Ciprian Tătărușanu

Ciprian Tătărușanu
	Tătărușanu with Romania in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Anton Ciprian Tătărușanu
Date of birth	9 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Fiorentina
Number	12
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2006	Juventus București
2006–2008	Gloria Bistrița
2008–2014	Steaua București
2008–2009	→ Gloria Bistrița (loan)
2014–	Fiorentina
International career‡
2006–2009	Romania U21
2010–	Romania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Juventus București	2003–04	1	0	?	?	-		-		-		?	?
	2004–05	8	0	?	?	-		-		-		?	?
	2005–06	20	0	?	?	-		-		-		?	?
	2006–07	?	?	1	0	-		-		-		?	?
	Total	29	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	0
Gloria Bistrița	2006–07	1	0	0	0	-		-		-		1	0
	2007–08	25	0	0	0	-		3	0	-		28	0
	2008–09 (loan)	19	0	1	0	-		-		-		20	0
	Total	45	0	1	0	-	-	3	0	-	-	49	0
Steaua București	2009–10	15	0	1	0	-		4	0	-		20	0
	2010–11	34	0	5	0	-		8	0	-		47	0
	2011–12	28	0	0	0	-		7	0	1	0	36	0
	2012–13	27	0	0	0	-		12	0	-		39	0
	2013–14	29	0	3	0	-		12	0	1	0	45	0
	Total	133	0	9	0	-	-	43	0	2	0	187	0
Fiorentina	2014–15	9	0	2	0	-		7	0	-		18	0
	2015–16	37	0	0	0	-		2	0	0	0	39	0
	2016–17	13	0	0	0	-		4	0	0	0	17	0
	Total	59	0	2	0	-	-	13	0	-	-	74	0
Career totals		241	0	13	0	-	-	59	0	2	0	340	0

Honours

Club

Steaua Bucureşti

Individual

Romanian Footballer of the Year: 2015

References

^ "MOSSA A SORPRESA DI BIGON: OFFERTI 3 MLN PER TATARUSANU!" (in Italian). calcionapoli24.it. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
^ "TATARUSANU E' UN GIOCATORE DELLA FIORENTINA" (in Italian). violachannel.tv. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

External links

Ciprian Tătărușanu's career at RomanianSoccer.ro

Sporting positions
Preceded by Cristian Tănase	Steaua captain 2011	Succeeded by Alexandru Bourceanu

[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.

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