Slavko Šurdonja

Slavko Šurdonja (1 October 1912 in Sušak – 8 January 1943 in Belgrade) was a Croatian, Yugoslav international, football player.

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 midfilder in his hometown club NK Orijent 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 in middle of World War II, very young, with only 29 years, from then incurable tuberculosis, in great poverty and hunger.

National team

Beside having played three matches for the Belgrade city selection, he played one match for the Yugoslavia national football team. It was in Warsaw on 10 September 1933 against Poland ( 3-4 loss ) and he played as right midfielder.

Honours

• BSK Belgrade
  • 3 times Yugoslav First League Champion: 1932-33, 1934-35 and 1935-36

External sources

• Profile at Serbian Federation site