Darío Dubois
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Darío Enrique Dubois | ||
Date of birth | March 10, 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Date of death | 17 March 2008[1] | (aged 37)||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994 | Yupanqui | 0 | (0) |
1995–1997 | Lugano | 20 | (1) |
1998–1999 | Ferrocarril Midland | 23 | (3) |
1999–2000 | Deportivo Riestra | 23 | (2) |
2000 | Deportivo Laferrere | 8 | (0) |
2001 | Cañuelas | 1 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Ferrocarril Midland | 30 | (3) |
2002–2004 | Victoriano Arenas | 37 | (4) |
2005 | Deportivo Paraguayo | 4 | (0) |
Total | 146 | (13) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Darío Enrique Dubois (born 10 March 1971), better known as Darío Dubois, was an Argentine footballer famous for playing in numerous games with corpse-paint makeup.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Due to this unusual characteristic, he became a famous and revered figure among those who like curious facts about football.[14][15][16]
Professional career
In total, Dubois played 146 games and scored 13 goals for clubs in the Primera C and Primera D categories,[17] fourth and fifth level of Argentine football respectively. He retired in 2005 after suffering a ligament injury in his knee and not earning enough money to perform the knee surgery.[18]
Death
Dubois was shot twice on March 17, 2008, as he left a club where he worked as an audio operator. The causes have unfortunately never been clarified.
References
- ^ "Diez años sin Darío Dubois". En Una Baldosa (in Spanish). 17 March 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Interview with Dario Dubois". enunabaldosa.com.
- ^ "Darío Dubois, El Rebelde Inolvidable". elcafediario.com.
- ^ "La marcha del guitarrazo solitario". pagina12.com.ar.
- ^ "Darío Dubois, el futbolista metalero que se pintaba la cara para enfrentar al poder". lanacion.com.ar.
- ^ "El futbolista metalero del Ascenso que rompió los moldes: de pintarse la cara y embarrar la camiseta para tapar a un auspiciante a su doloroso final". infobae.com.
- ^ "Darío Dubois, el emblemático personaje que pasó por Midland". lavoz.com.ar.
- ^ "Vida, mito y crimen del Loco Dubois, el futbolista que jugó con la cara pintada hasta que Grondona dijo basta". clarin.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "DARÍO DUBOIS, BLACK METAL Y MAQUILLAJE CONTRA LA CORRUPCIÓN". kodromagazine.com.
- ^ "Darío Dubois: Fútbol, barro y Black Metal". panenka.org.
- ^ "Darío Dubois, el "Loco" del rostro a lo King Diamond". futbolprimera.es.
- ^ ""Um palhaço que pinta a cara, mas se mata por uma camisa"". Ultima Divisão (in Portuguese). 19 January 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Dario Dubois, la tragica storia del calciatore clown". calciomercato.com (in Italian). 12 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Latinoamérica Fútbol Club: Darío Dubois". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 16 January 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Especiales: Darío Dubois". En Una Baldosa (in Spanish). 16 April 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "The forgotten story of ... Dario Dubois, Argentina's face-painted footballer". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "DARIO ENRIQUE DUBOIS". BDFA (Base de Datos Del Futbol Argentino) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Darío Dubois: a lenda do Ascenso argentino". linhadefundo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 October 2022.