Manuel Lazzari
Lazzari playing for SPAL in 2017
Personal information
Full name Manuel Lazzari
Date of birth (1993-11-29) 29 November 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Valdagno, Italy
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder, right-back
Team information
Current team
 Lazio
Number 29
Youth career
2006–2010 Santa Maria La Carità
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Montecchio Maggiore 29 (1)
2011–2012 Delta Rovigo 33 (3)
2012–2013 Giacomense 24 (0)
2013–2019 SPAL 198 (3)
2019– Lazio 137 (5)
International career‡
2018– Italy 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Runner-up 2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Manuel Lazzari (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmaːnwel ˈladdzari]; born 29 November 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder or right-back for Serie A club Lazio and the Italy national team.

Club career

SPAL

Following the merger with Giacomense, Lazzari joined SPAL.[1] Lazzari made his professional debut in the Lega Pro for SPAL on 31 August 2014, in a game against Pontedera.[2] He helped them to two successive promotions from Lega Pro to Serie A.[1]

On 20 August 2017, he made his debut in the Serie A in a draw against Lazio.[3] A week later, in the 3–2 win against Udinese, he scored his first Serie A goal.[4] On 29 April 2018, during a match against Hellas Verona, Lazzari was injured in the medial collateral.[5] He returned to the field on the last day of the championship, in which SPAL avoided relegation by beating Sampdoria 3–1.[6]

During the following season, he became a permanent feature in Leonardo Semplici's starting eleven.[7] He helped SPAL avoid relegation once again, also contributing to a record-eight assists.[8][9]

Lazio

On 12 July 2019, Lazzari moved to Lazio, in a deal worth €10m and Alessandro Murgia moving the other way.[10]

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.[11]

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.[12] On 10 September, Lazzari made his debut for Italy in the 1–0 away loss to Portugal.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 January 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
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 33 3 — — 2[b] 0 35 3
Giacomense 2012–13 Lega Pro 2D 24 0 0 0 — — 24 0
SPAL 2013–14 30 0 3 0 — — 33 0
2014–15 Lega Pro 29 0 5 0 — — 34 0
2015–16 31 1 2 0 — 2[c] 1 35 2
2016–17 Serie B 39 0 2 0 — — 41 0
2017–18 Serie A 36 2 2 0 — — 38 2
2018–19 33 0 1 0 — — 34 0
Total 198 3 15 0 0 0 2 1 215 4
Lazio 2019–20 Serie A 32 0 1 0 6[d] 1 1[e] 0 40 1
2020–21 32 2 2 0 5[f] 0 — 39 2
2021–22 31 3 2 0 6[d] 0 — 39 3
2022–23 28 0 2 0 7[g] 0 — 37 0
2023–24 14 0 1 0 6[f] 0 1[e] 0 22 0
Total 137 5 8 0 30 1 2 0 177 6
Career total 423 12 23 0 30 1 4 1 480 14
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Lega Pro and Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Appearances in Serie D play-offs
  3. ^ Appearances in Supercoppa di Lega Pro
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  6. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 1 June 2022[15]
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy
2018 1 0
2019 0 0
2020 1 0
2021 0 0
2022 1 0
Total 3 0

Honours

SPAL[14]

Lazio

References

  1. ^ a b "A Spal...late in serie A". la Repubblica (in Italian). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 31 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Lazio-Spal 0-0: biancocelesti bloccati dai ferraresi". la Repubblica (in Italian). 20 August 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Spal-Udinese 3-2: Borriello, Lazzari e Rizzo regalano la vittoria a Semplici". La Gazzetta dello Sport - Tutto il rosa della vita (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ^ Sport, Sky. "Spal, lesione del collaterale mediale per Lazzari". sport.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Samp, più l'arbitro che la Spal Giampaolo". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  7. ^ "La Lazio è la squadra ideale per Lazzari". L'Ultimo Uomo (in Italian). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Lazzari fa l'assistman con l'Entella brilla Luis - la Repubblica.it". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  9. ^ Azzolini, Jacopo (3 June 2019). "Spal, Lazzari è il terzino con più assist in Serie A". Calcio News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Official: Lazzari joins Lazio | Football Italia". www.football-italia.net. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Lazio beats Juventus 3-1 to win Italian Super Cup in Riyadh". NBC Sports. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Chiellini rejoins Italy squad; Pellegri called up". www.sportsnet.ca. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Lazzari: 'Hoped for different debut'". Football Italia. 10 September 2018.
  14. ^ a b c "M. Lazzari". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Lazzari Manuel" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

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