Javier Lux (born 10 July 1977, in

Carcarañá Carcarañá is a city in the , located in the San Lorenzo Department, on the southern banks of the Carcarañá River, west of Rosario on National Route 9, and south of the provincial capital. As of the it has about 22,000 inhabitants. Carcara ...

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) is a retired

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midfielder. His brother,

Germán Lux Germán Darío Lux (born 7 June 1982) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After starting out at River Plate, he spent most of his career in Spain with Mallorca and Deportivo. Club career River Plate Lux ...

, is a goalkeeper who has represented Argentina internationally.Quizás no sea el mejor momento para jugar (Perhaps this is not the best moment to play)

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Deportes, 22 January 2006

Club career

Lux started his career with

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in 1995. He was part of the squad that won the

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tournament in 2001. In 2002, he left to join

Talleres de Córdoba Club Atlético Talleres (; ), mostly known simply as Talleres ( in Rioplatense Spanish, Rioplatense accent and or in Cordobés Spanish, Cordobés accent; ), is an Football in Argentina, Argentine professional sports club based in the city of C ...

spending one season at the club before spending one season each at

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and Instituto de Córdoba. After a short spell with

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in 2006, Lux joined

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where he helped them to qualify for the

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for the first time in their history. Lux then moved down a division to play for Belgrano.

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* 1977 births Living people People from San Lorenzo Department Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers Club Atlético Banfield footballers Arsenal de Sarandí footballers Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Argentine people of German descent Footballers from Santa Fe Province 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub