Valentino Lazaro

Valentino Lazaro

Lazaro with FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2014
Personal information
Full name Valentino Lando Lazaro[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
FC Red Bull Salzburg
Number 10
Youth career
2002–2011 Grazer AK
2011–2012 FC Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– FC Red Bull Salzburg 68 (9)
2013FC Liefering (loan) 3 (0)
National team
2011 Austria U-16 4 (0)
2012–2013 Austria U-17 17 (0)
2014 Austria U-18 2 (0)
2014– Austria 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:33, 15 October 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 December 2014

Valentino Lando Lazaro (born 24 March 1996) is an Austrian-Angolan footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Red Bull Salzburg.[2]

Career

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

International career

Lazaro made his senior debut for the Austria national team 30 May 2014 in a 11 friendly draw against Iceland in Innsbruck, replacing Marko Arnautović for the last 15 minutes.[4]

References

  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 23. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. "V. Lazaro - Soccer - Youth Soccerway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Youth Soccerway. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  3. "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.
  4. "Austria 1-1 Iceland". Goal.com. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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