Anton Ciprian Tătărușanu (born on 9 February 1986) is a Romania

Romania

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n footballer currently playing for Steaua Bucureşti.

In June 2011, Napoli

S.S.C. Napoli

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....

 offered €3 million for the player, but the offer was rejected.

Club career

Tătărușanu began his football career with Liga II

Liga II

Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....

 club Juventus Bucureşti. On 26 May 2008, he signed a five-year contract with Steaua Bucureşti, with a reported transfer fee of around €1,500,000 million, but he was loaned back to Gloria Bistriţa for the 2008/09 season, because he had no chance to play for Steaua while Robinson Zapata

Róbinson Zapata

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 was still there.

On 16 July 2009, Tătărușanu made his European debut in the 2–0 victory for Steaua in UEFA Europa League against Újpest FC

Újpest FC

Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...

. On 2 August 2009 played his first Liga I

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

 match in Steaua's shirt against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ, Steaua won away with 2–0. On 19 August 2010, he saved two penalty shots in the shootout in the Europa League Play-off, from Boris Smiljanić

Boris Smiljanic

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 and Endogan Adili

Endogan Adili

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.

International career

On August 2009, Tătărușanu was called up by Răzvan Lucescu

Razvan Lucescu

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 in the Romanian squad against Hungary

Hungary national football team

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.

He made his international debut against Italy

Italy national football team

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 on 17 November 2010, in a 1–1 draw. He has since become the first choice goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

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 for his national team

External links

Official FCSB profile

• Ciprian Tătăruşanu's career at RomanianSoccer.ro