Gheorghe Tătaru

Gheorghe Tătaru II
Personal information
Full nameGheorghe Tătaru
Date of birth5 May 1948
Place of birthBucureşti, Romania
Date of death19 December 2004 (aged 56)[1]
Place of deathIaşi, Romania
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1959–1967Steaua Bucureşti
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1967–1974Steaua Bucureşti169(57)
1974–1975Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea32(11)
1975–1980CS Târgovişte193(30)
1981–1982Autobuzul Bucureşti
1983–1984Unirea Slobozia
Total294(98)
National team
Romania U211(0)
Romania U237(0)
Romania B4(4)
1970–1972Romania10(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Gheorghe Tătaru, (5 May 1948 in Bucharest – 19 December 2004 in Iaşi), also known as Tătaru II, was a Romanian football striker, a player of Steaua Bucureşti. He was the brother of Nicolae Tătaru, who also played professional football.

Career

Tătaru joined the junior squad of Steaua Bucureşti in 1959, being promoted to the first team in 1967. He played for Steaua Bucureşti until 1974. In 1974, he signed for Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, and then he played for FC Târgovişte (1975–1980)

In 1980, he decided to retire from football, but one year later was called up by the Divizia B team Autobuzul Bucureşti. He retired again in 1982, but again received a call, this time from Unirea Slobozia. He finally called it a day in 1984.

In 1970-71 he was top scorer of Divizia A.

He won 10 caps for Romania and scored 3 goals.[2] In 1970, he was part of the national team which played at the 1970 World Cup, being used in all the three games played by Romania. They were his first ever caps for Romania.

Notes

^1 The 1975-1976 Second League appearances and goals made for CS Târgovişte are unavailable.

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Florea Voinea
Steaua Top Scorer
1969–1970
1970–1971
1971–1972
Succeeded by
Viorel Năstase