Valentino Lazaro

Valentino Lazaro

Lazaro with FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2014
Personal information
Full nameValentino Lazaro
Date of birth24 March 1996
Place of birthGraz, Austria
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
FC Red Bull Salzburg
Number37
Youth career
–2012FC Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–FC Red Bull Salzburg36(6)
2013FC Liefering (loan)3(0)
National team
2011Austria U-164(0)
2012–2013Austria U-1717(0)
2014–Austria4(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

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

Valentino Lazaro (born 24 March 1996) is a Austrian footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Red Bull Salzburg.[1]

Career

Lazaro was born in Graz, Austria, to an Angolan father and a Greek mother[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. "V. Lazaro - Soccer - Youth Soccerway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Youth Soccerway. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  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. "Austria 1-1 Iceland". Goal.com. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

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