Petre Sucitulescu (died 20 September 1941) was a

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n football defender and a

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soldier. Sucitulescu was one of the five players who played for

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and were incorporated to fight for the

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. With the exception of

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, the others, Gicu Cristescu, Traian Ionescu and Andrei Alecu died. In September 1941 Sucitulescu died while fighting in Dalnik on the Eastern Front.

International career

Petre Sucitulescu played four games at international level for

. He made his debut at the

1934–35 Balkan Cup The 1934–35 Balkan Cup was the fifth Balkan Cup football tournament. The national teams of Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania took part and it was won by Yugoslavia. The host of the tournament was Greece and they lost the trophy on the fina ...

under coach Alexandru Săvulescu, playing in two games, the first one was a 3–2 victory against

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and the second was a 4–0 loss against

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. His following two games were at the

1935 Balkan Cup The 1935 Balkan Cup was the sixth Balkan Cup football tournament. The national teams of Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania took part and it was won by Yugoslavia. At the end of the tournament, Yugoslavia were declared winners because of thei ...

, appearing in a 2–0 loss against

and in 4–0 loss against

Honours

Unirea Tricolor București *

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: 1938–39 *

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runner-up: 1935–36

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External links

Petre Sucitulescu player profile
at Labtof.ro {{DEFAULTSORT:Sucitulescu, Petre Year of birth missing 1941 deaths Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players Unirea Tricolor București players Olympia București players FC Sportul Studențesc București players Romanian military personnel killed in World War II Place of birth missing