Nicolae Tătaru

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Nicolae Tătaru I
Personal information
Full name Nicolae Tătaru
Date of birth December 16, 1931 (1931-12-16) (age 76)
Place of birth    Sibiu, Romania
Playing position former forward
Club information
Current club retired
Youth clubs
1949–1952 Locomotiva Turnu Severin
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1952
1953–1964		 Armata Craiova
Steaua Bucureşti
210 (75)   
National team
1954–1962 Romania 24 (3)
Teams managed
1965–1969
1970–1976
1976–1977
1977–1980
1980–1982		 Steaua Bucureşti (youth)
CS Târgovişte
FC Brăila
Flacăra Moreni
Petrolul Târgovişte

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Nicolae Tătaru I(born December 16, 1931 in Sibiu, Romania) is a former Romanian football player. He played eleven years for Steaua Bucureşti, being one of the symbols of the team. He played as a left forward.

[edit] Steaua and National Team

Nicolae Tătaru signed with Steaua in 1952, after three months when he played for one of Steaua's second teams, Armata Craiova. He was a part of Steaua Golden team, playing also for Romania national football team. He earned 24 caps for Romania, scoring three goals. His debut for the national team is set on 9 May 1954, when Romania won the match against 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, he was also the captain, but, unfortunately, Romania lost the match against Morocco. At Steaua, he played 210 matches and scored 75 goals. He is the tenth in the Top Ten of the top Steaua's goalscorers.

[edit] Manager career

Tătaru managed a lot of teams, like CS Târgovişte, FC Brăila, Petrolul Târgovişte or Steaua's youth team.

[edit] Achievements

  • 3 times Liga I winner (1956, 1959-1960, 1960-1961)
  • 2 times Romanian Cup (1955, 1961-1962)
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Steaua Golden Team