Gheorghe Tătaru (5 May 1948 – 19 December 2004), also known as Tătaru II, was a Romanian

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. He played seven years at Steaua București. He was the younger brother of

Nicolae Tătaru Nicolae Tătaru (16 December 1931 – 1 August 2001), also known as Tătaru I, was a Romanian footballer. He played eleven years for Steaua București, being one of the symbols of the team. He played as a left forward. He was the older brother ...

, who also played professional football at Steaua București.

Career

Tătaru joined the junior squad of Steaua București in 1959, being promoted to the first team in 1967. He played for Steaua București until 1974. In 1974, he signed for

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea was a Football (soccer), football club based in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea County, Vâlcea County, Romania. It was founded in 1946 and dissolved in 2004. It won one Romanian Cup, in 1972–73 Cupa României, 1973. History ...

, 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

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

team Autobuzul București. He retired again in 1982, but again received a call, this time from

Unirea Slobozia Asociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia, (), commonly known as Unirea Slobozia or simply as Unirea, is a Romanian professional football club based in Slobozia, Ialomița County, which competes in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian footb ...

. He finally called it a day in 1984. In 1970–71 he was top scorer of

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

. He won six caps for the Romania national team and scored one goal. 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.

Honours

Steaua București *

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

: 1967–68 *

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 ...

: 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71 CS Târgoviște *

Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariu ...

: 1976–77 Individual *

top scorer: 1970–71

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