Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vitalij Lux | ||
Date of birth | 27 February 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Kara-Balta, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2009 | FV Weißenhorn 1920 | ||
2009–2010 | TSG Thannhausen | ||
2010–2014 | FV Illertissen | 102 | (42) |
2014–2015 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 10 | (0) |
2015–2016 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 26 | (10) |
2016–2018 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 42 | (9) |
2018–2019 | SSV Ulm | 35 | (3) |
2020 | Türkspor Neu-Ulm | 2 | (1) |
2020–2023 | TuS Geretsried | 19 | (3) |
International career | |||
2015–2019 | Kyrgyzstan | 32 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vitalij Lux (Kyrgyz: Виталий Люкс, romanized: Vitaliy Lyuks; German pronunciation: [lʊks];[1][2] born 27 February 1989) is a professional footballer who last played as a forward for Landesliga Bayern-Südost club TuS Geretsried and the Kyrgyzstan national team. Lux holds both German and Kyrgyz citizenship, and has represented Kyrgyzstan internationally since 2015.
Early life
Lux was born in Kara-Balta, Soviet Union, but was raised in Ulm, Germany, where he moved to when he was six years old.[3][4]
Club career
Lux scored his first goal for SpVgg Unterhaching, in a 6–0 win against FC Augsburg II.
He helped Unterhaching get to the final of the 2015–16 Bavarian Cup, scoring a brace in the quarter-finals against Seligenporten,[5] and another two goals in the semifinals against Jahn Regensburg.[6]
International career
Lux was called up in May 2015 by Aleksandr Krestinin to represent Kyrgyzstan national football team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Bangladesh and Australia.[7] He made his debut in a 3–1 victory against Bangladesh, playing the full match.[8]
Lux helped Kyrgyzstan reach their first major tournament, the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, where they reached the Round of 16.[9]
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 16 January 2019[10]
Kyrgyzstan national team | ||
Year | Apps | Goals |
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2015 | 7 | 1 |
2016 | 8 | 2 |
2017 | 4 | 1 |
2018 | 5 | 1 |
2019 | 6 | 3 |
Total | 30 | 8 |
International goals
- Score and Result lists Kyrgyzstan goals first.[10]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 13 October 2015 | Spartak Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | Bangladesh | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 29 March 2016 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Tajikistan | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3. | 6 September 2016 | Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | Philippines | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
4. | 14 November 2017 | Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau | Macau | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
5. | 22 March 2018 | Incheon Football Stadium, Incheon, South Korea | Myanmar | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
6. | 16 January 2019 | Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Philippines | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
7. | 2–0 | |||||
8. | 3–0 |
References
- ↑ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. p. 569. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
- ↑ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 713. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
- ↑ Der WM-Traum eines Weißenhorners (in German) fupa.net, published: 27 June 2015, accessed: 30 June 2015
- ↑ "Über Bahrain nach Jordanien: Die Abenteuer des Vitalij Lux". fupa.net. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ↑ "SV Seligenporten 1:2 SpVgg Unterhaching". spvggunterhaching.de. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ "SSV Jahn Regensburg 1:5 SpVgg Unterhaching". spvggunterhaching.de. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ Состав Национальной сборной Кыргызстана (in Russian). ffkr.kg. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ "Bangladesh 1–3 Kyrgyzstan". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ↑ "Kyrgyz Heartthrob Lux - The Asian Cup's Reluctant Sex Symbol". nationthailand.com.
- 1 2 "Vitalij Lux". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
External links
- Vitalij Lux at National-Football-Teams.com
- Vitalij Lux at Soccerway