Paloma Lázaro

Paloma Lázaro Torres del Molino (born 28 September 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger who plays for Italian Serie A club Napoli.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lázaro and the second or maternal family name is Torres del Molino.
Paloma Lázaro
Andressa Alves (left), and Paloma Lázaro (right) celebrate winning the 2022 Supercoppa Italiana
Personal information
Full name Paloma Lázaro Torres del Molino
Date of birth (1993-09-28) 28 September 1993
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 29
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Rayo Vallecano 75 (8)
2014–2015 Madrid CFF
2015–2019 Granadilla 90 (19)
2019 Pink Bari 11 (6)
2019–2020 Fiorentina 10 (4)
2020–2023 Roma 51 (18)
2023 Parma 12 (3)
2023– Napoli 1 (0)
International career
2010 Spain U17 10 (11)
2011–2012 Spain U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2023

Club career

At Rayo Vallecano, Lázaro was part of the squad that won the team's third consecutive league title in the 2010–11 season.[2] In 2019, Lázaro left Spain to join Italian club Pink Bari, which was shortly followed by a transfer to Fiorentina.[3] After struggling to break into the Fiorentina team, Lázaro signed for Roma in July 2020, replacing the outbound Amalie Thestrup.[4] She has commented on the success of this transfer due to Roma electing to play her in her desired position of forward.[5]

Lázaro scored within twenty minutes of her Serie A debut for Roma on 23 August 2020 against Sassuolo.[6] Lázaro then followed that up with a run of form that included five goals in her first six appearances for her new club.[7] That personal run included the victory over San Marino on 17 October 2020, where Lázaro scored her first brace for Roma.[8]

In total, Lázaro scored 8 league goals and created 3 Serie A assists in 21 league appearances during her first season with A.S. Roma.[9] She finished as the club's second-highest scorer in the league was Roma's joint-leading player with Annamaria Serturini for goals and assists combined. Despite Lázaro's promising form, Roma finished fifth in Serie A and reached their lowest league finish in the club's first three seasons of Serie A football. Nonetheless, Lázaro was a part of the Roma 2021 Coppa Italia victory over AC Milan on 30 May 2021.[10] The Spaniard collected a winner's medal as she helped Roma win the first major trophy in the club's history on the women's side of the sport.

International career

Lázaro represented Spain in the 2010 U-17 World Cup and 2010 U-17 European Championship.[11]

Style of play

Lázaro has described herself as "a forward who likes to get on the ball." She claims her "real strength is in one-on-one situations" and that she does not have a fixed position, claiming she prefers "to be able to move across the frontline."[12] Lázaro shows an ability to come deep and receive the ball in between the opponent's defensive lines, which can help create space for her teammates to make runs onto goal and find themselves receiving through-balls from Lázaro. She also shows competitive hold-up play, able to shield the ball with her back to goal. Her dribbling technique is a skill she uses to carry the ball out wide, while her ability in the air makes her a goalscoring threat from open play and set pieces.

References
  1. Paloma Lázaro at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  2. Martín González, Cesáreo (7 September 2013). "Paloma Lázaro: "El grupo es muy bueno y tengo buenas sensaciones"" (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. Menayo, David (25 April 2021). "La Roma de Paloma Lázaro se clasifica para la final de la Coppa Italia tras eliminar a la Juventus". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. "Ufficiale: Roma Femminile, Paloma Lazaro è una nuova calciatrice giallorossa". Il Romanista (in Italian). 7 July 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  5. "Paloma Lázaro: "Quien arriesga gana. Roma me ha dado la posición que tanto me gusta de atacante"" (in Spanish). Futfem. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  6. bren (23 August 2020). "Second Half No-Show Dooms Roma in 1-1 Draw with Sassuolo". Chiesa Di Totti. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  7. bren (27 October 2020). "Thanks to a Breakout Season, Paloma Lázaro Looks Like the Missing Piece in Roma's Attack". Chiesa Di Totti. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  8. bren (17 October 2020). "Lazaro Brace and Serturini Match Winner Save the Day in 3-2 Victory Over San Marino". Chiesa Di Totti. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  9. "Paloma Lázaro Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  10. bren (31 May 2021). "Roma Wins 2021 Coppa Italia in Penalty Shootout". Chiesa Di Totti. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  11. González, Cándido (20 October 2015). "Paloma: "Me gustaría quedarme en el Granadilla muchos años"". Diario de Avisos (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  12. bren (8 July 2020). "Official: Roma Signs Paloma Lazaro". Chiesa Di Totti. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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