Ciprian Tătărușanu

Ciprian Tătărușanu

Tătărușanu with Romania in 2012
Personal information
Full name Anton Ciprian Tătărușanu
Date of birth (1986-02-09) 9 February 1986
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Fiorentina
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Juventus București 29 (0)
2006–2008 Gloria Bistrița 26 (0)
2008–2014 Steaua București 133 (0)
2008–2009Gloria Bistrița (loan) 19 (0)
2014– Fiorentina 59 (0)
National team
2006–2009 Romania U21 13 (0)
2010– Romania 42 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2016

Anton Ciprian Tătărușanu (Romanian pronunciation: [t͡ʃipriˈan tətəruˈʃanu]; born 9 February 1986) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A side Fiorentina and the Romania national team.

Club career

Early career

Tătărușanu began his football career with Liga II club Juventus București.

Steaua București

On 26 May 2008, Tătărușanu signed a five-year contract with Steaua București, with a reported transfer fee of around 1,5m. The move from Gloria Bistrița was completed after 2008–09 Liga I as Steaua already had a starting goalkeaper in Robinson Zapata.

On 16 July 2009, he made his European debut in the 2–0 victory for Steaua in UEFA Europa League against Újpest FC. On 2 August 2009 he played his first Liga I match in Steaua's shirt against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, in a game in which Steaua won away with 2–0.

On 19 August 2010, he saved two penalty shots against Grasshopper Club Zürich in the shootout of the 2010–11 Europa League Play-off, from Boris Smiljanić and Endogan Adili, to help his team through to the next stage.

In June 2011, Napoli offered €3 million for the player, but the offer was rejected.[1]

Fiorentina

Tătărușanu refused to renew his contract with Steaua and left the club in 2014 on Bosman ruling. On 9 June 2014, he signed a five-year contract with ACF Fiorentina.[2]

He made his Fiorentina debut in a 3–0 UEFA Europa League group stage win against Guingamp. He played 7 matches in Europa League for Fiorentina, including a 1–1 round of 16 draw against Tottenham Hotspur. On 6 January 2015, he made his Serie A debut in a 0–1 loss against Parma. He took the first-choice-keeper place for 8 matches, until a 1–1 draw against Torino. He made his final appearance of the 2014–15 season for Fiorentina in the final Serie A match of the season, a 3–0 win against Chievo.

Following Neto's departure to Juventus, Tătărușanu become the first-choice-keeper. His good display at Fiorentina throughout 2015 earned him a Romanian Footballer of the Year award.

International career

On August 2009, Tătărușanu was called up by Răzvan Lucescu in the Romanian squad against Hungary.

He made his international debut against Italy on 17 November 2010, in a 1–1 draw. He has since become the first choice goalkeeper for his national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 November 2016
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Juventus București 2003–04 10??---??
2004–05 80??---??
2005–06 200??---??
2006–07 ??10---??
Total 29010------300
Gloria Bistrița 2006–07 1000---10
2007–08 25000-30-280
2008–09 (loan) 19010---200
Total 45010--30--490
Steaua București 2009–10 15010-40-200
2010–11 34050-80-470
2011–12 28000-7010360
2012–13 27000-120-390
2013–14 29030-12010450
Total 133090--430201870
Fiorentina 2014–15 9020-70-180
2015–16 37000-2000390
2016–17 13000-4000170
Total 59020--130--740
Career totals 241 0 13 0 - - 59 0 2 0 340 0

Honours

Club

Steaua Bucureşti

Individual

References

  1. "MOSSA A SORPRESA DI BIGON: OFFERTI 3 MLN PER TATARUSANU!" (in Italian). calcionapoli24.it. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  2. "TATARUSANU E' UN GIOCATORE DELLA FIORENTINA" (in Italian). violachannel.tv. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Cristian Tănase
Steaua captain
2011
Succeeded by
Alexandru Bourceanu
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