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Cristian Tănase 
Personal information Full name Cristian Tănase Date of birth 18 February 1987 Place of birth Piteşti, Romania Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Attacking midfielder / Winger Club information Current club Steaua Bucureşti Number 10 Youth career 2000–2003 Argeş Piteşti Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003–2009 Argeş Piteşti 105 (7) 2006 → Mioveni (loan) 5 (0) 2009– Steaua Bucureşti 60 (4) National team‡ 2008– Romania 17 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2011Cristian Tănase (born 18 February 1987 in Piteşti[1]) is a Romanian football player, who plays for Steaua Bucureşti. He is a versatile midfielder that has played as a left winger, a right winger and as a central attacking midfield. His nickname is Dodel.
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Career
Tănase began his career on youthside for Argeş Piteşti and in the summer of 2003 was promoted to the Liga I team, having played for half a year in the 2005/2006 season five games for Dacia Mioveni on loan.[2]
Steaua
On 6 August 2009 he signed a 5-year contract with Steaua Bucureşti for a transfer fee of 1,8 million euros. Argeş Piteşti will be receiving also 50% of a future transfer fee.[3] Juventus Torino and other clubs like Fiorentina, Besiktas, Shakhtar and Stuttgart eyed the Romanian starlet until he signed his current club. Many have claimed Tănase is the new Adrian Mutu.[4]
On 13 December 2009 he scored his first goal for Steaua in a 3–2 victory against Internaţional Curtea de Argeş, which was a fantastic winning goal in the 72nd minute.[5]
In the 2010–11 he scored 3 goals, 2 in the 2010-11 UEFA Europa League and one from a spectacular volley against Liga I side Pandurii Targu Jiu. in the 2011–12 season he showed he was in perfect form by scoring in a 4–0 win against Liga I side CS Dacia Mioveni and scored the goal that qualified his team in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League against CSKA Sofia. He continue his perfect form. Scored 2 essential goals against Maccabi Haifa. On November 6 he scored another goal against Liga I side Concordia Chiajna with a knuckle ball shot to the far post.
International career
Tănase played his debut for the Romania national football team in a friendly game on 19 November 2008 against Georgia.[6] On 1 April 2009 he scored his first goal against Austria.[7]
Career statistics
Club
(Correct as of 6 November 2011)
Club Season League Cup Europe Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals FC Argeş 2003–04 1 0 ? ? 0 0 1 0 2004–05 2 0 ? ? 0 0 2 0 Total 3 0 ? ? 0 0 3 0 CS Mioveni 2005–06 5 0 ? ? 0 0 5 0 Total 5 0 ? ? 0 0 5 0 FC Argeş 2005–06 16 1 ? ? 0 0 16 1 2006–07 25 0 ? ? 0 0 25 0 2007–08 29 4 ? ? 0 0 29 4 2008–09 32 2 ? ? 0 0 32 2 Total 102 7 ? ? 0 0 102 7 Steaua Bucureşti 2009–10 21 1 ? ? 4 0 25 1 2010–11 27 1 4 0 8 2 39 3 2011–12 11 6 0 0 5 3 16 5 Total 59 4 4 0 17 5 80 9 Career total 169 16 4 0 17 5 190 16 Honours
Season Club Title 2010–11 
Steaua BucureştiCupa României International goals
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.[8]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 1 April 2009 Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt, Austria 
Austria1–0 1–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 15 November 2011 Stadion Schnabelholz, Altach, Austria 
Greece2–1 3–1 Friendly match References
- ^ Playerhistoy Profile. Playerhistory.com. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ^ Profile on. National-football-teams.com (18 February 1987). Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ^ Cristian Tanase a semnat cu Steaua. Steauafc.com. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Juventus Eye Romanian Starlet Cristian Tanase". goal.com. http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/06/30/1355470/juventus-eye-romanian-starlet-cristian-tanase-report. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ Steaua-Curtea de Argeş 3–2. Steauafc.com. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ^ Freundschaft 2008 .:. November – Rumänien vs Georgien. Weltfussball.de. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ^ Tanase deschide scorul cu Austria. Strainatate.org. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
- ^ Spiele von Cristian Tanase – Fussballdaten – Die Fußball-Datenbank. Bundesligachronik.de. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
External links
- (Romanian) Official FCSB profile
- Cristian Tănase's career – RomanianSoccer
- Cristian Tănase's profile – FIFA
Sporting positions Preceded by
Bănel NicoliţăSteaua captain
2010–2011Succeeded by
Ciprian TătăruşanuFC Steaua București – current squad 1 Stanca · 2 Matei · 3 Emeghara · 4 Iliev · 5 Brandán · 6 Gardoș · 7 F. Costea · 8 Răduț · 9 M. Costea · 10 Tănase · 11 Prepeliță · 12 Tătărușanu · 14 Latovlevici · 18 Martinović · 19 Lupu · 22 Galamaz · 23 Geraldo · 24 Rusescu · 26 Bicfalvi · 27 Năstăsie · 28 Roșu · 30 T. Bălan · 47 Popa · 55 Bourceanu (c) · 77 Tatu · 90 Nikolić · 95 Cojocaru · Manager: Stan
Categories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Piteşti
- Romanian footballers
- Romania international footballers
- Liga I players
- FC Argeş Piteşti players
- FC Steaua Bucureşti players
- Association football midfielders
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