Andrew Surman

Andrew Surman

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Ronald Edward Surman[1]
Date of birth	20 August 1986 (1986-08-20) (age 25)
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Norwich City
Number	11
Youth career
1996–2004	Southampton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2009	Southampton	133	(15)
2005	→ Walsall (loan)	14	(2)
2005–2006	→ Bournemouth (loan)	24	(6)
2009–2010	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	(0)
2010–	Norwich City	25	(3)
National team‡
2007–2008	England U21	4	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:22, 26 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06:09, 07 December 2008 (UTC)

Andrew Ronald Edward Surman (born 20 August 1986) is a South African-born English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Norwich City. He spent the first five years of his career with Southampton where he played more than 100 games and has also played for Wolverhampton Wanderers and loan spells at Walsall and Bournemouth.

Football career

Early career

Surman was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, where his British parents had moved whilst his father worked for an insurance company. His parents returned to Southampton in 1995, and he joined Tyro League club Hedge End Rangers, where he was spotted by Southampton scouts and invited to join the Saints academy. He attended St. Mary's College in Bitterne and captained the football team.

Southampton

He was the youngest player ever to play for the Saints Reserves until Theo Walcott took his record. He scored on his league debut when on loan to Walsall during the 2004–05 season, and, when he rejoined the Saints at the beginning of the 2005–06 season, he performed well on their pre-season tour of Scotland. He then enjoyed a successful loan spell with Bournemouth between August 2005 and January 2006, playing in every league game for the team, and scoring six goals. He might have figured in Southampton's FA Cup tie against MK Dons, but was cup-tied having played earlier in the season for Bournemouth against Tamworth.

He made his full team debut for Southampton on 25 January 2006 under new manager George Burley at home to Crystal Palace, and in the next league game scored his first Southampton goal in a 2–1 defeat against Plymouth Argyle. On 17 February 2007, he scored a hat-trick (two strikes from outside the penalty box and a penalty) in the 5–2 victory over Barnsley.

He became a vital part of the Southampton first team over the 2006–07 Season, and was a part of their unsuccessful play-off bid, losing on penalties to Derby County after a 4–4 aggregate draw, where his great strike wasn't enough to take Saints to Wembley.

Although qualified to play for South Africa, he was selected for the England U21 team for the European Championship qualifiers away to Montenegro on 7 September and Bulgaria on 11 September. In the match against Montenegro he came on as a second-half substitute and scored the final goal in a 3–0 victory, tapping the ball home in stoppage time from a knock-down by former Saints' trainee Dexter Blackstock.^[2]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Surman joined newly promoted Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers in a three-year deal, plus another year’s option, for a fee worth around £1.2m on 1 July 2009.^[3][4] He made his debut on 18 August 2009 against Wigan Athletic, coming on for Greg Halford.^[5] Surman made his first Premier League start on 21 November 2009 against Chelsea, but struggled to hold down a first team place, making just nine appearances in total for the club.

Norwich City

Surman signed for newly-promoted Championship side Norwich City on 22 June 2010 in a three year deal for an undisclosed fee.^[6] He made his debut on 6 August 2010 in the 3–2 defeat to Watford at Carrow Road. After an impressive start to his Norwich City career, he sustained a knee injury in training, two days before the 2–1 victory over Barnsley on 11 September 2010. He returned to action against Leeds United on 20 November in a 1–1 draw. He was subbed on 60 minutes. He suffered a reoccurrence of the injury in the 4–1 victory over Ipswich which sidelined him till February 2011. In order to improve his fitness, Surman played 65 mins in the Norfolk Senior Cup match against Dereham. He made 3 appearances off the bench for the first team before making his first start in the 2–0 victory over Barnsley, playing the full 90 minutes. He scored his first goal for Norwich in a 3–1 win against Bristol City. Surman scored the opener in the 5–1 win over Ipswich Town at Portman Road on 21 April 2011.

References

1. ^ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". premierleague.com (Premier League). 2011-09-02. http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2440123,00.html. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 
2. ^ "Montenegro U21 0–3 England U21". bbc.co.uk. 2007-09-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6984539.stm. Retrieved 2007-09-08. 
3. ^ Surman swoop secured for Wolves
4. ^ "Midfielder Surman moves to Wolves". BBC Sport. 2009-07-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/8128420.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-01. 
5. ^ "Wigan Athletic 0–1 Wolves". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.. 2009-08-18. http://www.wolves.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10307~49196,00.html. Retrieved 2009-08-18. 
6. ^ "Norwich City swoop for Wolves' Andrew Surman". BBC Sport. 22 June 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/8754639.stm. 

External links

• Andrew Surman career stats at Soccerbase

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Name	Surman, Andrew Ronald Edward
Alternative names	Surman, Andrew
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Date of birth	1986-8-20
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa
Date of death
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