# Cristian Tănase

Cristian Tănase (Romanian pronunciation:; born 18 February 1987) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a winger or an attacking midfielder, currently assistant coach at Liga III club Inter Ilfov.
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 41 caps for the Romania national team between 2008 and 2015.

## Club career
### Argeș Pitești

Tănase began his career as a junior at LPS Pitești, and in the summer of 2003 was promoted to the first team of Argeș Pitești, which competed in the Divizia A, the top flight of the Romanian league system. He appeared sparingly during his first years with the seniors and was subsequently loaned to Dacia Mioveni for the first half of the 2005–06 campaign.
Tănase totalled five games for Mioveni and upon his return to Argeș became an important player, amassing over 100 games before his departure.

### Steaua București

On 6 August 2009, Tănase signed a five-year contract with Steaua București for an undisclosed fee, reported by media to be €1.8 million for half of his economic rights.
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. 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, 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 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 made his debut for the Romania national team in a 2–1 friendly win over Georgia, on 19 November 2008. On 1 April 2009, he scored his first goal in a 1–2 loss to Austria in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
On 27 January 2012, Tănase scored a double in a 4–0 exhibition thrashing of Turkmenistan.

## Career statistics
### Club

| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Argeș Pitești | 2003–04 | Divizia A | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Argeș Pitești | 2004–05 | Divizia A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Argeș Pitești | 2005–06 | Divizia A | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 1 |
| Argeș Pitești | 2006–07 | Liga I | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 0 |
| Argeș Pitești | 2007–08 | Liga II | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 4 |
| Argeș Pitești | 2008–09 | Liga I | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 2 |
| Argeș Pitești | Total | Total | 105 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 107 | 7 |
| Dacia Mioveni (loan) | 2005–06 | Divizia B | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Steaua București | 2009–10 | Liga I | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 1 |
| Steaua București | 2010–11 | Liga I | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | – | – | 38 | 3 |
| Steaua București | 2011–12 | Liga I | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 7 |
| Steaua București | 2012–13 | Liga I | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 7 |
| Steaua București | 2013–14 | Liga I | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5 |
| Steaua București | 2014–15 | Liga I | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 7 |
| Steaua București | Total | Total | 154 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 221 | 30 |
| Tianjin TEDA | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 2 |
| Sivasspor | 2015–16 | Süper Lig | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 |
| Karabükspor | 2016–17 | Süper Lig | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 3 |
| Karabükspor | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 1 |
| Karabükspor | Total | Total | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 44 | 4 |
| FCSB | 2017–18 | Liga I | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 |
| Eskişehirspor | 2018–19 | TFF First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Giresunspor | 2018–19 | TFF First League | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 |
| Giresunspor | 2019–20 | TFF First League | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 1 |
| Giresunspor | Total | Total | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 1 |
| Academica Clinceni | 2020–21 | Liga I | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 1 |
| Argeș Pitești | 2021–22 | Liga I | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 3 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 419 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 494 | 48 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
* 1 2 Appearance in Supercupa României
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Two appearances and one goal in Cupa Ligii, one appearance in Supercupa României

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Romania | 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| Romania | 2009 | 4 | 1 |
| Romania | 2010 | 4 | 0 |
| Romania | 2011 | 8 | 1 |
| Romania | 2012 | 8 | 2 |
| Romania | 2013 | 9 | 2 |
| Romania | 2014 | 6 | 0 |
| Romania | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 41 | 6 |
    Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tănase goal.
List of international goals scored by Cristian Tănase :
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 1 April 2009 | Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt, Austria | Austria | 1–0 | 1–2 | 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 de Málaga, 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 |

## Honours

Argeș Pitești
* Liga II: 2007–08
Steaua București
* Liga I: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
* Cupa României: 2010–11, 2014–15
* Supercupa României: 2013
* Cupa Ligii: 2014–15