Slavko Šurdonja (1 October 1912 – 8 January 1943) was a

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player who appeared for

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in international competitions.

Club career

He was famous as being a big, strong forward, with great ball control, excellent shot and an impeccable header. Slavko started playing as right midfielder in his hometown club

NK Orijent HNK Orijent is a football club from Sušak, the eastern part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia. The club was established under the name ''Orient'' in 1919. They compete in the Croatian Second Football League. It is a Phoenix club (sports), phoenix ...

and spend some time playing in Zagreb's club 1.HŠK Građanski but, his best years were spent playing in

BSK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma ...

, from 1932 until 1940, where he won three national Championships. He played one season for

SK Bata Borovo HNK Borovo is a Croatian football club based in the Borovo Naselje district of the city of Vukovar. Historic names *''SK Bata Borovo'' (1933–1941) *''HŠK Bata Borovo'' (1941–1945) *''FD Bata'' (1945–1946) *''SFD Slaven'' (1946–1954) *' ...

in 1940, and ended his career having already health problems in Belgrade's

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and SK Jedinstvo, where he played until 1943. He died in Belgrade during

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, at age 30, from

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, in great poverty and hunger.

International career

Beside having played three matches for the Belgrade city selection, he played one match for the

Yugoslavia national football team The Yugoslavia national football team; hr, Jugoslavenska nogometna reprezentacija; sl, Jugoslovanska nogometna reprezentanca; mk, Фудбалска репрезентација на Југославија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Jugosl ...

. It was in Warsaw on 10 September 1933 against Poland (3–4 loss) and he played as a right midfielder.

Honours

*BSK Belgrade **3 times

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

Champion: 1932–33, 1934–35 and 1935–36

References

External links

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Profile at Serbian Federation site
1912 births 1943 deaths Footballers from Rijeka Association football forwards Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers HNK Orijent players HŠK Građanski Zagreb players OFK Beograd players FK BASK players SK Jedinstvo Beograd players Yugoslav First League players 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Serbia {{Croatia-footy-forward-stub