Romeo Surdu

Romeo Surdu

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Personal information
Full name	Romeo Constantin Surdu
Date of birth	(1984-01-12) 12 January 1984
Place of birth	Brașov, Romania
Height
Position(s)	Winger / Forward
Team information
Current team	Milsami Orhei
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2005	Brașov	66	(18)
2005–2007	CFR Cluj	51	(16)
2007–2011	Steaua București	65	(9)
2008–2009	→ Brașov (loan)	21	(8)
2011–2012	Rapid București	37	(5)
2013	Apollon Limassol	16	(3)
2013–2014	Brașov	23	(4)
2014–	Milsami Orhei	35	(13)
International career‡
2003	Romania U-19	3	(0)
2004–2006	Romania U-21	11	(1)
2009–2011	Romania	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 October 2011

Romeo Constantin Surdu (born 12 January 1984 in Brașov) is a Romanian footballer, who plays currently for Milsami Orhei.

Club career

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 4-year contract with Steaua București. 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. 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 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. This is his first experience abroad.

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.

On 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.

Career statistics

Club

(Correct as of 6 August 2015)

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Brașov
	2001–02	3	0	?	?	0	0	3	0
	2002–03	11	1	?	?	0	0	11	1
	2003–04	24	8	?	?	0	0	24	8
	2004–05	28	9	?	?	0	0	28	9
Total		66	18	?	?	0	0	66	18
CFR Cluj
	2005–06	22	6	?	?	0	0	22	6
	2006–07	29	10	?	?	0	0	29	10
Total		51	16	?	?	0	0	51	16
Steaua București
	2007–08	12	0	?	?	0	0	12	0
FC Braşov (loan)
	2008–09	21	8	?	?	0	0	21	8
Total		21	8	?	?	0	0	21	8
Steaua București
	2009–10	32	5	?	?	10	1	42	6
	2010–11	21	4	5	1	8	0	34	5
Total		65	9	5	1	18	1	88	11
Rapid București
	2011–12	28	5	5	0	4	0	37	5
	2012–13	9	0	1	0	4	1	14	1
Total		37	5	6	0	8	1	51	6
Apollon Limassol
	2012–13	10	0	6	3	0	0	16	3
Total		10	0	6	3	0	0	16	3
FC Braşov
	2013–14	4	3	1	1	0	0	5	4
Total		4	3	1	1	0	0	5	4
Milsami Orhei
	2014–15	23	11	0	0	0	0	23	11
	2015–16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total		23	11	0	0	1	0	24	11
Career total		277	70	18	5	27	2	373	66

Honours

Club

Steaua Bucureşti

• Romanian Cup: 2010–11

Apollon Limassol

• Cypriot Cup: 2012–13

Milsami Orhei

• Moldovan National Division: 2014–15

External links

• Romeo Surdu's career – romanianSoccer.ro
• Romeo Surdu at Soccerway