Manuel Lazzari

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.

Manuel Lazzari

Lazzari playing for SPAL in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Lazzari
Date of birth	(1993-11-29) 29 November 1993 (age 31)
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
0000–2006	Trissino
2006–2010	Vicenza
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Montecchio Maggiore	29	(1)
2011–2012	Delta Porto Tolle	33	(3)
2012–2013	Giacomense	24	(0)
2013–2019	SPAL	198	(3)
2019–	Lazio	172	(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 as of 30 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 June 2022

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 10 May 2025^[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Europe		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	Serie D	33	3	—		—		2[b]	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
	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		24	0	1	0	7[f]	0	1[e]	0	33	0
	2024–25		25	0	2	0	7[d]	0	—		34	0
	Total		172	5	10	0	38	1	2	0	222	6
Career total			458	12	25	0	38	1	4	1	525	14

1. Includes Coppa Lega Pro and Coppa Italia
2. Appearances in Serie D promotion play-offs
3. Appearances in Supercoppa di Lega Pro
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
6. 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
	2023	0	0
Total		3	0

Honours

SPAL^[14]

• Serie B: 2016–17
• Lega Pro: 2015–16
• Supercoppa di Lega Pro: 2016

Lazio

• Supercoppa Italiana: 2019^[14]

Italy

• CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions runner-up: 2022^[14]