Andrew Surman

Andrew Surman
Personnel
Surname	Andrew Ronald Edward Surman
birthday	August 20, 1986
place of birth	Johannesburg ,  South Africa
size	178 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1996-2004	Southampton FC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2004-2009	Southampton FC	133 (15)
2005	→  FC Walsall  (loan)	14 0(2)
2005-2006	→  AFC Bournemouth  (loan)	24 0(6)
2009-2010	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7 0(0)
2010-2014	Norwich City	52 0(7)
2013-2014	→  AFC Bournemouth  (loan)	35 0(0)
2014–	Bournemouth AFC	118 0(5)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2007-2008	England U-21	4 0(1)
1 Only league games are given. As of January 27, 2018

Andrew Ronald Edward Surman (born August 20, 1986 in Johannesburg ) is an English football player . Mostly in the center and on the left, the technically trained midfielder comes from the youth academy of FC Southampton and has been under contract with Norwich City since the beginning of the 2010/11 season . He is currently playing on loan at Bournemouth AFC .

Athletic career

Andrew Surman, who was born in South Africa , came to England when his parents moved to the UK, where his father Surman was hired by an insurance company. The road led to Southampton in 1995 and the just nine-year-old Andrew played football there for a team called "Hedge End Rangers". Here he fell on the talent scouts of Southampton FC, who convinced him to join the club's academy. During his training, Surman showed his strengths primarily in a good technique, which the "left foot" combined with above-average passing skills. The soccer team of St. Mary's College, which he later attended in Bitterne, an eastern suburb of Southampton, he led as captain. For Southampton he was also the youngest player in the reserve team until Theo Walcott improved this "record" a short time later.

To his first professional appearances Surman came in the season 2004/05 at the third division club FC Walsall , to whom the "Saints" had loaned him at the end of the game round. In his second game at Bristol City on February 11, 2005 - six days after his debut against AFC Wrexham (2-2) - he scored his first goal to win 1-0. Before the start of the 2005/06 season, he returned to Southampton. He made a good impression in the Scottish preparation camp, received a renewed approval for a loan until the end of 2005 and completed all league games at AFC Bournemouth - another club from the third-highest division - during this time and scored six goals. He then made his debut at his home Southampton FC under the new coach George Burley , made his debut at home against Crystal Palace on January 25, 2006 and scored in the next league game for the first time to the 1: 2 defeat against Plymouth Argyle in the opposing goal.

From then on he played more and more in the professional game and was particularly noticeable on February 17, 2007 with his three goals for the 5-2 win against FC Barnsley . In the 2006/07 season Surman was a regular player and missed promotion to the Premier League prematurely due to the narrow defeat on penalties in the play-off semi-finals. Between 2007 and 2008 he was in the English U-21 team , although he is still eligible to play for South Africa due to his birthplace . He scored a goal in a total of four U-21 international matches - it was scored on September 7, 2007 in stoppage time on the occasion of the 3-0 win against Montenegro .

Surman made the next step in development for the 2009/10 season when he signed a three-year contract with first division promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers - plus an option for a fourth year. The transfer fee was estimated in the British media at 1.2 to 2 million pounds. In the top English league, however, Surman was only used sporadically. He made his debut for the "Wolves" on November 21, 2009 against Chelsea and played only nine competitive games. After just a year, he left the Wolverhampton club and signed a new three-year contract with Norwich City in June 2010 , which had recently returned to the second division.

Web links

• Andrew Surman in the soccerbase.com database
• Player profile at Norwich City
• Profile at Wolverhampton Wanderers

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Scouting Report: Andrew Surman, Southampton" (The Guardian)
2. ↑ "Montenegro U21 0-3 England U21" (BBC Sport)
3. ↑ "Surman swoop for Wolves secured" (Express & Star)
4. ↑ "Midfielder Surman moves to Wolves" (BBC Sport)
5. ↑ "Norwich City swoop for Wolves' Andrew Surman" (BBC Sport)