Valentino Lazaro

Valentino Lazaro (born 23 March 1996) is an Austrian football player. He plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.[2]

Valentino Lazaro
Lazaro in 2018
Personal information
Full name Valentino Lando Lazaro[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996
Place of birth Graz, Styria, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder, full-back
Club information
Current team
 Torino
Number 20
Youth career
2002–2011 Grazer AK
2011–2012 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Red Bull Salzburg 87 (11)
2013 → FC Liefering (loan) 3 (0)
2017–2019 Hertha BSC 57 (5)
2017 Hertha BSC II 1 (1)
2019–2023 Inter Milan 6 (0)
2020 → Newcastle United (loan) 13 (1)
2020–2021 → Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) 22 (2)
2021–2022 → Benfica (loan) 18 (0)
2022–2023 → Torino (loan) 23 (0)
2023– Torino 1 (0)
National team‡
2011 Austria U16 4 (0)
2012–2013 Austria U17 17 (0)
2014 Austria U18 2 (0)
2015–2016 Austria U21 6 (0)
2014– Austria 36 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:07, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Career

He started playing football for Grazer AK and went on to the youth academy of FC Red Bull Salzburg. He played his first game for the first team on 3 November 2012 against Admira Wacker Mödling. At 16 years and 224 days old he was the youngest player ever in the history of the Austrian Bundesliga. He came on in the 87th minute for Valon Berisha and was booked in the 88th minute.[3]

He is also allowed to play for FC Liefering, the farm team of Red Bull Salzburg. This team is in the Heute für Morgen Erste Liga, the second league in Austrian football.

Then he went from Red Bull Salzburg to Hertha BSC. He scored his first goal for Hertha BSC in a 2–0 away win against Bayer Leverkusen on 10 February 2018.[4] 2019 Lazaro joined Inter Milan.[5] The next years he played on loan for Newcastle United and Borussia Mönchengladbach. 2021 he went on loan to Benfica.

International career

Lazaro played for the Austria Under-16 and Under-17 youth national teams. With the U-17's he played in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Lazaro made his debut for the Austria national team on 30 May 2014 in a 1–1 against Iceland in Innsbruck.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 21 May 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Red Bull Salzburg 2012–13 Austrian Bundesliga 5000–0050
2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 11210–1[lower-alpha 1]0132
2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 25440–3[lower-alpha 2]0324
2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 17240–1[lower-alpha 1]0222
2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 29352–12[lower-alpha 3]2467
2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 0010–2[lower-alpha 4]030
Total 8711152–19212115
FC Liefering (loan) 2013–14 Austrian First League 30—–—30
Hertha BSC 2017–18 Bundesliga 26210–4[lower-alpha 1]0312
2018–19 Bundesliga 31330––343
Total 57540–40655
Hertha BSC II 2017–18 Regionalliga 11—–—11
Inter Milan 2019–20 Serie A 6010–4[lower-alpha 4]0110
Newcastle United (loan) 2019–20 Premier League 1312100—152
Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga 22210–5[lower-alpha 4]0282
Benfica (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 18030206[lower-alpha 4]0290
Torino (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 23020––250
Career total 229192832038229724
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 13 June 2022[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 201440
201500
201610
201760
201881
201992
202010
202130
202240
Total363
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lazaro goal.[8]
List of international goals scored by Valentino Lazaro
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 November 2018Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland2–12–12018–19 UEFA Nations League B
2.10 June 2019Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia Macedonia1–14–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
3.10 October 2019Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Israel1–13–1

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg[9]

Individual

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valentino Lazaro.
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. "Valentino Lazaro - Spielerprofil 18/19". www.transfermarkt.de.
  3. "14. Runde, Saison 2012/13, RBS vs ADM – FC Salzburg Wiki". wiki.salzburg12.at.
  4. ESPN.com
  5. "Inter Milan Homepage". Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  6. Goal.com
  7. Valentino Lazaro at Soccerway
  8. Valentino Lazaro at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. "V. Lazaro". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  10. "Bundesliga Goal of the Month". Bundesliga. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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