Peter Lux (born 4 October 1962) is a German former professional

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Career

Lux began his senior career at

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

in 1981. After the club's relegation from the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

, he transferred to Hamburger SV. In total, Lux played eight seasons in the Bundesliga for Braunschweig, Hamburg, and Waldhof Mannheim, as well as one season in the first-tier

NOFV-Oberliga The NOFV- Oberliga is a division at step 5 of the German football league system. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, it became the successor of the DDR-Oberliga, and functions today as a 5th division in the former territory of East Germany and the ...

in former

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for Dynamo Dresden. He left Dresden during the winter break of the 1990–91 season to return to Braunschweig, now in the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

International career

Lux also represented

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at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

Honours

: runner-up 1986–87 * DFB-Pokal: 1986–87

Post-retirement

After retiring as a player, Lux became a

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coach, and also managed several amateur teams in the

Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel (; nds, Wulfenbüddel) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District. It is best known as the location of the internationally renowned Herzog August Library and for having the largest c ...

/ Salzgitter area.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lux, Peter 1962 births Living people People from Salzgitter Footballers from Lower Saxony German men's footballers German football managers Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Eintracht Braunschweig players Eintracht Braunschweig II players Hamburger SV players Dynamo Dresden players SV Waldhof Mannheim players Expatriate men's footballers in East Germany Olympic footballers for West Germany West German men's footballers Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics DDR-Oberliga players West German expatriate men's footballers