Darío Enrique Dubois (10 March 1971 - 17 March 2008), 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] Due to this unusual characteristic, he became a famous and revered figure among those who like curious facts about football.[10][11]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darío Enrique Dubois | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 17 March 2008 (aged 37)[1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
Professional career
editIn total, Dubois played 146 games and scored 13 goals for clubs in the Primera C and Primera D categories,[12] fourth and fifth level of Argentine football respectively. In 1999, as a player for Ferrocarril Midland, before a match against Argentino de Merlo, Dubois took the field wearing corpse paint, a style of makeup used by black metal musicians, a subgenre of heavy metal music he admired.[13][14] He would do it again in 13 matches until the Argentine Football Association issued a regulation prohibiting the practice. Dubois retired in 2005 after suffering a ligament injury in his knee and not earning enough money to perform the knee surgery.[15]
Death
editDubois was shot twice on 2 March 2008, as he left a club where he worked as an audio operator in La Matanza Partido. After two weeks in hospital, Dubois died on March 17. The causes have unfortunately never been clarified.[16][17]
References
edit- ↑ "Diez años sin Darío Dubois". En Una Baldosa (in Spanish). 17 March 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ↑ "Darío Dubois, El Rebelde Inolvidable". elcafediario.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023.
- ↑ "La marcha del guitarrazo solitario". pagina12.com.ar. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023.
- ↑ "Darío Dubois, el futbolista metalero que se pintaba la cara para enfrentar al poder". lanacion.com.ar. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023.
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023.
- ↑ "Darío Dubois, el emblemático personaje que pasó por Midland". lavoz.com.ar. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023.
- ↑ "Vida, mito y crimen del Loco Dubois, el futbolista que jugó con la cara pintada hasta que Grondona dijo basta". clarin.com (Archived). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Darío Dubois, el "Loco" del rostro a lo King Diamond". futbolprimera.es. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023.
- ↑ ""Um palhaço que pinta a cara, mas se mata por uma camisa"". Ultima Divisão (in Portuguese). 19 January 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ↑ "Latinoamérica Fútbol Club: Darío Dubois". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ↑ "Especiales: Darío Dubois". En Una Baldosa (in Spanish). 16 April 2005. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ↑ "DARIO ENRIQUE DUBOIS". BDFA (Base de Datos Del Futbol Argentino) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ↑ "DARÍO DUBOIS, BLACK METAL Y MAQUILLAJE CONTRA LA CORRUPCIÓN". kodromagazine.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023.
- ↑ "Darío Dubois: Fútbol, barro y Black Metal". panenka.org. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023.
- ↑ "Darío Dubois: a lenda do Ascenso argentino". linhadefundo.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ↑ "Dario Dubois, la tragica storia del calciatore clown". calciomercato.com (in Italian). 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ↑ "The forgotten story of ... Dario Dubois, Argentina's face-painted footballer". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2022.