Gheorghe Tătaru

Gheorghe Tătaru ( born May 5, 1948 in Bucharest, † December 19, 2004 in Iaşi ) was a Romanian football player. He played 272 games in the highest Romanian football league, the Divizia A, and participated in the 1970 World Cup.

Career

Gheorghe Tătaru began at the age of 11 years at Steaua Bucharest with the football games. In 1967 he was inducted into the first team and played on September 10, 1967 his first game in Divizia A. With Steaua he experienced the most successful period of his career. In 1968 he won the Romanian Championship, 1969 and 1971 the Romanian Cup. In 1971 he was also top scorer in the Divizia A. Then began his star - like the Steaua - to decline. Tătaru get fewer hits, in the 1973/74 season even only one, after which he came to less inserts. He then joined Chimia Ramnicu Valcea, that was just gained in the Divizia A.

After descending 1975 Tătaru moved to CS Târgoviste in the Divizia B, where he managed to return in 1977, the highest Romanian league. After the descent at the end of the 1979/80 season he finished his career. Then Tătaru returned two more times out of retirement when he Autobuzul for Bucharest and in the 1983/84 season for Unirea Slobozia in the season 1981/82 - each in Divizia B - played. At the time of his death he was a coach in the youth field Steaua Bucharest.

National

Tătaru completed 10 games for the Romanian national team. After he was nominated by coach Angelo Niculescu without previous international game, but as one of the most goals in the Divizia A, for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, he made ​​his debut on 2 June 1970 at the first game against England. In the following two games, he came on as a substitute for the course.

Achievements

• World Cup participants: 1970
• Romanian champions: 1968
• Romanian Cup Winners: 1969, 1971
• Romanian scorer: 1971

Private

Tătaru was not only a fine technician and prolific scorer, but also a strong alcoholic. He died during a youth tournament of a heart attack.