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

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player.

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

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and spend some time playing in Zagreb's club 1.HŠK Građanski but, his best years were spent playing in BSK Beograd, from 1932 until 1940, where he won three national Championships. He played one season for SK Bata Borovo in 1940, and ended his career having already health problems in Belgrade's BASK 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

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. 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 League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

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

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* * 1912 births 1943 deaths Footballers from Rijeka Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's 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