Nicolae Tătaru

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Nicolae Tătaru I
Tătaru in 1955
Personal information
Full name Nicolae Tătaru
Date of birth (1931-12-16)16 December 1931
Place of birth Sibiu, Romania
Date of death 1 August 2001(2001-08-01) (aged 69)
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1949–1952 Locomotiva Turnu Severin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952 Armata Craiova
1953–1964
Steaua București
210 (75)
Total 210 (75)
International career
1954–1962 Romania 21[1] (2)
Managerial career
1965–1969
Steaua București
(youth)
1970–1976
CS Târgovişte
1976–1977
FC Brăila
1977–1980
Flacăra Moreni
1980–1982 Petrolul Târgovişte
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae Tătaru (16 December 1931 – 1 August 2001), also known as Tătaru I, was a Romanian footballer. He played eleven years for

Steaua București.[2][3]

Playing career

Nicolae Tătaru signed with

Steaua București in 1952, after three months when he played for one of Steaua's second teams, Armata Craiova. He was a part of Steaua's Golden team, playing also for the Romania national football team. He earned 21 caps for Romania, scoring two goals.[4] His debut for the national team came on 9 May 1954, when Romania won the match against East Germany
, played at Berlin in front of 90,000 people. He scored his first international goal, against Greece, in 1957. In 1959, in the match against the olympic team of the Soviet Union, he was the captain of the national team. Since then he was eight times the captain of the national team. In his last match for Romania, in which he was also the captain, Romania lost the friendly match against Morocco. At Steaua, he played 210 matches and scored 75 goals. He is tenth in the Top Ten list of Steaua's goalscorers.

Manager career

Tătaru managed several clubs, like CS Târgovişte, FC Brăila, Petrolul Târgovişte or Steaua's youth team.

Honours

Player

Steaua București

References

  1. ^ "Nicolae Tătaru". FRF. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Fraţii Stelei de la Francisc şi Vasile Zavoda, la Adrian şi Sabin Ilie. Cele 8 perechi de fraţi din istoria echipei. A venit rândul lui Romario şi Daniel Benzar" [Brothers of Steaua from Francisc and Vasile Zavoda, Adrian and Sabin Ilie. The 8 pairs of brothers in the team's history. It's Romario and Daniel Benzar's turn] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ "SPECIAL Situaţie de gradul I în Liga 1. Ce a realizat Silviu Lung jr. prin câştigarea titlului cu Astra. De la fraţii Vâlcov, la fraţii Costea şi familia Piţurcă" [SPECIAL First grade situation in Liga 1. What Silviu Lung jr. accomplished by winning the title with Astra. From the brothers Vâlcov to the brothers Costea and the Piţurcă family] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Nicolae Tătaru". European Football. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Iosif Petschovsky
Steaua Top Scorer

1955
Succeeded by