Simion Surdan

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| name = Simion Surdan

| image = Simion Surdan 1965 2 (cropped).jpg

| image_size = 170px

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|02|09|df=y}}{{RomanianSoccer|4620/simion-surdan}}

| birth_place = Pustiniș, Uivar, Romania

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|07|10|1940|02|09|df=y}}{{NFT|37698}}

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| height = 1.75 m

| position = Central midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1956–1957 |youthclubs1 = CFR Timișoara

| years1 = 1957–1963 |clubs1 = CFR Timișoara |caps1 = 102 |goals1 = 25

| years2 = 1963–1975 |clubs2 = Politehnica Timișoara |caps2 = 282 |goals2 = 58

| totalcaps = 384 | totalgoals = 83

| nationalyears1 = 1963–1966 | nationalteam1 = Romania U23 | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1966 | nationalteam2 = Romania | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| pcupdate = 17 January 2020

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Simion Surdan (9 February 1940 – 10 July 2006) was a Romanian footballer who played as a central midfielder for CFR Timișoara and Politehnica Timișoara.{{NFT|37698}} While playing for Politehnica he scored one goal in the 1973–74 Cupa României final which was lost with 4–2 to Jiul Petroșani.{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1973_1974.shtml|title=Romanian Cup - Season 1973 - 1974|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=17 January 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://www.ziarultimisoara.ro/oamenii-cetatii/3210-ionel-bungau-amintiri-din-cariera-sportiva | title=Ionel Bungău - amintiri din cariera sportivă| publisher=Ziarultimisoara.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Ionel Bungău - memories from his career in sports| date=24 February 2017 | access-date=17 January 2020}} He also worked as a doctor.{{cite web | url=http://www.btc-egtc.eu/ro/membrii/roman-tagok-ro/uivar | title=Uivar| publisher=Btc-egtc.eu| language=Romanian | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417025612/http://www.btc-egtc.eu/ro/membrii/roman-tagok-ro/uivar|access-date=17 January 2020| archive-date=17 April 2014}}

Club career

Simion Surdan was born on 9 February 1940 in the Pustiniș village, part of the Uivar commune from the Timiș County of Romania. He started playing junior level football in 1956 at CFR Timișoara, one year later starting to play for the senior squad in Divizia B.{{cite web | url=https://members.tripod.com/margareta_morar/Surdan.htm | title=Surdan| publisher=Members.tripod.com| language=Romanian | date=3 November 1966 | access-date=31 December 2024}} After six seasons he moved to neighboring club, Politehnica where he made his Divizia A debut on 25 August 1963 in a 2–0 home win over Progresul București in which he scored once. The team relegated at the end of his first season but Surdan stayed with the club, helping it promote back to the first league after one year. In the 1966–67 season he scored 12 goals but Politehnica were relegated once again. After six years spent in Divizia B, Surdan was promoted once again with The White-Purples to the top division, reaching afterwards the 1974 Cupa României final where coach Ion Ionescu used him in the whole match in the eventual 4–2 loss in front of Jiul Petroșani in which he scored once. Surdan made his last Divizia A appearance on 4 May 1975 in a 2–0 away loss against Argeș Pitești, having a total of 124 matches with 22 goals scored in the competition.

International career

Between 1963 and 1966, Simion Surdan made seven appearances for Romania's under-23 squad.{{cite news|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/simion-surdan-168632/|title=Simion Surdan profile|publisher=11v11.com|access-date=31 December 2024}}

Surdan played one game at international level for Romania's national team under coach Ilie Oană in a Euro 1968 qualifying match which ended with a 4–2 win against Switzerland.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=20426|title=Simion Surdan|publisher=European Football|access-date=17 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=13804|title=Romania - Switzerland 4:2|publisher=European Football|access-date=17 January 2020}}