Marco Esposito

Marco Esposito
Personal information
Date of birth8 February 1980
Place of birthMassafra, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentral Defender
Youth career
1996–1997Milan
1997–1998Monza
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2000Meda59(4)
2000–2003Cittadella85(1)
2003–2004Ancona12(0)
2004–2005Chievo0(0)
2005→ Triestina (loan)8(0)
2005–2009Bari103(2)
2009–2010Mantova7(0)
2010CSKA Sofia3(0)
2011Portogruaro13(1)
2011–2012Pisa2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Marco Esposito (born 8 February 1980) is an Italian footballer.

Club career

Esposito started his career at Meda of Serie D. He won promotion with the club and played a full Serie C2 season. In summer 2000, he joined Cittadella of Serie B. He followed the team relegated to Serie C1 in summer 2002. In July 2003 he joined Serie A side Ancona, which he made his Serie A debut on 23 November 2003 against Brescia. He then played for Chievo after Ancona relegated in summer 2004. In summer 2005, he signed for Bari which he played for 4 Serie B seasons. In July 2009, he left Bari for Mantova, signed a 3-year deal.[1]

Esposito went on trial to Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków in July 2010.[2] On 27 July 2010 it was confirmed that he had signed a two year contract with CSKA Sofia.[3]

In December 2010 he returned to Italy for Portogruaro.[4]

On 10 August 2011 he was signed by Pisa.[5]

On 26 June 2012 he was interrogation by the prosecutor.[6] After a plea bargain, he was banned 3 month and 10 day for not reporting match-fixing activities.[7]

Honours

References

  1. "UFFICIALE: ESPOSITO E' DEL MANTOVA" (in Italian). acmantova.it. 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  2. "Słoweniec, dwaj Włosi i Francuz zagrają z KSZO". wisla.krakow.pl. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  3. "ЦСКА подписва с нов защитник днес" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  4. "Portogruaro, in arrivo Esposito dal CSKA Sofia" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  5. "Esposito firma col Pisa, Adornato va a Casale" (in Italian). AC Pisa 1909. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  6. "AGGIORNAMENTO DEL CALENDARIO DELLE AUDIZIONI DELLA PROCURA FEDERALE" (in Italian). FIGC. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  7. "CHIESTI 3 ANNI E MEZZO PER BONUCCI, 1 PER PEPE. LECCE, RISCHIO LEGAPRO" (in Italian). FIGC. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.

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