Cristian Tănase

Cristian Tănase (Romanian pronunciation: [kristiˈan təˈnase]; born 18 February 1987) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder.

Cristian Tănase
Tănase with Steaua București in 2014
Personal information
Full name Cristian Tănase
Date of birth (1987-02-18) 18 February 1987
Place of birth Pitești, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Youth career
2000–2003 Argeș Pitești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 Argeș Pitești 105 (7)
2006 → Dacia Mioveni (loan) 8 (2)
2009–2015 Steaua București 154 (20)
2015–2016 Tianjin TEDA 10 (2)
2016 Sivasspor 14 (0)
2016–2018 Karabükspor 43 (3)
2018 Steaua București 8 (0)
2019–2020 Giresunspor 31 (1)
2020–2021 Academica Clinceni 26 (1)
2021–2022 Argeș Pitești 23 (3)
Total 419 (37)
International career‡
2005–2006 Romania U19 3 (1)
2007–2008 Romania U21 4 (0)
2008–2015 Romania[lower-alpha 1] 40 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2015

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 40 caps for the Romania national team between 2008 and 2015.

Club career

Argeș Pitești

Tănase began his career as a junior at FC Argeș Pitești, and in the summer of 2003 was promoted to the first team which competed in the Divizia A, the top flight of the Romanian league system. He appeared sparingly during his first years with the seniors[3] and was subsequently loaned to Dacia Mioveni for the first half of the 2005–06 campaign.

Tănase totalled five games for Mioveni[2] and upon his return to Argeș became an important player, amassing over 100 games before his departure.[4]

Steaua București

On 6 August 2009, Tănase signed a five-year contract with FC Steaua București for an undisclosed fee, reported by media to be €1.8 million for half of his economic rights.[5][6]

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.[7] In the 2010–11 season, Tănase scored three goals—two in the UEFA Europa League and one from a volley against Pandurii Târgu Jiu.

In the following season, he netted the goal against CSKA Sofia that qualified his team for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League group stage. Tănase further contributed with two goals against Maccabi Haifa in that stage of the tournament.

During the 2014–15 campaign, his last at Steaua București, Tănase was named team captain.

Late career

In the summer of 2015, after six years in Bucharest, Tănase joined Tianjin TEDA in China on a two-year contract for a transfer fee of £700,000. The next year, he moved to Turkish team Sivasspor 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 Kardemir Karabükspor. In January 2018, he returned to Steaua București, now renamed FCSB, for a six-month spell with the Roș-albaștrii.

On 20 July 2018, it was announced that Tănase signed a two-year contract with Eskişehirspor.

International career
Tănase (in yellow) playing for Romania in a match against Austria, June 2012.

Tănase made his debut for the Romania national team in a 2–1 friendly win over Georgia, on 19 November 2008.[8] On 1 April 2009, he scored his first goal in a 1–2 loss to Austria in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[9]

On 27 January 2012, Tănase scored a double in a 4–0 exhibition thrashing of Turkmenistan.[10][11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 26 May 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argeș Pitești
2003–04 1000–––10
2004–05 2000–––20
2005–06 16100–––161
2006–07 25010–––260
2007–08 29410–––304
2008–09 32200–––322
Total 105720––––––1077
Dacia Mioveni (loan)
2005–06 5000–––50
Total 5000––––––50
FCSB
2009–10 21110–40–261
2010–11 27140–72–383
2011–12 30410–9310417
2012–13 29710–90–397
2013–14 24242–10110395
2014–15 235212110010387
2017–18 8000–10–100
Total 16220133215063023030
Tianjin TEDA
2015 10200–––102
Total 10200––––––102
Sivasspor
2015–16 140––––140
Total 140––––––––140
Kardemir Karabükspor
2016–17 29300–––293
2017–18 14011–––151
Total 43311––––––444
Giresunspor
2018–19 120––––120
2019–20 19 1 1 0 – – – 12 1
Total 31110––––––321
Academica Clinceni
2020–21 26110–––271
Total 26110––––––271
Career total 39634184215063046945

International
As of match played 29 March 2015[1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Romania 200810
200941
201040
201181
201272
201392
201460
201510
Total40[lower-alpha 1]6
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tănase goal.[13]
List of international goals scored by Cristian Tănase
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
11 April 2009Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt, Austria Austria0–12–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
215 November 2011Stadion Schnabelholz, Altach, Austria Greece2–13–1Friendly
327 January 2012Belek Stadium, Belek, Turkey Turkmenistan2–04–0Friendly
427 January 2012Belek Stadium, Belek, Turkey Turkmenistan3–04–0Friendly
56 February 2013Estadio Ciudad, Málaga, Spain Australia1–03–2Friendly
66 September 2013Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania Hungary3–03–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Argeș Pitești[12]

Steaua București[12]

References

Notes

  1. Not including one appearance in a 2012 unofficial friendly against Belgium.[1][2]

Citations

  1. "Cristian Tănase". European Football. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. Cristian Tănase at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. Tanase nu s-a impus la Arges in primii ani
  4. Tanase a jucat mai mult de 100 de meciuri pentru Arges
  5. Cristian Tanase a semnat cu Steaua Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Steauafc.com. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  6. Steaua şi-a luat Briliant, pe Cristi Tănase!. GazetaSporturilor.ro. Retrieved on 7 August 2009.
  7. Steaua-Curtea de Argeş 3–2 Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Steauafc.com. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  8. Freundschaft 2008 .:. November – Rumänien vs Georgien. Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  9. Tanase deschide scorul cu Austria Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Strainatate.org. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  10. Tanase dubla cu Turkmenistan
  11. Tanase la 4 goluri
  12. Cristian Tănase at Soccerway
  13. Cristian Tănase Archived 26 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Romanian Football Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
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