Petro Ruçi

Petro Ruci (3 March 1957 – 2 July 2009) was an Albanian footballer who played as a defender for Flamurtari, Dinamo Tirana and the Albania national team.

Ruci 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] 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] Ruci died of a long illness in July 2009 in Athens, Greece, where he was scouting youth players.