Germán Lux

Germán Darío Lux (born 7 June 1982) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Club Atlético River Plate as a goalkeeper.

Germán Lux
Lux with Mallorca in 2011
Personal information
Full name Germán Darío Lux
Date of birth (1982-06-07) 7 June 1982
Place of birth Carcarañá, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 River Plate
Number 14
Youth career
1998–2001 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2007 River Plate 53 (0)
2007–2011 Mallorca 29 (0)
2011–2017 Deportivo La Coruña 106 (0)
2017– River Plate 12 (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 7 April 2019

After starting out at River Plate, he spent most of his career in Spain with Mallorca and Deportivo.

Club career

Lux was born in Carcarañá, Santa Fe Province. Nicknamed Poroto, he joined Club Atlético River Plate's youth ranks aged 16, and made his Primera División debut 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 beginning of the year he also lost his brother, who committed suicide.[1]

Lux signed a four-year deal with RCD Mallorca for the 2007–08 season, as a backup to youth graduate Miguel Ángel Moyá, but benefitted from an injury to the latter to appear in ten La Liga matches during the campaign. In his second year, the same occurred: Moyá was again downed with physical problems and Lux was promoted to starter,[2] but lost his job in January 2009 with the signing of 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 making a combined five league appearances. The same fate befell him in his next club, Deportivo La Coruña, where he played second-fiddle to Dani Aranzubia for two years.[3][4]

On 26 June 2017, ten years after leaving for Europe, 35-year-old Lux returned to River Plate on a three-year contract.[5]

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 Argentina national team, which netted 17.[6] During the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, however, he had a poor performance with the full side.[7]

Lux was left out of the squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and Óscar Ustari was picked instead.

Personal life

Lux's older brother, Javier, was also a footballer, playing as a midfielder for several teams in Argentina's Primera Division.[1]

Career statistics

Club
As of 2 December 2018[8]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Argentina League Cup League Cup South America Total
2001–02River PlatePrimera División300030
2003–0415020170
2004–056040100
2005–06280100380
2006–07202040
Spain League Copa del Rey Supercopa de España Europe Total
2007–08MallorcaLa Liga10040140
2008–0914030170
2009–10104050
2010–11404080
2011–12DeportivoSegunda División404080
2012–13La Liga402060
2013–14Segunda División37000370
2014–15La Liga702090
2015–16La Liga29000290
2016–17La Liga25000250
Argentina League Cup League Cup South America Total
2016–17River PlatePrimera División00303060
2017–18702020110
2018–1930000030
Total Argentina 64050230920
Spain 1350230001580
Career total 19902802302500

Honours

Club

River Plate

Deportivo

International

Argentina

References
  1. Quizás no sea el mejor momento para jugar (Perhaps this is not the best moment to play); ESPN Deportes, 22 January 2006 (in Spanish)
  2. Moyá: "No aguantaba el dolor y era mejor parar" (Moyá: "I could not take the pain and it was better to stop"); Diario AS, 3 November 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. Aranzubia quiere estar ante el Valladolid (Aranzubia wants to be against Valladolid); Marca, 3 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. Germán Lux abraza al Deportivo (Germán Lux embraces Deportivo); Vavel, 3 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. Germán Lux se marcha a River Plate (Germán Lux goes to River Plate); La Voz de Galicia, 26 June 2017 (in Spanish)
  6. Germán Lux – FIFA competition record
  7. Brazil claim Confederations Cup; UEFA, 29 June 2005
  8. "G. Lux". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
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