Valentino Lazaro

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

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Lando and the second or paternal family name is Lazaro.
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)
Position(s) Right midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
(on loan from Inter Milan)
Number 19
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) 13 (1)
2020– → Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) 6 (1)
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 23:00, 8 November 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] 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]

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.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 November 2020[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Red Bull Salzburg 2012–13 Austrian Bundesliga 50000050
2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 1121010132
2014–15 Austrian Bundesliga 2544030324
2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 1724010222
2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 29352122467
2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 00102030
Total 871115219212115
FC Liefering (loan) 2013–14 Austrian First League 30——30
Hertha BSC 2017–18 Bundesliga 2621040312
2018–19 Bundesliga 3133000343
Total 5754040655
Hertha BSC II 2017–18 Regionalliga 11——11
Inter Milan 2019–20 Serie A 601040110
Newcastle United (loan) 2019–20 Premier League 13121—152
Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga 21001031
Career total 1681822328221823

    International goals
    Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.[15]
    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

    Club

    Red Bull Salzburg[16]

    Individual

    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. "Austria 1-1 Iceland". Goal.com. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
    14. Valentino Lazaro at Soccerway
    15. Valentino Lazaro at National-Football-Teams.com
    16. "V. Lazaro". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
    17. "Bundesliga Goal of the Month". Bundesliga. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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