Valentino Lazaro

Valentino Lazaro
Lazaro in 2018
Personal information
Full name Valentino Lando Lazaro
Date of birth (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Graz, Styria, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder, full-back, right winger
Team 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)
2013FC Liefering (loan) 3 (0)
2017–2019 Hertha BSC 57 (5)
2017 Hertha BSC II 1 (1)
2019–2023 Inter Milan 6 (0)
2020Newcastle United (loan) 13 (1)
2020–2021Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) 22 (2)
2021–2022Benfica (loan) 18 (0)
2022–2023Torino (loan) 23 (0)
2023– Torino 1 (0)
International career
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:07, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Valentino Lando Lazaro (born 24 March 1996) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder, full-back or right winger for Serie A club Torino and the Austria national team.

Club career

Lazaro was born in Graz, Austria, to an Angolan father and a Greek Cypriot mother. He made his full debut for Red Bull Salzburg on 3 November 2012 against Admira Wacker in the league. At 16 years and 224 days, he became the youngest player ever in the history of the Austrian Bundesliga.

Lazaro's loan deal from Red Bull Salzburg to Hertha BSC was made permanent in 2017, when he was signed on a long term deal at the Bundesliga club. He scored his first goal for Hertha BSC in a 2–0 away win against Bayer Leverkusen on 10 February 2018.

Inter Milan

On 1 July 2019, Lazaro joined Inter Milan. He made his Serie A debut in Inter's 4–3 defeat of Sassuolo on 20 October 2019.

Loan to Newcastle United

On 24 January 2020, Lazaro joined Newcastle United on loan for the remainder of the 2019–20 season and was handed the number 23 shirt. He scored his first Newcastle goal in a 3–2 win over West Bromwich Albion to secure a spot in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. On 1 July, Lazaro scored his first goal in the Premier League for the club in a 4–1 win over Bournemouth.

Loan to Borussia Mönchengladbach

After the end of the loan spell at Newcastle, on 20 August 2020, Lazaro joined Borussia Mönchengladbach on a season-long loan. On 8 November 2020, he scored his first goal with a scorpion kick in a 3–4 defeat against Bayer Leverkusen. The goal would be awarded as both the goal of the month for November and the Bundesliga goal of the season.

Loan to Torino

On 1 August 2022, Lazaro moved on loan to Torino, with an option to buy.

International career

Lazaro made his senior debut for the Austria national team 30 May 2014 in a 1–1 friendly draw against Iceland in Innsbruck, replacing Marko Arnautović for the last fifteen minutes.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Red Bull Salzburg 2012–13 Austrian Bundesliga 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 11 2 1 0 1 0 13 2
2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 25 4 4 0 3 0 32 4
2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 17 2 4 0 1 0 22 2
2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 29 3 5 2 12 2 46 7
2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
Total 87 11 15 2 19 2 121 15
FC Liefering (loan) 2013–14 Austrian First League 3 0 3 0
Hertha BSC 2017–18 Bundesliga 26 2 1 0 4 0 31 2
2018–19 Bundesliga 31 3 3 0 34 3
Total 57 5 4 0 4 0 65 5
Hertha BSC II 2017–18 Regionalliga 1 1 1 1
Inter Milan 2019–20 Serie A 6 0 1 0 4 0 11 0
Newcastle United (loan) 2019–20 Premier League 13 1 2 1 0 0 15 2
Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga 22 2 1 0 5 0 28 2
Benfica (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 18 0 3 0 2 0 6 0 29 0
Torino (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 23 0 2 0 25 0
Career total 229 19 28 3 2 0 38 2 297 24
  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 13 June 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2014 4 0
2015 0 0
2016 1 0
2017 6 0
2018 8 1
2019 9 2
2020 1 0
2021 3 0
2022 4 0
Total 36 3
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lazaro goal.
List of international goals scored by Valentino Lazaro
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 November 2018 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 2–1 2–1 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B
2. 10 June 2019 Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia  North Macedonia 1–1 4–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
3. 10 October 2019 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  Israel 1–1 3–1

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

Individual


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