Germán Darío Lux (born June 7, 1982 in Carcarañá, Santa Fe Province) - nicknamed Poroto - is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for RCD Mallorca, as a goalkeeper.

[edit] Club career

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

Lux signed a four-year deal with RCD Mallorca in 2007–08, as a backup to youth graduate Miguel Àngel Moyà, but benefitted from an injury to the latter to appear in 10 games during the season. 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 Israeli Dudu Aouate from Deportivo de La Coruña.

[edit] International career

As a starter (all six matches, no goals conceded) during the 2004 Summer Olympics, Lux was instrumental in the the gold medal triumph of the national team, which netted 17.

During the 2005 Confederations Cup, he had a poor performance, allowing ten goals in five matches, four of them in the final.^[1] Lux was left out of the Argentine squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, with coach José Pekerman deciding to pick Oscar Ustari instead.

[edit] Club statistics

[edit] Honors

Season	Club	Title
2001	Argentina Under-20	FIFA World Youth Championship
2004	Argentina	Olympic football Gold medal

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Guardian statistics
• Unofficial site (Spanish)

Germán Lux international tournaments v • d • e Argentina squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up 1 Franco • 2 Samuel • 3 Sorín • 4 Zanetti • 5 Cambiasso • 6 Heinze • 7 Tévez • 8 Riquelme • 9 Saviola • 10 Aimar • 11 Delgado • 12 Lux • 13 G.J. Rodríguez • 14 Milito • 15 Placente • 16 Coloccini • 17 Bernardi • 18 Santana • 19 Maxi Rodríguez • 20 Demichelis • 21 Figueroa • 22 Galletti • 23 Caballero • Coach: Pekerman v • d • e Argentina squad – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalists 1 Caballero • 2 Ayala • 3 Heinze • 4 Fernández • 5 K. Gonzalez • 6 Coloccini • 7 Saviola • 8 Mascherano • 9 Figueroa • 10 Tévez • 11 Delgado • 12 Rosales • 13 Rodríguez • 14 Medina • 15 D'Alessandro • 16 L. González • 17 M. González • 18 Lux • Coach: Bielsa