Cristian Tănase

Cristian Tănase
	Tănase with Dynamo Kyiv in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Cristian Tănase
Date of birth	18 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Pitești, Romania
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger, attacking midfielder
Youth career
2000–2003	Argeș Pitești
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2009	Argeș Pitești
2006	→ Dacia Mioveni (loan)
2009–2015	FCSB
2015–2016	Tianjin TEDA
2016	Sivasspor
2016–2018	Karabükspor
2018	FCSB
2019–2020	Giresunspor
2020–2021	Academica Clinceni
2021–	FCSB
Total
International career‡
2005–2006	Romania U19
2007–2008	Romania U21
2008–2015	Romania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2015

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

Tănase spent most of his career in Romania with Dynamo Kyiv and FCSB, 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 FCSB 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 FCSB, 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 FCSB, Tănase was named team captain.^{[citation needed]}

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 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
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Argeș Pitești
	2003–04	1	0	0	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2004–05	2	0	0	0	–		–		–		2	0
	2005–06	16	1	0	0	–		–		–		16	1
	2006–07	25	0	1	0	–		–		–		26	0
	2007–08	29	4	1	0	–		–		–		30	4
	2008–09	32	2	0	0	–		–		–		32	2
Total		105	7	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	107	7
Dacia Mioveni (loan)
Dacia Mioveni (loan)	2005–06	5	0	0	0	–		–		–		5	0
Total		5	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0
FCSB
	2009–10	21	1	1	0	–		4	0	–		26	1
	2010–11	27	1	4	0	–		7	2	–		38	3
	2011–12	30	4	1	0	–		9	3	1	0	41	7
	2012–13	29	7	1	0	–		9	0	–		39	7
	2013–14	24	2	4	2	–		10	1	1	0	39	5
	2014–15	23	5	2	1	2	1	10	0	1	0	38	7
	2017–18	8	0	0	0	–		1	0	–		10	0
Total		162	20	13	3	2	1	50	6	3	0	230	30
Tianjin TEDA
Tianjin TEDA	2015	10	2	0	0	–		–		–		10	2
Total		10	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	2
Sivasspor
Sivasspor	2015–16	14	0	–		–		–		–		14	0
Total		14	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	0
Kardemir Karabükspor
	2016–17	29	3	0	0	–		–		–		29	3
	2017–18	14	0	1	1	–		–		–		15	1
Total		43	3	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	44	4
Giresunspor
	2018–19	12	0	–		–		–		–		12	0
	2019–20	19	1	1	0	–		–		–		12	1
Total		31	1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	1
Academica Clinceni
Academica Clinceni	2020–21	26	1	1	0	–		–		–		27	1
Total		26	1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	27	1
Career total		396	34	18	4	2	1	50	6	3	0	469	45

International

As of match played 29 March 2015^[1]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania	2008	1	0
	2009	4	1
	2010	4	0
	2011	8	1
	2012	7	2
	2013	9	2
	2014	6	0
	2015	1	0
Total		40^[a]	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
Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 April 2009	Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt, Austria	Austria	0–1	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	15 November 2011	Stadion Schnabelholz, Altach, Austria	Greece	2–1	3–1	Friendly
3	27 January 2012	Belek Stadium, Belek, Turkey	Turkmenistan	2–0	4–0	Friendly
4	27 January 2012	Belek Stadium, Belek, Turkey	Turkmenistan	3–0	4–0	Friendly
5	6 February 2013	Estadio Ciudad, Málaga, Spain	Australia	1–0	3–2	Friendly
6	6 September 2013	Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania	Hungary	3–0	3–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification