Germán Darío Lux (born 7 June 1982) is a retired Argentine professional

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who last played for River Plate as a

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

Club career

Lux was born in

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. Nicknamed ''Poroto'', he joined

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'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

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and, a few months after, was cut from the squad by coach

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. In the beginning of the year he also lost his brother, who committed suicide.Quizás no sea el mejor momento para jugar (Perhaps this is not the best moment to play)

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, 22 January 2006 (in Spanish) 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

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matches during the campaign. In his second year, the same occurred: Moyá 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 Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...

. In the following two seasons, Lux was almost exclusively restricted to

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matches with Mallorca, only making a total of five league appearances. The same fate befell him in his next club, Deportivo La Coruña, where he played second-fiddle to

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

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. During the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, however, he had a poor performance with the full side. Lux was left out of the squad for the

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in Germany, and

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was picked instead.

Personal life

Lux's older brother,

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, was also a footballer. A

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, he played for several teams during his career.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

River Plate * Argentine Primera División: 2002 Clausura, 2004 Clausura * Copa Libertadores:

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* Recopa Sudamericana:

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Deportivo * Segunda División: 2011–12 Argentina Youth *

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: 2001 * Summer Olympic Games: 2004 *

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: 2004

References

External links

Deportivo official profile

Argentine League statistics
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