Sergiu Suciu (born 8 May 1990) is a Romanian professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club

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Club career

Sergiu moved to

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with his parents at the age of 13 and soon became affiliated with

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under club president Franco Cimminelli in 2003. However, due to lack of Italian residency he was unable to play in any official matches for some time. After several years with the

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, he stood out as one of the best players at the prestigious

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in 2009, scoring a brace against

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. After making the bench several times for the senior side, he made his

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debut for Torino on 31 May 2009 in a game against

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when he came on as a last-minute substitute for Tommaso Vailatti. Torino were relegated at the end of the season and Sergiu was loaned to third division team Legnano, headed by former Torino youth coach Beppe Scienza. He was recalled by Torino on 1 February 2011 to play in the

, but his season was abruptly ended after rupturing the ACL in his left knee. On 3 January 2011, he signed a new —year contract, but was loaned again to

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in Prima Divisione. After attaining his Italian passport in the Summer of 2011, he became part of the Torino first team under

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. He made his debut in

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on 24 September 2011 as a substitute during Torino- Nocerina. On 30 September 2011, he scored his first goal of the season in a 1–2 victory away to

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, but also injuring himself for 45 days. On 26 May 2012 he was injured once again during Albinoleffe-Torino, tearing a ligament after a clash with an opponent. On 31 January 2013 he was loaned to Juve Stabia in

. He debuted as a starter on 2 February in the away fixture against

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, remaining on the pitch for the full 90 minutes and showed a great performance for the decisive victory of 2–1 for ''The Wasps''. He scored his first goal on 19 May in an away game to Crotone (the momentary 1–3). He returned to Turin at the end of the season but on 8 July, he was again loaned to the club from

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. The following year he was loaned to Crotone. On 5 August 2015 he moved to Lecce in

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with an obligation to purchase his contract in case of promotion to

. In the summer of 2016 he moved to Pordenone. On 15 February 2021 he returned to Juve Stabia, now in

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. On 10 August 2022, Suciu signed with

club

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. On 4 January 2023, he moved to

on a 1.5-year contract.

Honours

AS Gubbio *

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at aic.football.it * {{DEFAULTSORT:Suciu, Sergiu 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Satu Mare Romanian emigrants to Italy Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Torino F.C. players A.C. Legnano players A.S. Gubbio 1910 players S.S. Juve Stabia players F.C. Crotone players U.S. Lecce players U.S. Cremonese players Pordenone Calcio players Venezia F.C. players U.S. Pistoiese 1921 players Liga I players AFC Chindia Târgoviște players S.E.F. Torres 1903 players A.C. Trento 1921 players Romanian expatriate footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Romania youth international footballers Romania under-21 international footballers