Petro Ruçi
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 March 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Vlorë, Albania | ||
Date of death | 2 July 2009 52) | (aged||
Place of death | Athens, Greece | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Flamurtari | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975– | Flamurtari | ||
1982–1984 | Dinamo Tirana | ||
1984–1989 | Flamurtari | ||
National team | |||
1982-1983 | Albania | 8 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Petro Ruçi (3 March 1957 – 2 July 2009) was an Albanian football defender.
Club career
Ruçi had a spell at Dinamo Tirana and was part of Flamurtari's golden team of the mid-1980s who played Spanish giants FC Barcelona in two successive UEFA Cup seasons.[1][2]
International career
He made his debut for Albania in a September 1982 European Championship qualification match against Austria and earned a total of 8 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 1983 European Championship qualification match against West Germany.[3]
Death
Ruçi died of a long illness in July 2009 in Athens, Greece, where he was scouting youth players.[4]
Honours
- Albanian Cup: 2
References
- ↑ Kujtojmë kohën kur Barcelona e madhe ishte mposhtur nga Flamurtari i Vlorës - Telegrafi (in Albanian)
- ↑ Report - UEFA
- ↑ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
- ↑ U nda nga jeta mjeshtri i sportit Petro Ruci - Peshku pa uje (in Albanian)
- ↑ Albania - Albania - List of Cup Finals - RSSSF
External links
- Petro Ruçi at National-Football-Teams.com
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