Gheorghe Tătaru

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Gheorghe Tătaru, (born May 5, 1948 in Bucharest - died December 19, 2004 in Bucharest), was a Romanian football striker, an emblematic player of Steaua Bucharest.

Tătaru joined the squad of Steaua as a youth in 1959, before being promoted to the first team in 1967, aged 19. He played for Steaua until 1974, being one of the team's best strikers. In 1974 he signed for Chimia Rm.Vâlcea and then he played for CS Târgovişte (1975 - 1980)

In 1980 decides to retire from football, but one year later is called by the Liga II team Autobuzul Bucharest to play for them. Retires again in 1982 but again receives a call, this time from Unirea Slobozia. He finally called it a day in 1984, aged 36.

In 1970-71 he was top scorer of Liga I.

He won 10 caps for Romania and scored 3 goals. In 1970 he was part of the national team which play at the 1970 World Cup, being used in all the three games played by Romania. Strangely enough they were his first ever caps for Romania.

A fine player, Tătaru had many fans due his spectacular play and the large amount of goals he scored, but he also had a heavy-drinking habit that made him miss many opportunities.

	Romania squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup
1 Răducanu | 2 Sătmăreanu | 3 Lupescu | 4 Mocanu | 5 Dinu | 6 Coe | 7 Dembrovschi | 8 Dobrin | 9 Dumitrache | 10 Nunweiller | 11 Lucescu | 12 Ivăncescu | 13 Deleanu | 14 Gergely | 15 Dumitru | 16 Neagu | 17 Tătaru | 18 Tufan | 19 Domide | 20 Pescaru | 21 Adamache | 22 Gornea | Coach: Niculescu