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Sebastiano Esposito

Top-tier performerSassuolo · 24 yrsFringe player

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameSebastiano Esposito
PositionWinger
NationalityItaly
Age24
Date of birth2 Jul 2002
BirthplaceCastellammare di Stabia
Height186 cm
Shirt number#94
ClubSassuolo
Winger
1
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
70
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Sassuolo.

Scout report

Top-tier performerWinger

S. Esposito is a 24-year-old winger at Cagliari, rated 84.1 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (86.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.37 goal contributions per 90 (0.21 goals, 0.15 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Esposito.

On the season, Esposito graded 43 for current form (age-blind), on 7 goals and 5 assists in 40 appearances (0.365 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 43 → 41). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 84. At 24 Esposito is in his prime years, and a market index of 52.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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A career still climbing — Esposito is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2024/256 clubs
84.1
Ratingi
elite — among the best in the position
43.1
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
86.5%
Minutes
near ever-present
0.37
Goal contrib / 90
productive for the role

Output in context · Cagliari finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side

40
Apps
7
Goals
5
Assists
12
G+A
0.18
Goals / app

7 goals in 40 appearances (0.18 per game), a meaningful share of the load for a lower-table side. He also laid on 5 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 12 goal contributions (0.3 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 86.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Final-third output. 0.37 goal contributions per 90 (0.21 goals, 0.15 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 84.1 overall — elite — among the best in the position. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.37 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among wingers in the Serie A with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals7

Passing

Assists5

Defending

Tackles64
Interceptions23
Blocks5

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards8
Red cards0