Sebastiano Esposito

Club

As of match played 30 August 2026

Inter Milan

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. 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 15 June 2020, he was nominated for the Golden Boy award.

2020–21 season: Loans to SPAL and Venezia

On 25 September 2020, he joined SPAL on loan. On 15 January 2021, Esposito joined Venezia on loan.

2021–22 season: Loan to Basel

On 13 July 2021, he was loaned to Swiss club Basel, with an option to buy. Basel confirmed the loan deal on the same day and Esposito joined Basel's first team for their 2021–22 season under head coach Patrick Rahmen. After playing in one test game, Esposito played his debut for his new club in the second qualifying…

He took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, reaching the final of the tournament. He made his debut with the Italy U21 on 3 September 2020, in a friendly match won 2–1 against Slovenia.

He is the younger brother of midfielder Salvatore Esposito, and the older brother of striker Pio Esposito.