| Lazaros Rota | |
| Upright: | 0.7 |
| Fullname: | Lazaros Rota |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Birth Date: | 23 August 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Katerini, Greece |
| Currentclub: | AEK Athens |
| Clubnumber: | 12 |
| Position: | Right-back |
| Youthyears1: | –2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Iraklis |
| Years1: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Slavoj Trebišov |
| Caps1: | 12 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Zemplín Michalovce |
| Caps2: | 40 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs3: | Fortuna Sittard |
| Caps3: | 31 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2021– |
| Clubs4: | AEK Athens |
| Caps4: | 86 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2020– |
| Nationalteam1: | Greece |
| Nationalcaps1: | 21 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 30 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 17 November 2024 (UTC). |
Lazaros Rota (el|Λάζαρος Ρότα; Albanian: Lazar Rota; born 23 August 1997) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League club AEK Athens and the Greece national team.[1]
Lazaros Rota started his career with the 2nd team of Iraklis Reserves. He continued in FK Slavoj Trebišov, a 2. Liga (Slovakia) club until he signed a professional contract with Zemplín Michalovce.
Rota made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for Zemplín Michalovce against DAC Dunajská Streda on 29 July 2018. Rota had played the entirety of 1–4 away defeat.[2]
Rota's move to Fortuna Sittard was announced on 31 January 2020. He signed a 3.5 year contract with the Dutch club.[3] On August 31, the Dutch club announced that the two sides had reached a mutual consensus to terminate the contract of the international defender.[4]
On 2 September 2021, AEK Athens announced the acquisition of the 24-year-old right back, for the next three years for an undisclosed fee.[5] On April 10, he scored an equaliser, which was later voted the best goal of matchday 28, against Aris.[6] The following week he scored in Ioannina against the local team. His goal was again voted the best of the specific matchday.[7]
Rota was eligible to play for the Albania national football team due to having ethnic Albanian parents and the Greece national football team.[8] In August 2020, Rota had called up to the Greece national football team for the UEFA Nations League against Slovenia and Kosovo. He made his debut on 11 October 2020 in a Nations League game against Moldova.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Slavoj Trebišov | 2017–18 | 2. Liga | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | Slovak First Football League | 26 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 48 | 3 | ||||
| Fortuna Sittard | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| AEK Athens | 2021–22 | Super League Greece | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |||
| Total | 76 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 91 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 160 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 8 | |||