Mauro Esposito

Mauro Esposito (born June 13, 1979 in Torre del Greco, Province of Naples) is an Italy football (soccer) for A.S. Roma of Serie A. He is an attacking midfielder who usually plays down the right wing. He is a fast winger who possesses a great dribbling ability. He is 172 cm tall and weighs 70 kg.

Football career

Esposito made his professional debut in 1997/1998 for Pescara Calcio of Serie B, whereas his debut in the Italian top division was on 1999/2000 for Udinese Calcio. However, his time with Udinese was not particularly lucky, as he played just nine matches in two seasons. He plays for Cagliari Calcio since 2001/2002, and is one of the stars of the small Sardinian team. After very impressive seasons with Cagliari in 2003/2004 in Serie B and then 2004/2005 in Serie A, Esposito even gained space in the Italy national football team, making his debut with the azzurri on October 9, 2004 in a qualification match against Slovenia national football team.

2005/2006 was not so good for Esposito, as the team failed to repeat the previous impressive season; however, thanks to a good ending a serie of fine performances, Esposito was reconsidered by coach Marcello Lippi, calling him for the pre-World Cup stage held on May 2 and 3.

He was called by new coach Roberto Donadoni, friendly against Croatia national football team, 16 August 2006 as starter.

On July 4th, 2007, Roma acquired 50% of Esposito from Cagliari for 2 million euros plus the loan of Daniele Magliocchetti.