Germán Lux

Germán Lux
Personal information
Full name Germán Darío Lux
Date of birth 7 June 1982 (1982-06-07) (age 29)
Place of birth Carcarañá, Argentina
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Deportivo La Coruña
Number 13
Youth career
River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2007 River Plate 53 (0)
2007–2011 Mallorca 29 (0)
2011– Deportivo La Coruña 0 (0)
National team‡
2001 Argentina U20 5 (0)
2004 Argentina Olympic 9 (0)
2005– Argentina 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2011

Germán Darío Lux (born 7 June 1982 in Carcarañá, Santa Fe Province) - nicknamed Poroto - is an Argentine footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, as a goalkeeper.

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Club career

Lux joined Club Atlético River Plate's youth ranks aged 16, and made his first division debuts in 2001. Shortly after, he became first-choice.

In the 2006 Apertura, Lux lost his job to emergent talent Juan Pablo Carrizo and, a few months after, was cut from the squad by coach Daniel Passarella. In the beginnings of the year, he also lost his brother, who committed suicide.[1]

Lux signed a four-year deal with RCD Mallorca in 2007–08, as a backup to youth graduate Miguel Ángel Moyà, but benefitted from an injury to the latter to appear in 10 La Liga games during the season. In his second year, the same occurred: Moyà was again downed with physical problems, and Lux was promoted to starter, but lost his job in January 2009, with the signing of Israeli Dudu Aouate from Deportivo de La Coruña.

In the following two seasons, Lux was almost exclusively restricted to Copa del Rey matches with Mallorca, only amassing five league appearances combined.

International career

As a starter (all six matches, no goals conceded) during the 2004 Summer Olympics, Lux was instrumental in the gold medal triumph of the national team, which netted 17.[2]

During the 2005 Confederations Cup, he had a poor performance, allowing ten goals in five matches, four of them in the final.[3] Lux was left out of the Argentine squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, with coach José Pekerman deciding to pick Oscar Ustari instead.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina League Cup League Cup South America Total
2001–02 River Plate Argentine League 3 0 0 0 3 0
2003–04 15 0 2 0 17 0
2004–05 6 0 4 0 10 0
2005–06 28 0 10 0 38 0
2006–07 2 0 2 0 5 0
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Total
2007–08 Mallorca Spanish League 10 0 4 0 14 0
2008–09 14 0 3 0 17 0
2009–10 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total Argentina 54 0 18 0 72 0
Spain 25 0 7 0 32 0
Career total 79 0 7 0 18 0 104 0

Honors

Season Club Title
2001 Argentina Under-20 FIFA World Youth Championship
2004 Argentina Olympic Football Tournament

References

  1. ^ Quizás no sea el mejor momento para jugar (Perhaps this is not the best moment to play); ESPN Deportes, 22 January 2006 (Spanish)
  2. ^ Germán Lux – FIFA competition record
  3. ^ Brazil claim Confederations Cup; UEFA.com, 29 June 2005

External links

Deportivo de La Coruña – current squad