Valentino Lazaro

Valentino Lando Lazaro (born 24 March 1996) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Newcastle United on loan from Inter Milan.

Valentino Lazaro
Lazaro with Red Bull Salzburg in 2017
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)
Playing position(s) Right midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Newcastle United (on loan from Inter Milan)
Number 23
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– Inter Milan 6 (0)
2020– → Newcastle United (loan) 6 (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 28 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:12, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:26, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Lazaro was born in Graz, Austria, to an Angolan father and a Greek 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] Lazaro 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]

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 15 minutes.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 March 2020[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Red Bull Salzburg 2012–13 Austrian Bundesliga 5000—0050
2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 11210—10132
2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 25440—30324
2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 17240—10222
2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 29352—122467
2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 0010—2030
Total 8711152—19212115
FC Liefering (loan) 2013–14 Austrian First League 30———30
Hertha BSC 2017–18 Bundesliga 26210—00272
2018–19 Bundesliga 31330—40383
Total 57540—40655
Hertha BSC II 2017–18 Regionalliga 11———11
Inter Milan 2019–20 Serie A 6010—40110
Newcastle United (loan) 2019–20 Premier League 401100—51
Career total 158172130027220622

    International goals
    Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.[12]
    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 North Macedonia1–14–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
    3.10 October 2019Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Israel1–13–1

    Honours

    Red Bull Salzburg[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. "Sassuolo 3-4 Inter Milan: Romelu Lukaku at the double in tense win as Antonio Conte's men keep in touch with leaders Juventus". Daily Mail. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 24 January 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. "Austria 1-1 Iceland". Goal.com. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
    11. Valentino Lazaro at Soccerway
    12. "Valentino Lazaro". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
    13. "V. Lazaro". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.