Andrew Surman
Andrew Ronald Edward Surman ( born August 20, 1986 in Johannesburg) is an English footballer. The mostly in the center and on the left side usable, technically studded midfielder comes from the youth academy of FC Southampton and is available at Norwich City since the start of the 2010/11 season under contract. He currently plays on loan at AFC Bournemouth.
Sports career
The South African-born Andrew Surman came to England when his parents moved to the British home because father Surman hired there with an insurance company. The path led in 1995 to Southampton and just nine years Andrew was playing football for a team called " Hedge End Rangers ". Here he fell to the Talentsichtern of Southampton FC, which convinced him to join the club's academy. Strengths showed Surman during his training, especially in a good technique that the " left-footed " with above average passing skills combined .. The football team of the St. Mary's College and later in Bitterne, an eastern suburb of Southampton, visited, he captained of. For Southampton, he was also the youngest player in the reserve team until Theo Walcott short time later, this " record " improved.
Among his first professional applications Surman came in the 2004/05 season at third division FC Walsall, to the him the " Saints" had borrowed at the end of the turn. Already in the second match at Bristol City he scored on 11 February 2005 - six days after his debut against AFC Wrexham (2-2 ) - his first goal in a 1-0 victory. Before the start of season 2005/ 06 he returned to Southampton. He left in the Scottish training camp a good impression, received a new release for a loan until the end of 2005 and completed at AFC Bournemouth - another club from the third- highest division - at this time all league games and scored six goals. He then celebrated even in his native Southampton FC under new manager George Burley his debut, made his debut on 25 January 2006 at home against Crystal Palace and scored in the next league game for the first time the 1:2 defeat against Plymouth Argyle into the opposing goal.
From then on he played more and more in the Profielf and fell mainly on February 17, 2007, his three goals for a 5-2 win against Barnsley FC sustainably on. In the season 2006/ 07 Surman was a regular player and missed the promotion to the Premier League through the narrow defeat on penalties in the play-off semi-final ahead of schedule. Between 2007 and 2008 he came into the English U- 21 team to the course, where he is still eligible to play due to its birthplace for South Africa. In a total of four U-21 internationals he scored a goal - this was on 7 September 2007 in stoppage time at the 3-0 victory against Montenegro.
Surman made for the 2009/10 season the next stage of development when he received a three-year contract signed with Erstligistaufsteiger Wolverhampton Wanderers - plus an option for a fourth year. The transfer fee was prized in the British media to be 1.2 to 2 million pounds. However, in the English top division Surman came only sporadically used. He made his debut for the " Wolves " 21 November 2009 against Chelsea and played a total of only nine competitive games. After only a year he left the club in Wolverhampton and signed in June 2010, a new three -year contract with Norwich City, which had recently returned to the second division.