Simion Surdan

Simion Surdan
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-02-09)9 February 1940[1]
Place of birth Pustiniș, Uivar, Romania[1]
Date of death 10 July 2006(2006-07-10) (aged 66)[2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Central midfielder[1]
Youth career
1956–1957 CFR Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1963 CFR Timișoara 102 (25)
1963–1975 Politehnica Timișoara 282 (58)
Total 384 (83)
International career
1963–1966 Romania U23 7 (0)
1966 Romania 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 January 2020

Simion Surdan (9 February 1940 – 10 July 2006) was a Romanian footballer who played as a central midfielder for CFR Timișoara and Politehnica Timișoara.[1][3] While playing for Politehnica he scored one goal in the 1973–74 Cupa României final which was lost with 4–2 to Jiul Petroșani.[4][5] He also worked as a doctor.[6]

Club career

Surdan was born on 9 February 1940 in the Pustiniș village, part of the Uivar commune in the Timiș County of Romania.[1][2][6] He started playing junior-level football in 1956 at CFR Timișoara, one year later starting to play for the senior squad in Divizia B.[1][2][7] After six seasons he moved to neighboring club Politehnica where he made his Divizia A debut on 25 August 1963 under coach Nicolae Reuter in a 2–0 home win over Progresul București in which he scored once.[1][2][7][8] The team was relegated at the end of his first season, but Surdan stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first league after one year.[1][2] In the 1966–67 season he scored 12 goals, but Politehnica was relegated once again.[1][2] After six years spent in Divizia B, Surdan gained promotion once again with The White-Purples to the top division.[1][2] Subsequently, they reached the 1974 Cupa României final where coach Ion Ionescu used him the entire match in the 4–2 loss to Jiul Petroșani in which he scored once.[4] Surdan made his last Divizia A appearance on 4 May 1975 in a 2–0 away loss to Argeș Pitești, totaling 124 matches with 22 goals in the competition.[1][2]

International career

Between 1963 and 1966, Surdan made seven appearances for Romania's under-23 squad.[9]

Surdan played one game for Romania under coach Ilie Oană in a Euro 1968 qualifying match which ended with a 4–2 win against Switzerland.[10][11]

Death

He died on 10 July 2006 at the age of 66.[2][6][10]

Honours

Politehnica Timișoara

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Simion Surdan at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Simion Surdan at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ Simion Surdan at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ a b c "Romanian Cup - Season 1973 - 1974". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Ionel Bungău - amintiri din cariera sportivă" [Ionel Bungău - memories from his career in sports] (in Romanian). Ziarultimisoara.ro. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Uivar" (in Romanian). Btc-egtc.eu. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Surdan" (in Romanian). Members.tripod.com. 3 November 1966. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Știința Timișoara vs Progresul Bucuresti 2-0". Labtof. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  9. ^ "Simion Surdan profile". 11v11.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Simion Surdan". European Football. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Romania - Switzerland 4:2". European Football. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

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