Slavko Šurdonja

Slavko Šurdonja
Personal information
Date of birth	1 October 1912
Place of birth	Sušak, Austro-Hungary
Date of death	8 January 1943 (aged 30)
Place of death	Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Forward or; Right midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Ortijent Rijeka
0000–1932	Građanski Zagreb
1932–1940	BSK Belgrade
1940–1941	SK Bata Borovo
1941–1942	BASK Belgrade
1942–1943	Jedinstvo Belgrade
International career
1933	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Slavko Šurdonja (1 October 1912 – 8 January 1943) was a Croatian football player who appeared for Yugoslavia 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 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 World War II, at age 30, from tuberculosis, 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. It was in Warsaw on 10 September 1933 against Poland (3–4 loss) and he played as a right midfielder.^[1]