Marcelo Jesús Goux (born 21 September 1975 in

Lanús Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The city has a population of 212,152 (), and the Partido de Lan� ...

) is a former

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

defender who plays for

Gimnasia La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasia ...

Career

Goux started his professional playing career with

Huracán Huracan (; es, Huracán; myn, Hunraqan, "one legged"), often referred to as ''U Kʼux Kaj'', the "Heart of Sky", is a Kʼicheʼ people, Kʼicheʼ Maya mythology, Maya god of wind, storm, fire and one of the creator deities who participated in ...

on 11 August 1996 in a 2–1 defeat to Ferro Carril Oeste. After a brief stint with

Club Nacional de Football Club Nacional de Football (, ''National Football Club'' or simply as Nacional) is a Uruguayan professional sports club based in Montevideo. The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between ''Uruguay Athletic Club'' and ''Mon ...

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

he returned to Argentina to play for

Colón de Santa Fe Colón may refer to: Places ;Argentina * Colón, Entre Ríos * Colón Department, Córdoba * Colón Department, Entre Ríos * Colón, Buenos Aires ;Colombia * Colón, Nariño * Colón, Putumayo * Colón Department (Colombia) ;Costa Rica * Ciu ...

. In 2000, he joined

Belgrano de Córdoba Belgrano may refer to: People * Joaquín Belgrano (1773–1848), an Argentine patriot * José Denis Belgrano (1844–1917), Spanish painter * Joseph Belgrano (1762–1823), Argentine military officer and politician, brother of Manuel * Manuel Bel ...

and in 2002 he joined

where he played 167 league games, he left the club after claims that some Gimnasia fans had made death threats against their own players in order to make them lose a game in order to damage the title chances of local rival Estudiantes de La Plata. He rejoined

in 2007. He retired from active football soccer on June 30, 2012.

Personal

His younger brother,

Luciano Goux Luciano Sebastián Goux (born 27 January 1980) is an Argentinian football player, who plays for Defensores de Belgrano. Career He played the majority of his football in his native Argentina, with a stint in Malaysia in between. He played for Ma ...

is also a football player.

References

External links

Guardian statistics
*
Argentine Primera statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goux, Marcelo 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Lanús Argentine footballers Association football defenders Club Atlético Huracán footballers Club Atlético Colón footballers Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Club Nacional de Football players Argentine Primera División players Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Uruguay