Ion Suru (20 October 1927 – 1979) was a Romanian

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. He competed in the men's tournament at the

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Club career

Ion Suru was born on 20 October 1927 in

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and he started playing football in 1947 at local club, CFR in

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, after one year moving at

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, then going to play for

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where on 3 April 1949 he made his

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debut in a 3–0 away loss in front of CSU Timișoara. Shortly afterwards he went to play for Locomotiva București, then in 1951 he signed with

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where in his first season he scored a personal record of 10 goals, including one in a 6–2 win over

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. He was used all the minutes by coach

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in the

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which was lost by Dinamo with 2–0 in front of Metalul Reșița, then in the following season he helped the club win the first

title in its history, being used by Niculescu in 22 matches in which he scored seven goals. He also won the

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but coach

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did not use him in the 4–0 win over CSM Baia Mare from the

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and played in the first European match of a Romanian team in the

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in the 3–1 victory against

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, scoring a goal in the 2–1 loss from the second leg, helping '' The Red Dogs'' go to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by CDNA Sofia, Suru playing in all four games of the campaign. On 10 May 1959, Suru played his last Divizia A match for Dinamo in a 1–0 loss in front of Steaua București, having a total of 174 matches in which he scored 37 goals in the competition.

International career

Ion Suru played 12 games and scored three goals at international level for

, making his debut on 8 October 1950 under coach

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in a friendly which ended with a 6–0 victory against

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in which he closed the score. His following appearance for the national team was under Gheorghe Popescu at the

in a 2–1 loss in which he closed the score against eventual champions

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. His following two games were a 2–1 away win over

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and 1–0 home loss with

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at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers. All of his following games were friendlies, scoring a goal in a 3–2 loss with

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, his last appearance for the national team taking part on 9 October 1955 in a 1–1 with Bulgaria.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Ion Suru goal.''

Death

Ion Suru died on 25 May 1979 at age 51.

Honours

Dinamo București *

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: 1958–59

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