[6] Simion Surdan was born on 9 February 1940 in the Pustiniș village, part of the Uivar commune from the Timiș County of Romania.
[1][2][7] After six seasons he moved to neighboring club, Politehnica where he made his Divizia A debut on 25 August 1963 in a 2–0 home win over Progresul București in which he scored once.
[1][2][7] The team relegated at the end of his first season but Surdan stayed with the club, helping it promote back to the first league after one year.
[1][2] After six years spent in Divizia B, Surdan promoted once again with The White-Purples to the first league, reaching afterwards the 1974 Cupa României final where coach Ion Ionescu used him all the minutes in the eventual 4–2 loss in front of Jiul Petroșani in which he scored once.
[8] Surdan played one game at international level for Romania's national team under coach Ilie Oană in a Euro 1968 qualifying match which ended with a 4–2 win against Switzerland.