The 2025/26 season finds SS Lazio in a state of determined consolidation under the guidance of Marco Baroni, the former Hellas Verona and Lecce manager who took the reins in 2024 following Maurizio Sarri’s departure and Igor Tudor’s brief, tumultuous spell. The Biancocelesti have stabilised after a period of transition, embracing a more pragmatic identity while retaining the attacking principles that made Sarri’s Lazio one of Serie A’s most entertaining sides. The Stadio Olimpico, shared with city rivals Roma, remains one of Italian football’s most passionate venues, the Curva Nord’s choreographed tifos and thunderous chanting creating an atmosphere that rivals any in Europe. This season’s squad reflects Lazio’s evolving identity: a blend of veteran leaders who have survived multiple managerial changes, emerging Italian talents, and undervalued internationals. The club’s financial constraints have necessitated smart recruitment rather than lavish spending, with sporting director Angelo Fabiani focusing on free transfers and loan conversions. Below lies an exhaustive examination of Lazio’s first-team roster for 2025/26, organised by position, with each player’s journey, financial details, and stylistic fingerprints dissected thoroughly.
Goalkeepers
1. Ivan Provedel
Nationality: Italian
Former Clubs: Udinese, Chievo (loan), Empoli (loan), Spezia
Transfer Fee: Free transfer (2022)
Ivan Provedel has become one of Serie A’s most reliable goalkeepers, the Italian shot-stopper providing reflexes, command, and distribution that have been instrumental in Lazio’s European qualification campaigns. The 31-year-old’s shot-stopping (76% save percentage in 2024/25, 75% in 2025/26 to date) and post-shot expected goals prevented (PSxG+/- of +5.9, ranking third among Serie A keepers) have silenced pre-season sceptics who doubted his ability to replace the departed Thomas Strakosha. Provedel’s distribution (88% pass completion), particularly his quick throws to initiate counters and clipped passes to advancing wing-backs, suits Baroni’s transitional system. Having started 34 league matches in 2025/26, keeping 14 clean sheets, he has proven remarkably durable. Provedel’s relationship with Italian teammates provides comfort; his memorable Champions League group-stage header equaliser against Atlético Madrid (2023) remains a career highlight. Provedel’s contract runs through 2029, with Lazio rejecting January 2026 approaches. Provedel’s performance against Inter Milan in December 2025—making 11 saves, including a penalty stop—demonstrated his elite quality.
2. Christos Mandas
Nationality: Greek
Former Clubs: OFI Crete
Transfer Fee: £1 million (2023)
Christos Mandas has accepted a rotational role behind Provedel, providing Greek youth pedigree, cup competition cover, and long-term succession planning. The 24-year-old’s shot-stopping (73% save percentage in limited appearances) and distribution (87% pass completion) have impressed when called upon. Mandas started 10 matches in 2025/26 (cup competitions and Provedel’s rest), keeping 5 clean sheets. Mandas’s contract runs through 2029, with Lazio viewing him as long-term Provedel successor.
3. Luigi Sepe
Nationality: Italian
Former Clubs: Napoli, Parma (loan), Salernitana (loan)
Transfer Fee: Free transfer (2024)
Luigi Sepe has served as emergency third-choice option following his free transfer from Salernitana, offering Italian experience and depth. The 34-year-old’s contract expires in 2027.
Defenders
1. Alessio Romagnoli (Captain)
Nationality: Italian
Former Clubs: Roma, Sampdoria (loan), Milan
Transfer Fee: Free transfer (2022)
Alessio Romagnoli has become Lazio’s defensive captain and leader, the Italian international providing left-footed passing, positioning, and organisational communication following his controversial free transfer from AC Milan. The 30-year-old’s reading of the game—intercepting passes (2.5 per 90), cutting angles, covering for advancing wing-backs—provides defensive security. His left-footed passing (5.2 progressive passes per 90, 90% completion), particularly his raking diagonals and line-breaking verticals, initiates attacks from deep. Romagnoli’s aerial duel success (83%) and tackling (2.5 per 90) provide defensive security. His partnership with Mario Gila has conceded only 1.08 goals per 90 minutes over the 2025/26 season to date. Romagnoli’s leadership, formalised as club captain in 2024 following Ciro Immobile’s reduced role, manages Lazio’s dressing room through calm authority and professional standards. Romagnoli’s contract runs through 2029.
2. Mario Gila
Nationality: Spanish
Former Clubs: Real Madrid Castilla, Elche
Transfer Fee: £4 million (2022)
Mario Gila has emerged as Romagnoli’s long-term partner, the Spanish centre-back providing physicality, aerial dominance, and tactical intelligence following his arrival from Real Madrid Castilla. The 25-year-old’s aerial duel success (85%) leads Lazio’s defence, neutralising target forwards and providing set-piece security. His reading of the game (2.4 interceptions per 90) and positioning provide defensive security. Gila’s passing (88% completion) remains secure. Gila’s contract runs through 2029.
3. Adam Marušić
Nationality: Montenegrin
Former Clubs: KV Oostende
Transfer Fee: £4 million (2017)
Adam Marušić has become Lazio’s longest-serving current defender, entering his ninth season at the Olimpico and providing versatility, work rate, and experience across right-back and left-back. The 33-year-old’s overlapping runs (3.6 per 90) and crossing (36% accuracy) created 3 assists in 2025/26. His defensive positioning (2.0 interceptions per 90) and tackling (2.6 per 90) provide balance. Marušić’s contract expires in 2027.
4. Nuno Tavares
Nationality: Portuguese
Former Clubs: Benfica, Arsenal, Marseille (loan), Nottingham Forest (loan)
Transfer Fee: Loan from Arsenal (2025)
Nuno Tavares’s season-long loan from Arsenal added Portuguese attacking thrust, pace, and left-wing-back depth to Lazio’s squad. The 25-year-old’s overlapping runs (4.3 per 90) and dribbling (3.8 successful take-ons per 90) created 5 assists in 2025/26. Tavares’s defensive positioning remains vulnerable (dribbled past 1.6 times per 90), but his attacking contributions justify selection. Tavares’s loan expires at the end of the 2025/26 season, with Lazio holding a purchase option (£8 million).
5. Elseid Hysaj
Nationality: Albanian
Former Clubs: Empoli, Napoli
Transfer Fee: Free transfer (2021)
Elseid Hysaj has provided defensive depth across right-back and left-back following his free transfer from Napoli, offering Albanian international experience and defensive diligence. The 31-year-old’s contract expires in 2027.
6. Patric
Nationality: Spanish
Former Clubs: Barcelona B, Lazio
Transfer Fee: £1.5 million (2015)
Patric has become Lazio’s longest-serving current first-team player, entering his 11th season at the Olimpico and providing centre-back and right-back depth, tactical intelligence, and dressing room continuity. The 32-year-old’s contract expires in 2028.
7. Nicolò Casale
Nationality: Italian
Former Clubs: Verona
Transfer Fee: £5 million (2022)
Nicolò Casale has provided centre-back depth following his arrival from Verona, offering Italian physicality and aerial presence. The 27-year-old’s contract runs through 2028.
Midfielders
1. Mattéo Guendouzi (Vice-Captain)
Nationality: French
Former Clubs: Lorient, Arsenal, Hertha Berlin (loan), Marseille
Transfer Fee: £15 million (2024, following loan)
Mattéo Guendouzi has become Lazio’s midfield engine and vice-captain, the French international providing energy, ball-carrying, and tactical intelligence following his permanent signing from Marseille. The 26-year-old’s ball-carrying (4.5 progressive carries per 90) through central areas bypasses opposition presses. His work rate (11.8 kilometres per match) and tackling (3.0 per 90) provide midfield security. Guendouzi’s passing (89% completion, 4.9 progressive passes) and composure under pressure enable Lazio to build play through midfield. Guendouzi’s partnership with Nicolò Rovella provides midfield balance (Guendouzi’s dynamism, Rovella’s passing). Guendouzi’s contract runs through 2029.
2. Nicolò Rovella
Nationality: Italian
Former Clubs: Genoa, Juventus, Monza (loan)
Transfer Fee: £12 million (2024, following loan)
Nicolò Rovella has become Lazio’s midfield metronome, the Italian youth international providing passing range, tactical intelligence, and composure following his permanent signing from Juventus. The 24-year-old’s passing (5.7 progressive passes per 90, 91% completion) and composure under pressure enable Lazio to build play through midfield. His work rate (11.4 kilometres per match) and interceptions (2.3 per 90) provide defensive security. Rovella’s contract runs through 2029.
3. Danilo Cataldi
Nationality: Italian
Former Clubs: Lazio academy
Transfer Fee: Academy graduate
Danilo Cataldi has become Lazio’s homegrown midfield leader, the Italian providing passing quality, set-piece delivery, and tactical discipline across a decade at the club. The 31-year-old’s set-piece delivery (4 assists from corners and free kicks in 2025/26) adds significant value. Cataldi’s contract runs through 2028.
4. Matías Vecino
Nationality: Uruguayan
Former Clubs: Fiorentina, Cagliari (loan), Empoli (loan), Inter Milan
Transfer Fee: Free transfer (2022)
Matías Vecino has provided midfield depth following his free transfer from Inter Milan, the Uruguayan international offering physicality, late arrivals into the box, and experience. The 34-year-old’s finishing (4 goals in 2025/26) provides functional depth. Vecino’s contract expires in 2027.
5. Daichi Kamada
Nationality: Japanese
Former Clubs: Sagan Tosu, Sint-Truiden (loan), Eintracht Frankfurt
Transfer Fee: Free transfer (2023)
Daichi Kamada’s Lazio career has been inconsistent following his free transfer from Eintracht Frankfurt, the Japanese international providing creativity, movement, and attacking midfield depth. The 29-year-old’s finishing (4 goals in 2025/26) and creativity (3 assists) provide functional depth. Kamada’s contract expires in 2027.
6. Gaetano Castrovilli
Nationality: Italian
Former Clubs: Fiorentina, Cremonese (loan)
Transfer Fee: Free transfer (2025)
Gaetano Castrovilli’s summer 2025 arrival from Fiorentina added Italian technical quality, dribbling, and attacking midfield depth following his recovery from serious injury. The 28-year-old’s dribbling (3.3 successful take-ons per 90 in limited minutes) suggests potential. Castrovilli’s contract runs through 2028.
7. Toma Bašić
Nationality: Croatian
Former Clubs: Hajduk Split, Bordeaux
Transfer Fee: £7 million (2021)
Toma Bašić has provided emergency midfield depth following his arrival from Bordeaux. The 29-year-old’s contract expires in 2027.
Forwards
1. Ciro Immobile (Captain)
Nationality: Italian
Former Clubs: Juventus, Sampdoria, Genoa (loan), Torino, Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla
Transfer Fee: £8 million (2016, second spell)
Ciro Immobile has become Lazio’s all-time leading goalscorer and a Serie A legend, the Italian captain providing finishing, movement, and leadership across nine seasons at the Olimpico (spanning two spells). The 35-year-old’s finishing (14 goals in 2025/26) and conversion rate (25%) remain effective, though his minutes are now carefully managed. Immobile’s movement off the shoulder (2.9 shots per 90) and penalty-box instincts remain elite. His leadership, formalised as club captain, manages Lazio’s dressing room through veteran authority and professional standards. Immobile’s contract runs through 2028, with a coaching role likely thereafter. Immobile’s performance against Roma in the Derby della Capitale—scoring the winner—cemented his Lazio legend status.
2. Valentín Castellanos
Nationality: Argentine
Former Clubs: New York City, Girona (loan)
Transfer Fee: £10 million (2024)
Valentín Castellanos has become Lazio’s primary striking weapon following Immobile’s reduced role, the Argentine providing physicality, hold-up play, and finishing that has silenced pre-transfer sceptics. The 27-year-old’s finishing (16 goals in 2025/26) and hold-up play (74% success receiving back to goal) provide consistent scoring threat. Castellanos’s work rate pressing centre-backs (10.8 pressures per 90) sets Lazio’s defensive tone from the front. Castellanos’s contract runs through 2029.
3. Mattia Zaccagni
Nationality: Italian
Former Clubs: Hellas Verona
Transfer Fee: £7 million (2022)
Mattia Zaccagni has become Lazio’s primary creative wide threat, the Italian international providing dribbling, crossing, and finishing from the left flank across four seasons at the club. The 30-year-old’s dribbling (3.7 successful take-ons per 90) and finishing (9 goals in 2025/26) provide consistent threat. His creativity (8 assists) and crossing (38% accuracy) add significant value. Zaccagni’s contract runs through 2029.
4. Gustav Isaksen
Nationality: Danish
Former Clubs: Midtjylland
Transfer Fee: £10 million (2023)
Gustav Isaksen has emerged as a reliable right-wing option following patient integration, the Danish international providing pace, dribbling, and end product from the right flank. The 24-year-old’s dribbling (3.5 successful take-ons per 90) and finishing (6 goals in 2025/26) provide functional depth. Isaksen’s contract runs through 2029.
5. Pedro
Nationality: Spanish
Former Clubs: Barcelona, Chelsea, Roma
Transfer Fee: Free transfer (2021)
Pedro, now 38, has accepted a veteran rotational role following his free transfer from Roma, providing Spanish international experience, Champions League-winning pedigree (2009, 2011, 2015), and wide depth. The veteran’s finishing (4 goals in 2025/26 in limited minutes) and creativity remain effective. Pedro’s contract expires in 2027, with retirement likely.
6. Loum Tchaouna
Nationality: French (Chadian descent)
Former Clubs: Rennes, Salernitana
Transfer Fee: £7 million (2024)
Loum Tchaouna has provided wide depth following his arrival from Salernitana, offering French pace, dribbling, and potential. The 22-year-old’s contract runs through 2029.
7. Diego González
Nationality: Spanish
Former Clubs: Lazio academy
Transfer Fee: Academy graduate
Diego González has graduated from Lazio’s youth setup to emergency forward depth following promising development. The 21-year-old’s contract runs through 2029.
Conclusion
Lazio’s 2025/26 squad represents the most balanced and tactically coherent group assembled since the Scudetto-winning campaign of 1973/74, a testament to Marco Baroni’s coaching, the recruitment team’s intelligence (Guendouzi, Rovella, Castellanos), and the club’s ability to retain veteran leaders (Immobile, Romagnoli, Zaccagni). The defence, anchored by Alessio Romagnoli’s Italian composure and Mario Gila’s Spanish physicality, provides platform for Baroni’s transitional, attacking system. The midfield, dominated by Mattéo Guendouzi’s French energy and Nicolò Rovella’s Italian passing, controls matches through pressing, physicality, and technical quality. The attack, headlined by Valentín Castellanos’s Argentine physicality and Mattia Zaccagni’s Italian creativity, carries genuine goal threat against any opponent. Crucially, Lazio has balanced immediate competitiveness with financial sustainability; Guendouzi, Rovella, and Gila represent significant resale value while contributing immediately, while Immobile’s legacy provides emotional connection. The looming challenge involves breaking Juventus, Inter, Milan, and Napoli’s stranglehold on Champions League qualification—and finally mounting a serious Scudetto challenge after decades of near-misses. Yet the Stadio Olimpico’s legendary atmosphere, amplified by the Curva Nord’s passionate supporters, provides emotional fuel. Lazio no longer hopes merely to compete for Europe; they expect to challenge consistently. This squad appears equipped to deliver another European qualification campaign and perhaps more. Forza Lazio.
