Vitalij Lux

Vitalij Lux (Kyrgyz: Виталий Люкс, romanized: Vitaliy Lyuks; German pronunciation: [lʊks];[1][2] born 27 February 1989) is a professional footballer who plays 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.

Vitalij Lux
Lux with SpVgg Unterhaching in 2018
Personal information
Full name Vitalij Lux
Date of birth (1989-02-27) 27 February 1989
Place of birth Kara-Balta, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 TuS Geretsried
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2009 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– TuS Geretsried 19 (3)
International career‡
2015– Kyrgyzstan 31 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:10, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:30, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

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
YearAppsGoals
201571
201682
201741
201851
201963
Total308

International goals
Score and Result lists Kyrgyzstan goals first.[10]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 October 2015Spartak Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Bangladesh
1–0
2–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.29 March 2016Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Tajikistan
1–0
1–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.6 September 2016Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Philippines
1–2
1–2
Friendly
4.14 November 2017Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau Macau
2–0
4–3
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5.22 March 2018Incheon Football Stadium, Incheon, South Korea Myanmar
4–0
5–1
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6.16 January 2019Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Philippines
1–0
3–12019 AFC Asian Cup
7.
2–0
8.
3–0

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Der WM-Traum eines Weißenhorners (in German) fupa.net, published: 27 June 2015, accessed: 30 June 2015
  4. "Über Bahrain nach Jordanien: Die Abenteuer des Vitalij Lux". fupa.net. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  5. "SV Seligenporten 1:2 SpVgg Unterhaching". spvggunterhaching.de. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  6. "SSV Jahn Regensburg 1:5 SpVgg Unterhaching". spvggunterhaching.de. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  7. Состав Национальной сборной Кыргызстана (in Russian). ffkr.kg. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  8. "Bangladesh 1–3 Kyrgyzstan". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  9. "Kyrgyz Heartthrob Lux - The Asian Cup's Reluctant Sex Symbol". nationthailand.com.
  10. "Vitalij Lux". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.


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