{{short description|Romanian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Simion Surdan | image = Simion Surdan 1965 2 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 170px | fullname = <!-- if different --> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|02|09|df=y}}<ref name=RS>{{RomanianSoccer|4620/simion-surdan}}</ref> | birth_place = Pustiniș, Uivar, Romania<ref name=RS/> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|07|10|1940|02|09|df=y}}<ref name=NFT>{{NFT|37698}}</ref> | death_place = | height = 1.75 m<ref name=RS/> | position = Central midfielder<ref name=RS/> | 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 }}
'''Simion Surdan''' (9 February 1940 – 10 July 2006) was a Romanian footballer who played as a central midfielder for CFR Timișoara and Politehnica Timișoara.<ref name=RS/><ref>{{NFT|37698}}</ref> While playing for Politehnica he scored one goal in the 1973–74 Cupa României final which was lost with 4–2 to Jiul Petroșani.<ref name=final>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> He also worked as a doctor.<ref name=uivar>{{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}}</ref>
==Club career== Surdan was born on 9 February 1940 in the Pustiniș village, part of the Uivar commune in the Timiș County of Romania.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/><ref name=uivar/> He started playing junior-level football in 1956 at CFR Timișoara, one year later starting to play for the senior squad in Divizia B.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/><ref name=surdan>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/><ref name=surdan/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Labtof|url=https://www.labtof.ro/romania/1963-1964/divizia-a/1/politehnica-timisoara-168-vs-progresul-bucuresti-9-4969/|title=Știința Timișoara vs Progresul Bucuresti 2-0|access-date=10 October 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/> In the 1966–67 season he scored 12 goals, but Politehnica was relegated once again.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/> After six years spent in Divizia B, Surdan gained promotion once again with ''The White-Purples'' to the top division.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/> 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.<ref name=final/> 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.<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/>
==International career== Between 1963 and 1966, Surdan made seven appearances for Romania's under-23 squad.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/simion-surdan-168632/|title=Simion Surdan profile|publisher=11v11.com|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>
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.<ref name=EU>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=20426|title=Simion Surdan|publisher=European Football|access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=13804|title=Romania - Switzerland 4:2|publisher=European Football|access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref>
==Death== He died on 10 July 2006 at the age of 66.<ref name=NFT/><ref name=uivar/><ref name=EU/>
==Honours== '''Politehnica Timișoara''' *Divizia B: 1964–65, 1972–73<ref name=RS/> *Cupa României runner-up: 1973–74<ref name=final/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{WorldFootball.net|simion-surdan}} *[http://www.labtof.ro/profil/simion-surdan-3479/ Labtof profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Surdan, Simion}} Category:1940 births Category:2006 deaths Category:Romanian men's footballers Category:Romania men's international footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Liga I players Category:Liga II players Category:CSF CFR Timișoara players Category:FC Politehnica Timișoara players Category:Footballers from Timiș County Category:20th-century Romanian sportsmen