Antonio Esposito (born 13 December 1972 in Lugano, Switzerland) is a Swiss-Italian former football midfielder who played throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
He had seven league appearances and played in the Swiss Cup final as Lugano won 4–1 against Grasshopper Club to lift the trophy.
On 10 July 2002 it was announced that Esposito had signed a two-year contract with Swiss double winners FC Basel.
[3] He joined Basel's first team for their 2002–03 season with head coach Christian Gross, under whom he had played by the Grasshoppers.
Esposito was substituted in and in the second minute of added time he scored the last goal of the game as Basel won 4–2 against Servette.
They ended this in second position behind Valencia, but ahead of Liverpool and Spartak Moscow to advance to the second group stage.
They ended this in third position behind Manchester United and Juventus, but ahead of Deportivo La Coruña.
During the winter break Esposito decided to retire from professional football and his contract was dissolved.