Teodor Lucuță
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-05-02)2 May 1955
Place of birth București, Romania
Date of death 11 February 2013(2013-02-11) (aged 57)
Place of death București, Romania
Position(s) Left-back[1]
Youth career
Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1980 Dinamo București 128 (1)
1980–1981 Petrolul Ploiești
International career
1973 Romania U18[2] 1 (1)
1973–1977 Romania U21[2] 4 (0)
1974–1977 Romania U23[2] 7 (0)
1975–1979 Romania 4[lower-alpha 1] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Teodor Lucuță (2 May 1955 – 11 February 2013) was a Romanian footballer who played for Dinamo București and Petrolul Ploiești as a left-back.

Club career

Teodor Lucuță was born on 2 May 1955 in București, Romania.[1][4] He was a product of Dinamo București's youth center, winning the national junior title as the team's captain in the 1972–73 season, a season in which he also helped the club's senior team win the Divizia A title by playing five games, making his debut on 10 June 1973 in a 2–0 victory in the derby against Steaua București.[1][4] He spent a total of 8 seasons with The Red Dogs, helping the club win two more titles, in the first he played 3 games and in the second he appeared in 19 matches, his last Divizia A appearance taking place on 26 April 1980 in a 2–0 loss against FCM Galați, having a total of 128 matches played with one goal scored in the competition and 12 appearances in European competitions, leaving the club to play for Divizia B team, Petrolul Ploiești.[1][4] Teodor Lucuță died on 11 February 2013 at age 57.[1][4]

International career

Teodor Lucuță made three appearance for Romania, making his debut on 16 November 1975 under coach Valentin Stănescu in a 2–2 against Spain at the Euro 1976 qualifiers.[3][5] His following game was a friendly which ended 2–2 against Soviet Union and his third and final appearance for the national team took place on 4 April 1979 in a 2–2 against Spain at the Euro 1980 qualifiers.[3] He also played one game for Romania's Olympic team.[3][6]

Honours

Dinamo București

Notes

  1. Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Teodor Lucuță at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 3 "Teodor Lucuță profile". 11v11. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Teodor Lucuță". European Football. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Dinamo şi-a mai pierdut o legendă, Teodor Lucuţă a murit la 57 de ani" [Dinamo has lost another legend, Teodor Lucuta has died at the age of 57] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. "Teodor Lucuță". www.footballdatabase.eu.
  6. Teodor Lucuță at National-Football-Teams.com
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