Romeo Surdu

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Romeo Surdu
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Surdu playing for Steaua in 2009
Personal information
Full name Romeo Constantin Surdu
Date of birth (1984-01-12) 12 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Brașov, Romania
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Winger, forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2005 Brașov 66 (18)
2005–2007 CFR Cluj 51 (16)
2007–2011 FCSB 65 (9)
2008–2009Brașov (loan) 21 (8)
2011–2012 Rapid București 37 (5)
2013 Apollon Limassol 16 (3)
2013–2014 Brașov 23 (4)
2014–2016 Milsami Orhei 42 (16)
2016–2017 Târgu Mureș 13 (0)
2017 RWD Molenbeek 6 (4)
2017–2018 Milsami Orhei 35 (3)
2019 Farul Constanța 10 (1)
2019–2020 SR Brașov 2 (2)
2020 Olimpic Cetate Râșnov 1 (0)
Total388(85)
International career
2003 Romania U-19 3 (0)
2004–2006 Romania U-21 11 (1)
2009–2011 Romania 6 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 SR Brașov (assistant)
2020 Milsami Orhei
2020 Olimpic Cetate Râșnov
2021 FC Brașov (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:31, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Romeo Constantin Surdu (born 12 January 1984) is a Romanian footballer and manager.

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Club career

Born in Brașov, Surdu began his football career at FC Brașov. During the summer of 2005 he was traded to CFR Cluj.

Steaua

On 22 August 2007, he signed a four-year contract with Steaua București. [1] On 2 September 2007 played his first match in Steaua's shirt against Unirea Urziceni. In the first season with the team he didn't make a direct impact, playing just 12 league games for the Bucharest team.

Loan to FC Braşov

For the 2008–09 season he was loaned to his former club FC Brașov where he had a fantastic season. He scored 8 goals, helping FC Brașov finish 1 point from qualifying for UEFA Europa League.

Return to Steaua

In the summer of 2009 he returned to Steaua București. Surdu scored the first goal in Steaua's shirt against Újpest in the second qualifying round of Europa League, on 16 July 2009. He scored his first goal for Steaua in Liga I in a draw against his former team CFR Cluj, after an assist by Bogdan Stancu.[ citation needed ] He scored on 23 August 2009 the only goal in Steaua's victory against Oțelul Galați. In the second year with the team he won a place in the starting 11 and played with Steaua București in the UEFA Europa League.

In the second round, he scored the victory goal for Steaua against FC U Craiova. Steaua won home with 2–1. In the fifth round, he scored his first brace at Steaua against FC Vaslui, first goal in 5th minute and the last goal in the 55th minute, Steaua winning away with 3–0.

In June 2011, Surdu left Steaua.

Rapid

On 5 June 2011, Surdu signed a two-year contract with Rapid Bucharest. He made his debut on July in a 3–0 win over FC Vaslui scoring the second goal of the game. He ended his contract by mutual agreement in December 2012, after the club was placed under administration.

Apollon Limassol

In January 2013, Surdu signed a contract for 18 months with Apollon Limassol, in the Cypriot First Division. [2]

FC Braşov

On 5 September 2013, Surdu returns to Brașov and he signed a contract for one year.

Milsami Orhei

In July 2014, he moved to FC Milsami Orhei, in the Republic of Moldova.

International career

Surdu played as a youth for the Romania U-19, as well as the Romania U-21.

In August 2009 he was call-up by the Răzvan Lucescu in the Romanian against Hungary. He made his debut for Romania on 12 August 2009 against Hungary, coming on in the 46th minute to replace Ionel Dănciulescu. He has since the played six games for the national side.

Coaching career

On 14 February 2020 it was confirmed, that Surdu had returned to FC Milsami Orhei in his first experience as head coach. [3] However, Surdu decided to resign two weeks later, on 3 March 2020. Surdu later explained, that he coached the team without signing a contract with the club. After two weeks, they were about to sign a contract but didn't agree on the duration of the deal, which led him to leave the club. [4]

Career statistics

Club

(Correct as of 6 August 2015)

ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Brașov
2001–02 30000030
2002–03 1110000111
2003–04 2481000258
2004–05 2891000299
Total661820006818
CFR Cluj
2005–06 2261000236
2006–07 291010003010
Total511620005316
Steaua București
2007–08 1202000140
FC Brașov (loan)
2008–09 2180000218
Total2180000218
Steaua București
2009–10 32510101436
2010–11 2145180345
Total659811819111
Rapid București
2011–12 2855040375
2012–13 901041141
Total3756081516
Apollon Limassol
2012–13 1006300163
Total1006300163
FC Brașov
2013–14 2442100265
Total2442100265
Milsami Orhei
2014–15 231100002311
2015–16 1940010194
Total421500104315
Career total3167526527236982

Honours

Club

Steaua București

Apollon Limassol

Milsami Orhei

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References

  1. A semnat Surdu!
  2. "Romeo Surdu – help for the offensive". apollon.com.cy. Apollon Limassol. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. Romeo Surdu trece la meseria de antrenor principal. Ce echipă va conduce, digisport.ro, 14 February 2020
  4. Romeo Surdu nu s-a înţeles cu Milsami şi a revenit la Braşov!, monitorulexpres.ro, 5 March 2020