Sampdoria, Sebastiano Esposito MVP of December in Serie B.

Sampdoria, Sebastiano Esposito MVP of December in Serie B

A modern striker for Sampdoria and the Serie BKT. Sampdoria forward Sebastiano Esposito wins the December MVP Trophy, the award given each month to the best player in the league.
Called to vote, as always, the journalists of the league’s official broadcasters (Sky and Dazn) assisted this time by Enrico Turcato, Opta Italia editorial manager.

The Sampdoria-Parma advance, a big match valid for the 21st day, will represent the ideal setting for Esposito, who will receive the award in front of his fans during the pre-match ceremonial. In the first leg, it ended 1-1 between the Ducals and the Blucerchiati: Pedrola opened the scoring for the Ligurians, Circati scored the equalizer for the Crusaders.

Analyzing Opta data on the performance of the Blucerchiato No. 7 in the month of December, it can be seen that no player took part in more goals: four plus an assist for the 2002 Sampdorian class. È moreover, in the top 5 of footballers born from 2002 onward to have participated in at least five goalscorers in the five major European leagues and their current second divisions.

In the month of December alone, Esposito scored almost as much as in all of 2023 (five goals) and signed his first multiple goal against Lecco at Luigi Ferraris.È also the footballer to have taken the most shots in the league in the period under consideration: 21, at least five more than any other opponent. His competitive strength also allowed him to be among the top in terms of duels engaged, an impressive 91.

At just 21 years old, Esposito already boasts an impressive resume, having trodden continental stages such as the Champions League, as well as having worn the jerseys of Anderlecht and Basel abroad and those of Bari, Spal and Venezia in Serie BKT.