Valentino Lazaro

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lando and the second or paternal family name is Lazaro.

Valentino Lazaro

Lazaro in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Valentino Lando Lazaro[1]
Date of birth	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 28)
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)
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	47	(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 23:30, 9 November 2024 (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.^[2] 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.^[3] He scored his first goal for Hertha BSC in a 2–0 away win against Bayer Leverkusen on 10 February 2018.^[4]

Inter Milan

On 1 July 2019, Lazaro joined Inter Milan.^[5][6] He made his Serie A debut in Inter's 4–3 defeat of Sassuolo on 20 October 2019.^[7]

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.^[8] 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.^[9] On 1 July, Lazaro scored his first goal in the Premier League for the club in a 4–1 win over Bournemouth.^[10]

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.^[11] On 8 November 2020, he scored his first goal with a scorpion kick in a 3–4 defeat against Bayer Leverkusen.^[12] The goal would be awarded as both the goal of the month for November and the Bundesliga goal of the season.^[13]

Loan to Torino

On 1 August 2022, Lazaro moved on loan to Torino, with an option to buy.^[14]

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.^[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 November 2024^[16]

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[a]	0	13	2
	2014–15	Austrian Bundesliga	25	4	4	0	–		3[b]	0	32	4
	2015–16	Austrian Bundesliga	17	2	4	0	–		1[a]	0	22	2
	2016–17	Austrian Bundesliga	29	3	5	2	–		12[c]	2	46	7
	2017–18	Austrian Bundesliga	0	0	1	0	–		2[d]	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[a]	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[d]	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[d]	0	28	2
Benfica (loan)	2021–22	Primeira Liga	18	0	3	0	2	0	6[d]	0	29	0
Torino (loan)	2022–23	Serie A	23	0	2	0	–		–		25	0
Torino	2023–24	Serie A	35	0	1	0	–		–		36	0
	2024–25	Serie A	12	0	2	0	–		–		14	0
	Total		70	0	5	0	–		–		75	0
Career total			276	19	31	3	2	0	38	2	347	24

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^[17]

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.^[17]

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^[18]

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
• Austrian Cup: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Individual

• Bundesliga Goal of the Month: November 2020^[13]
• Bundesliga Goal of the Year: 2020–21^[13]

References

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. "ÖFB baut Valentino Lazaro als zentralen Hoffnungsträger auf" [ÖFB builds Valentino Lazaro as a central hopefuls] (in German). krone.at. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
3. "Hertha Berlin sign Valentino Lazaro on permanent deal". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website.
4. "Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 Hertha BSC". ESPN. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
5. "Valentino Lazaro: 5 Things to Know About the New Inter Star". 90min.com. 2 July 2019.
6. "Valentino Lazaro is a new Inter player". inter.it. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
7. "Lazaro 'very happy' at Inter, but..." Football Italia. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
8. "Valentino Lazaro joins Newcastle United on loan for remainder of 2019/20 ...campaign". NUFC. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
9. "Steve Bruce accused his Newcastle players of "switching off" after West Brom threatened an unlikely comeback before the Magpies reached the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2006". BBC. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
10. "Bournemouth 1-4 Newcastle". BBC. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
11. "VALENTINO LAZARO JOINS ON LOAN FROM INTER MILAN" (Press release). borussia.de. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
12. "WATCH: Valentino Lazaro scores unbelievable scorpion kick in goal of the year candidate". CBS Sports. 8 November 2020.
13. "Bundesliga Goal of the Month". Bundesliga. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
14. "Lazaro al Toro" (in Italian). Torino. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
15. "Austria 1-1 Iceland". Goal.com. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
16. Valentino Lazaro at Soccerway
17. "Valentino Lazaro". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
18. "V. Lazaro". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

External links

• Eurosport profile