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Ion Suru
Personal information
Date of birth	20 October 1927
Place of birth	Turda, Romania
Date of death	25 May 1979 (aged 51)
Position(s)	Left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1947–1948	CFR Turda
1948	Dermata Cluj
1949	CFR Cluj
1949–1950	Locomotiva București
1951–1959	Dinamo București
1959–1961	Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii
Total
International career
1950–1955	Romania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ion Suru (20 October 1927 – 1979) was a Romanian footballer.^[2] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Club career

Ion Suru was born on 20 October 1927 in Turda, Romania and he started playing football in 1947 at local club, CFR in Divizia B, after one year moving at Dermata Cluj, then going to play for CFR Cluj where on 3 April 1949 he made his Divizia A debut in a 3–0 away loss in front of CSU Timișoara.^[1] Shortly afterwards he went to play for Locomotiva București, then in 1951 he signed with Dinamo București where in his first season he scored a personal record of 10 goals, including one in a 6–2 win over rivals CCA București.^[1]^[4]^[5] He was used all the minutes by coach Angelo Niculescu in the 1954 Cupa României final which was lost by Dinamo with 2–0 in front of Metalul Reșița, then in the following season he helped the club win the first Divizia A title in its history, being used by Niculescu in 22 matches in which he scored seven goals.^[1]^[6]^[7] He also won the 1958–59 Cupa României but coach Iuliu Baratky did not use him in the 4–0 win over CSM Baia Mare from the final and played in the first European match of a Romanian team in the 1956–57 European Cup in the 3–1 victory against Galatasaray, scoring a goal in the 2–1 loss from the second leg, helping The Red Dogs go to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by CDNA Sofia, Suru playing in all four games of the campaign.^[1]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] On 10 May 1959, Suru played his last Divizia A match for Dinamo in a 1–0 loss in front of Steaua București, having a total of 174 matches in which he scored 37 goals in the competition.^[1]

International career

Ion Suru played 12 games and scored three goals at international level for Romania, making his debut on 8 October 1950 under coach Emerich Vogl in a friendly which ended with a 6–0 victory against Albania in which he closed the score.^[12]^[13] His following appearance for the national team was under Gheorghe Popescu at the 1952 Summer Olympics in a 2–1 loss in which he closed the score against eventual champions Hungary.^[12]^[14] His following two games were a 2–1 away win over Bulgaria and 1–0 home loss with Czechoslovakia at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers.^[12] All of his following games were friendlies, scoring a goal in a 3–2 loss with East Germany, his last appearance for the national team taking part on 9 October 1955 in a 1–1 with Bulgaria.^[12]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Ion Suru goal.^[12]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 October 1950	Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest, Romania	Albania	6–0	6–0	Friendly
2.	15 July 1952	Kupittaan Jalkapallostadion, Turku, Finland	Hungary	1–2	1–2	1952 Summer Olympics
3.	18 September 1955	Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania	East Germany	2–1	2–3	Friendly

Death

Ion Suru died on 25 May 1979 at age 51.^[1]

Honours

Dinamo București

Divizia A: 1955^[1]
Cupa României: 1958–59^[6]^[8]

Notes

^ The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Dinamo București are not official.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Ion Suru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
^ "Ion Suru". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ion Suru Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
^ "Cele mai frumoase victorii ale lui Dinamo în faţa Stelei" [Dinamo's most beautiful victories against Steaua] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1951". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Romanian Cup - Season 1954". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Romanian Cup 1958–59". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ "Finala Cupei României 1959: Dinamo – CSM Baia Mare 4-0" [The Cupei României Final 1959: Dinamo – CSM Baia Mare 4-0] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
^ "RETRO GSP. 64 de ani de la primul meci european al unei echipe românești. Dinamo i-a scos pe turci, apoi a urmat măcelul!" [RETRO GSP. 64 years since the first European match of a Romanian team. Dinamo took out the Turks, then the slaughter followed!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ "Ion Suru - Champions League 1956/1957". WorldFootball. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Ion Suru". European Football. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ "Romania - Albania 6:0". European Football. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ "Jocurile Olimpice de la Helsinki: Ungaria 2-1 România, 15 iulie 1952" [Helsinki Olympics: Hungary 2-1 Romania, July 15, 1952] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 8 June 2024.