The Lazio captain, Ciro Immobile, has been hospitalised with back and rib injuries after his car was reportedly hit by a tram in Rome.

A statement from the club confirmed that the 33-year-old was being assessed at the city’s Gemelli university hospital. Photographs published by local media show police at the scene of a collision between a tram and a badly damaged Land Rover SUV, said to belong to Immobile.

A statement published on Lazio’s website read: “The medical staff of Lazio announces that, today, following a road accident, the footballer Ciro Immobile reported a sprain trauma of the spine and the compound fracture of the XI right rib.

“Conditions are currently good. The player remains under observation at the department of emergency medicine directed by Professor Francesco Franceschi of the Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS in Rome.”

On Friday evening Immobile played and scored as Lazio strengthened their hold on second place in Serie A with a 3-0 victory over Spezia.