Teodor Lucuță | |
Birth Date: | 1955 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | București, Romania |
Death Place: | București, Romania |
Position: | Left-back |
Youthclubs1: | Dinamo București |
Years1: | 1972–1980 |
Years2: | 1980–1981 |
Clubs1: | Dinamo București |
Clubs2: | Petrolul Ploiești |
Caps1: | 128 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 1973 |
Nationalteam1: | Romania U18[1] |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 1973–1977 |
Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 1974–1977 |
Nationalcaps3: | 7 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears4: | 1975–1979 |
Nationalcaps4: | 4 |
Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Teodor Lucuță (2 May 1955 – 11 February 2013) was a Romanian footballer who played for Dinamo București and Petrolul Ploiești as a left-back.
Teodor Lucuță was born on 2 May 1955 in București, Romania.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2] Teodor Lucuță died on 11 February 2013 at age 57.[2]
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] 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. He also played one game for Romania's Olympic team.
Dinamo București