Cristian Tănase (; born 18 February 1987) is a former Romanian

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who played as a winger or an

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, currently assistant coach at

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club Inter Ilfov. Tănase spent most of his career in Romania with Argeș Pitești and Steaua București, winning seven domestic trophies with the latter, and also had several stints at clubs in China and Turkey. Internationally, Tănase totalled 41

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for the Romania national team between 2008 and 2015.

Club career

Argeș Pitești

Tănase began his career as a junior at LPS Pitești, and in the summer of 2003 was promoted to the first team of Argeș Pitești, which competed in the

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, the top flight of the Romanian league system. He appeared sparingly during his first years with the seniors and was subsequently loaned to

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for the first half of the 2005–06 campaign. Tănase totalled five games for Mioveni and upon his return to Argeș became an important player, amassing over 100 games before his departure.

Steaua București

On 6 August 2009, Tănase signed a five-year contract with Steaua București for an undisclosed fee, reported by media to be

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1.8 million for half of his economic rights. On 13 December 2009, he scored his first goal for Steaua, a 72nd-minute winner in a 3–2 defeat of Internațional Curtea de Argeș. In the 2010–11 season, Tănase scored three goals—two in the

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and one from a volley against

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. In the following season, he netted the goal against

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that qualified his team for the

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group stage. Tănase further contributed with two goals against

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in that stage of the tournament. During the 2014–15 campaign, his last at Steaua, Tănase was named team captain.

Late career

In the summer of 2015, after six years in

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, Tănase joined

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in China on a two-year contract for a transfer fee of £700,000. The next year, he moved to Turkish team

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by signing a two-year deal. After half a season at Sivasspor, Tănase left for another Turkish club, agreeing to a two-year contract with

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. In January 2018, he returned to

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, for a six-month spell with the ''Roș-albaștrii''. On 20 July 2018, it was announced that Tănase signed a two-year contract with

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International career

Tănase made his debut for the Romania national team in a 2–1 friendly win over

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, on 19 November 2008. On 1 April 2009, he scored his first goal in a 1–2 loss to

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in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. On 27 January 2012, Tănase scored a double in a 4–0 exhibition thrashing of

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tănase goal''.Cristian Tănase
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. Retrieved 23 September 2011.

Honours

Argeș Pitești *

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: 2007–08 Steaua București *

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, 2013–14, 2014–15 *

Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...

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, 2014–15 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...

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: 2014–15

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanase, Cristian 1987 births Living people Footballers from Pitești Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football wingers Liga I players Liga II players FC Argeș Pitești players CS Mioveni players FCSB players LPS HD Clinceni players Chinese Super League players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Sivasspor footballers Kardemir Karabükspor footballers Eskişehirspor footballers Giresunspor footballers Romania men's youth international footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Romania men's international footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Romanian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century Romanian sportsmen