Andrew Surman
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Ronald Edward Surman
Date of birth	20 August 1986 (1986-08-20) (age 23)
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number	12
Youth career
1996–2004	Southampton
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2009 2005 2005–2006 2009–	Southampton → Walsall (loan) → Bournemouth (loan) Wolverhampton Wanderers	133 (15) 014 0(2) 024 0(6) 003 0(0)
National team2
2007–2008	England U21	004 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:10, 21 November 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 06:09, 7 December 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Andrew Ronald Edward Surman (born 20 August 1986) is a South African-born English footballer who plays as a midfielder for English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Contents 1 Football career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Southampton 1.3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Football career

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.^[1]

[edit] 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 rising to £2m, on 1 July 2009.^[2][3] He made his debut on 18 August 2009 against Wigan Athletic, coming on for Greg Halford.^[4] Surman made his first Premier League start on 21 November 2009 against Chelsea.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official club profile
• Andrew Surman career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Surman, Andrew Ronald Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Surman, Andrew
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	1986-8-20
PLACE OF BIRTH	Johannesburg, South Africa
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH