Romeo Surdu
# Romeo Surdu

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

## 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. 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 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.

**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. 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.

## Career statistics

### Club

(Correct as of 6 August 2015)

| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| FC Brașov |
| FC Brașov | 2001–02 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FC Brașov | 2002–03 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| FC Brașov | 2003–04 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 |
| FC Brașov | 2004–05 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 |
| Total | Total | 66 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 18 |
| CFR Cluj |
| CFR Cluj | 2005–06 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 |
| CFR Cluj | 2006–07 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10 |
| Total | Total | 51 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 16 |
| Steaua București |
| Steaua București | 2007–08 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| FC Brașov (loan) |
| FC Brașov (loan) | 2008–09 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 |
| Total | Total | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 |
| Steaua București |
| Steaua București | 2009–10 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 6 |
| Steaua București | 2010–11 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| Total | Total | 65 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 91 | 11 |
| Rapid București |
| Rapid București | 2011–12 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 5 |
| Rapid București | 2012–13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 37 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 51 | 6 |
| Apollon Limassol |
| Apollon Limassol | 2012–13 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| FC Brașov |
| FC Brașov | 2013–14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| Total | Total | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| Milsami Orhei |
| Milsami Orhei | 2014–15 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 |
| Milsami Orhei | 2015–16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| Total | Total | 42 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 15 |
| Career total | Career total | 316 | 75 | 26 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 369 | 82 |

## Honours

### Club

Steaua București

* Romanian Cup: 2010–11

Apollon Limassol

* Cypriot Cup: 2012–13

Milsami Orhei

* Moldovan National Division: 2014–15
* Moldovan Cup: 2017–18
