Valentino Lazaro

Valentino Lazaro (born 23 March 1996) is an Austrian football player. He plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Career
He started playing football for Grazer AK and went on to the youth academy of FC Red Bull Salzburg. He played his first game for the first team on 3 November 2012 against Admira Wacker Mödling. At 16 years and 224 days old he was the youngest player ever in the history of the Austrian Bundesliga. He came on in the 87th minute for Valon Berisha and was booked in the 88th minute.

He is also allowed to play for FC Liefering, the farm team of Red Bull Salzburg. This team is in the Heute für Morgen Erste Liga, the second league in Austrian football.

Then he went from Red Bull Salzburg to Hertha BSC. He scored his first goal for Hertha BSC in a 2–0 away win against Bayer Leverkusen on 10 February 2018.ESPN.com 2019 Lazaro joined Inter Milan. The next years he played on loan for Newcastle United and Borussia Mönchengladbach. 2021 he went on loan to Benfica.

International career
Lazaro played for the Austria Under-16 and Under-17 youth national teams. With the U-17's he played in the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Lazaro made his debut for the Austria national team on 30 May 2014 in a 1–1 against Iceland in Innsbruck.Goal.com

Career statistics

Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsRed Bull Salzburg2012–13Austrian Bundesliga5000–00502013–14Austrian Bundesliga11210–101322014–15Austrian Bundesliga25440–303242015–16Austrian Bundesliga17240–102222016–17Austrian Bundesliga29352–1224672017–18Austrian Bundesliga0010–2030Total8711152–19212115FC Liefering (loan)2013–14Austrian First League30—–—30Hertha BSC2017–18Bundesliga26210–403122018–19Bundesliga31330––343Total57540–40655Hertha BSC II2017–18Regionalliga11—–—11Inter Milan2019–20Serie A6010–40110Newcastle United (loan)2019–20Premier League1312100—152Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan)2020–21Bundesliga22210–50282Benfica (loan)2021–22Primeira Liga180302060290Torino (loan)2022–23Serie A23020––250Career total229192832038229724

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsAustria201440201500201610201760201881201992202010202130202240Total363

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lazaro goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Valentino Lazaro No.  Date  Venue  Opponent  Score  Result  Competition 1.  18 November 2018  Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland    2–1  2–1  2018–19 UEFA Nations League B 2.  10 June 2019  Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia    1–1  4–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification 3.  10 October 2019  Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria    1–1  3–1

Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
Austrian Bundesliga: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Austrian Cup: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Individual
 Bundesliga Goal of the Month: November 2020
 Bundesliga Goal of the Year: 2020–21

References

Category:Austrian footballers
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:1996 births
Category:Living people
Category:FC Liefering players
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:Austrian football champions
Category:Austrian football midfielders