Leandro Lázzaro

Leandro Lázzaro
Personal information
Full name Leandro Hernán Lázzaro Liuni
Date of birth (1974-03-08) 8 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Nueva Chicago 79 (16)
1998–2001 FC Slovan Liberec 70 (30)
2001–2002 AC Sparta Prague 13 (4)
2002 Salernitana 19 (2)
2002–2003 Nocerina 28 (13)
2003 Ravenna Calcio 11 (0)
2004 Tivoli 15 (8)
2004–2006 Pro Sesto 47 (5)
2006–2007 Tigre 41 (18)
2008 Estudiantes 9 (3)
2008–2010 Tigre 72 (11)
2010–2011 Instituto 21 (5)
2012–2014 Deportivo Merlo 29 (5)
2014 San Lorenzo de Alem 9 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leandro Lázzaro (born 8 March 1974) is a former Argentine football striker, who is currently playing in Indoor Football.

Career

Lázzaro started his career in 1994 with Nueva Chicago in the 2nd division of Argentine football. In 1998 Lázzaro moved to the Czech Republic to play for FC Slovan Liberec. He helped them win the Czech Cup in 1999–2000 and scored twice in the final. He then joined AC Sparta Prague in 2001.

In 2002 Lázzaro moved to Italy where he played in Serie B (Second Division) with Salernitana and in lower leagues with Nocerina, Ravenna Calcio, Tivoli and Pro Sesto before returning to Argentina in 2006 to join Tigre.

In his first season with Tigre he helped them to gain promotion to the Primera Division Argentina. He stayed with the club and become an important part of the squad playing their first season at the top level of Argentine football since 1980. Lázzaro finished the Apertura 2007 as the club's top scorer with 10 goals in 18 games, helping Tigre to finish in 2nd place, the best league finish in the club's history.

In January 2008 signed for Estudiantes for a fee of $300,000[1] but he returned to Tigre after only half a season with Estudiantes.

Honours

Slovan Liberec

References

  1. ^ ESPN Deportes {{in lang|es}} Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Dvacet let poté. Jak kanonýr Lazzaro otevřel Liberci cestu do Evropy". idnes.cz. Retrieved 22 April 2022.