Germán Lux

Germán Lux

240px 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
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Deportivo La Coruña
Number	1
Youth career
1998–2001	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2007	River Plate	53	(0)
2007–2011	Mallorca	29	(0)
2011–	Deportivo La Coruña	71	(0)
International career
2001	Argentina U20	5	(0)
2004	Argentina Olympic	9	(0)
2005	Argentina	6	(0)
Medal record Representing Argentina Men's Football Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:30, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Germán Darío Lux (born 7 June 1982) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Deportivo de La Coruña as a goalkeeper.

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 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 beginning of the year he also lost his brother, who committed suicide.

Lux signed a four-year deal with RCD Mallorca for the 2007–08 season, as a backup to youth graduate Miguel Ángel Moyà, but benefitted from an injury to the latter to appear in ten La Liga games during the campaign. 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 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. The same fate befell him in his next club, Deportivo La Coruña, where he played second-fiddle to Daniel Aranzubia.

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.

During the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, he had a poor performance. Lux was left out of the Argentine squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and Óscar Ustari was picked instead.

Personal

Lux's older brother, Javier, is also a footballer. A midfielder, he played for several Argentine clubs during his career.

Club statistics

As of 9 January 2016

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	Primera División	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	4	0
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Supercopa de España		Europe		Total
2007–08	Mallorca	La Liga	10	0	4	0					14	0
2008–09			14	0	3	0					17	0
2009–10			1	0	4	0					5	0
2010–11			4	0	4	0					8	0
2011–12	Deportivo	Segunda División	4	0	4	0					8	0
2012–13		La Liga	4	0	2	0					6	0
2013–14		Segunda División	37	0	0	0					37	0
2014–15		La Liga	7	0	2	0					9	0
2015–16		La Liga	19	0	0	0					19	0
Total	Argentina		54	0					18	0	72	0
	Spain		100	0	23	0					123	0
Career total			154	0	23	0			18	0	195	0

Honours

Club

River Plate

• Argentine Primera División: 2002 Clausura, 2004 Clausura

Deportivo

• Segunda División: 2011–12

Country

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2001
• Summer Olympic Games: 2004

External links

• Deportivo official profile (Spanish)
• Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
• Germán Lux profile at BDFutbol
• Germán Lux at National-Football-Teams.com