Ion Suru was born on 20 October 1927 in Turda, Romania and he started playing football in 1947 at local club, CFR in Divizia B, after one year moving at Dermata Cluj, then going to play for CFR Cluj where on 3 April 1949 he made his Divizia A debut in a 3–0 away loss in front of CSU Timișoara.[1] Shortly afterwards he went to play for Locomotiva București, then in 1951 he signed with Dinamo București where in his first season he scored a personal record of 10 goals, including one in a 6–2 win over rivalsCCA București.[1][4][5] He was used all the minutes by coach Angelo Niculescu in the 1954 Cupa României final 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 Divizia A title in its history, being used by Niculescu in 22 matches in which he scored seven goals.[1][6][7] He also won the 1958–59 Cupa României but coach Iuliu Baratky did not use him in the 4–0 win over CSM Baia Mare from the final and played in the first European match of a Romanian team in the 1956–57 European Cup in the 3–1 victory against Galatasaray, 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.[1][8][9][10][11] 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.[1]
International career
Ion Suru played 12 games and scored three goals at international level for Romania, making his debut on 8 October 1950 under coach Emerich Vogl in a friendly which ended with a 6–0 victory against Albania in which he closed the score.[12][13] His following appearance for the national team was under Gheorghe Popescu at the 1952 Summer Olympics in a 2–1 loss in which he closed the score against eventual champions Hungary.[12][14] His following two games were a 2–1 away win over Bulgaria and 1–0 home loss with Czechoslovakia at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers.[12] All of his following games were friendlies, scoring a goal in a 3–2 loss with East Germany, his last appearance for the national team taking part on 9 October 1955 in a 1–1 with Bulgaria.[12]
International goals
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Ion Suru goal.[12]
^The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Dinamo București are not official.[1]
