Vitalij Lux
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 Lux with SpVgg Unterhaching in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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]
