Gheorghe Tătaru

Gheorghe Tătaru II

Personal information
Full name	Gheorghe Tătaru
Date of birth	5 May 1948
Place of birth	Bucureşti, Romania
Date of death	19 December 2004 (aged 56)[1]
Place of death	Iaşi, Romania
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1959–1967	Steaua Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1974	Steaua Bucureşti	169	(57)
1974–1975	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	32	(11)
1975–1980	CS Târgovişte^1	93	(30)
1981–1982	Autobuzul Bucureşti
1983–1984	Unirea Slobozia
Total		294	(98)
National team
	Romania U21	1	(0)
	Romania U23	7	(0)
	Romania B	4	(4)
1970–1972	Romania	10	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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

1. Gheorghe Tataru a incetat din viata!
2. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/1973/gheorghe-tataru.htm