Valentino Lazaro

Valentino Lazaro (born 24 March 1996 in Graz) is an Austrian football player at the position of midfielder. He is considered one of the greatest talents in Austria and currently stands at FC Red Bull Salzburg under contract.

Career

Valentino Lazaro, son of an Austrian with Greek roots and an Angolan launched in 2002 in the youth department of the Grazer AK with the club football. In 2011 he moved to FC Red Bull Salzburg and made with outstanding performances attracted attention. So it was that he in the last league match of the 2011/ 12 financial year was in the squad of the Combat Team. A few days later, Inter Milan expressed an interest in Lazaro, but he signed in the summer of 2012 a long-term contract in Salzburg. Since then, he joined the squad for the first team, where it supports the shirt number 37 on November 3, 2012, he celebrated in the game against VfB Admira Wacker Mödling with only 16 years and 224 days, his Bundesliga debut. 5-0 victory at the Salzburg he was substituted 84 minutes for Valon Berisha.

His first goal for the first team he scored on 6 February 2013 match against Dynamo Ceske Budejovice. In the Bundesliga game against Admira Wacker on February 24, 2014 he stood for the first time in the starting lineup the Bulls and scored his first Bundesliga goal.

National

Since 2011, Valentino Lazaro is also constantly in use for the Austrian national youth teams, where he usually wears the number 10. In the U-17 European Championship 2013 in Slovakia, he retired, although with Austria already in the group stage, he prepared all three goals of the Austrians, but could be with the team for the U- 17 World Cup 2013 in the UAE qualify.

Achievements

  • 2x Austrian Champion: 2012, 2014
  • 1x OFB Cup winner: 2012
  • It has 16 years, 7 months and 10 days, the youngest player ever used from Salzburg in the Bundesliga.
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