[1] Sukenik was born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Empire and immigrated to Mandatory Palestine with his family in 1923.
[2] A keen footballer, he joined Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team, Nordia.
[2] With the Hapoel Tel Aviv, Sukenik won 4 championships and 5 cups.
[5] Sukenik retired in 1940, as he felt that playing football was damaging his feet and settled in Ramat Gan, where he worked as a builder.
He tried his hand in coaching Hapoel Ramat Gan, but quit the position as he considered his players weren't making the effort to train properly and quit football altogether.