Christian Esposito (born 23 July 1990) is an Australian

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player who currently plays with

North Eastern MetroStars SC North Eastern MetroStars Soccer Club, commonly known as MetroStars, is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1994, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues South Australia, ...

Club career

On 9 May 2009, he made his senior debut for AlbinoLeffe against

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in the 2008–09 Serie B season. In July 2009, Esposito was linked to a move to his hometown club

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional men's soccer club located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club was one of the eight founding members of the A-League Men and have competed in it concurrently since its formation, u ...

. However, despite some initial interest he later denied he wanted to return to Australia. In June 2010, he joined

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Champion

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on free transfer, which binds him with the Serie A club until June 2014. He has since been loaned out to

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and

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U.C. Albinoleffe profile
1990 births Living people Soccer players from Adelaide Australian people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent Men's association football forwards Italian men's footballers Australian men's soccer players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy UC AlbinoLeffe players École de Football Saint-Christophe players Novara FC players FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players US Catanzaro 1929 players Serie B players National Premier Leagues players North Eastern MetroStars SC players 21st-century Italian sportsmen 21st-century Australian sportsmen Australian expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{Australia-footy-forward-stub