps(goals) = 3 (0)

Antonio Esposito (born December 13 1972 in Viganello, Switzerland) is a Swiss-Italian former football midfielder who played throughout the 1990's and 2000's. 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 aquired his services in 2004 before he retired with AC Lugano in 2005.

External links

* [http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/antonio-esposito/ Career Stats at World Football]