Carlos Lázaro Vallejo (born 13 November 1990) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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Club career

Although born in

Medina del Campo Medina del Campo is a town and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Part of the Province of Valladolid, it is the centre of a farming area. It lies on the banks of the Zapardiel river, in the centre of t ...

, Lázaro grew up in Olmedo (also located in

Valladolid Valladolid ( ; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and ''de facto'' capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the pr ...

), where he began to play football. Aged 12, he joined

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

's youth system and played his first seasons with the reserves, suffering relegation to the fourth division in his first year. First-team coach José Luis Mendilibar gave Lázaro his first chance to appear in

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, in one of his last games before being sacked: on 17 January 2010, he played the full 90 minutes against Racing de Santander in a final 1–1 away draw. After appearing in six of the following seven matches – three starts, but five defeats – under new manager Onésimo Sánchez, he suffered a serious injury and could not help prevent the

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side's

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, after a 0–4 loss at

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. For 2010–11, Lázaro was definitely promoted to Valladolid's first team, but made no official appearances whatsoever during the season, due to a bout of

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and an

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injury. In April 2012, he was loaned to SD Huesca also in the second level until the end of the campaign, as a replacement for injured David Bauzá.Lázaro, cedido al Huesca para cubrir la baja de Bauzá (Lázaro, loaned to Huesca to cover for Bauzá loss)

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, 5 April 2012 (in Spanish)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lazaro, Carlos 1990 births Living people People from Medina del Campo Footballers from the Province of Valladolid Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Real Valladolid Promesas players Real Valladolid players SD Huesca footballers Deportivo Alavés players Hércules CF players CD Mirandés footballers Lleida CF players Spain men's youth international footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen