essabr came through the juventus youth system, and after a very successful time with the primavera squad, he was loaned to serie b side vicenza. in june 2009, he returned to juventus, but was loaned again in august 2009, this time to lega pro prima divisione side arezzo. he went on to make 18 appearances and scored once during the 2009–10 lega pro campaign before returning to juventus in june 2010. essabr spent the next two seasons on loan, at cosenza and crotone respectively, appearing 23 times and scoring 5 goals.