Valentin Marius Lazăr (born 21 August 1989) is a
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
n professional footballer who plays as a
midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...
and a football manager.
Club career
2013-2014 season
In the summer of 2013, Lazăr signed a contract for three years with FC Dinamo București. He made his debut on 19 July in a match against Poli Timișoara. He scored his first goal in a match against
Chindia Târgoviște in the Romanian Cup and a second goal against FC Brașov. In 2014, he scored against Corona Brașov and two goals against Săgeata Năvodari in Liga I. He scored and assisted against big rival Steaua in the Romanian cup. Lazăr ended the 2013–2014 season with 6 goals and 11 assists in all competitions.
2014-2015 season
On 20 July Lazăr became the new captain after
Laurențiu Rus
Laurențiu Daniel Rus (born 7 May 1985) is a former Romanian professional footballer, currently assistant coach at Liga I club CFR Cluj. He was a versatile player, being able to play as a right winger, a midfielder or a right back.
Club career
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was released from Dinamo. In the first match against Chiajna in the League Cup Lazăr scored a goal. In a match against Universitatea Cluj, Lazăr scored a goal to put Dinamo 2-1 ahead and assisted for 3–1. In the match against Concordia Chiajna Lazăr was sent off in the 76th minute.
2015-2016 season
In September, Lazăr was loaned to Concordia Chiajna. After four months, the technical director of Dinamo București announced that he was called back from his loan.
Honours
Club
;Dinamo București
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Cupa României
The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...
runner-up :
2015–16
;CSM Reșița
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Liga III
The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...
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2021–22
Individual
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DigiSport Liga I Player of the Month:
October 2016
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1989 births
Living people
Footballers from Ploiești
Romanian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
FC Petrolul Ploiești players
FC Sportul Studențesc București players
FC Dinamo București players
CS Concordia Chiajna players
Al-Sailiya SC players
Al Kharaitiyat SC players
Ümraniyespor footballers
Al Shahaniya SC players
CSM Reșița players
Liga I players
Liga II players
Liga III players
Qatar Stars League players
TFF 1. Lig players
Romanian football managers
Qatari Second Division players
Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
21st-century Romanian sportsmen