# Manuel Lazzari

Manuel Lazzari (Italian pronunciation:; born 29 November 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder or right-back for Serie A club Lazio.

## Club career
### SPAL

Following the merger with Giacomense, Lazzari joined SPAL. Lazzari made his professional debut in the Lega Pro for SPAL on 31 August 2014, in a game against Pontedera. He helped them to two successive promotions from Lega Pro to Serie A.
On 20 August 2017, he made his debut in the Serie A in a draw against Lazio. A week later, in the 3–2 win against Udinese, he scored his first Serie A goal. On 29 April 2018, during a match against Hellas Verona, Lazzari was injured in the medial collateral. He returned to the field on the last day of the championship, in which SPAL avoided relegation by beating Sampdoria 3–1.
During the following season, he became a permanent feature in Leonardo Semplici's starting eleven. He helped SPAL avoid relegation once again, also contributing to a record-eight assists.

### Lazio

On 12 July 2019, Lazzari moved to Lazio, in a deal worth €10m and Alessandro Murgia moving the other way.
Lazzari won his first trophy with Lazio on 22 December 2019, playing the full game in their 3–1 victory over Juventus in the 2019 Supercoppa Italiana, held at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

## International career

Lazzari was given his first senior international call-up for Italy in September 2018, by manager Roberto Mancini, for Italy's opening UEFA Nations League matches against Poland and Portugal later that month. On 10 September, Lazzari made his debut for Italy in the 1–0 away loss to Portugal.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 16 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Montecchio Maggiore | 2010–11 | Serie D | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 1 |
| Delta Rovigo | 2011–12 | Serie D | 33 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| Giacomense | 2012–13 | Lega Pro 2D | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 0 |
| SPAL | 2013–14 | Lega Pro 2D | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 0 |
| SPAL | 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 0 |
| SPAL | 2015–16 | Lega Pro | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 35 | 2 |
| SPAL | 2016–17 | Serie B | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 41 | 0 |
| SPAL | 2017–18 | Serie A | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 38 | 2 |
| SPAL | 2018–19 | Serie A | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 0 |
| SPAL | Total | Total | 198 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 215 | 4 |
| Lazio | 2019–20 | Serie A | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| Lazio | 2020–21 | Serie A | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 2 |
| Lazio | 2021–22 | Serie A | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 3 |
| Lazio | 2022–23 | Serie A | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 |
| Lazio | 2023–24 | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Lazio | 2024–25 | Serie A | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 |
| Lazio | Total | Total | 169 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 217 | 6 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 455 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 520 | 14 |
* ↑ Includes Coppa Lega Pro and Coppa Italia
* ↑ Appearances in Serie D promotion play-offs
* ↑ Appearances in Supercoppa di Lega Pro
* 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
* 1 2 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
* 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

### International

    As of match played 1 June 2022
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Italy |
| Italy | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Italy | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| Italy | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| Italy | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 3 | 0 |

## Honours

SPAL
* Serie B: 2016–17
* Lega Pro: 2015–16
* Supercoppa di Lega Pro: 2016
Lazio
* Supercoppa Italiana: 2019
Italy
* CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions runner-up: 2022