Cosmin Vâtcă

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Cosmin Vâtcă
Full name	Cosmin Andrei Vâtcă
Date of birth	May 12, 1982 (1982-05-12) (age 26)
Place of birth	Turda, Romania
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Steaua Bucureşti
Number	82
Youth clubs
	CSS Turda Arieşul Turda
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
? -2001 2001-2005 2005-2007 2007- 2007	Arieşul Turda FC Bihor Oţelul Galaţi Steaua Bucureşti Steaua II Bucureşti	0? 00(?) 045 0(0) 048 0(0) 00 00(0) 0? 00(?)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Cosmin Andrei Vâtcă, (born May 12, 1982, Turda), is a Romanian football goalkeeper, currently playing for Steaua Bucureşti.

[edit] Career

Vâtcă began his career in his home town of Turda at CSS Turda. The first important club for which he played was FC Bihor. He made his debut in Liga 1 (then Divizia A), on May 2, 2004, in a match against his current club, Steaua Bucuresti. He signed with Otelul Galati in January 2006. The first match he played for Otelul Galati was the shocking 3-0 win against Dinamo Bucuresti, in Stefan cel Mare. He has won the reputation of a good goalkeeper, with very good reflexes but who makes some mistakes. In the 2006-2007 season, he made 33 appearances in Liga 1 for Otelul Galati, having conceded 54 goals. Even though he conceded 54 goals, his evolutions were solid enough to convince the Steaua Bucuresti board that he deserves to play for this team. He joyned Steaua Bucuresti in the summer of 2007 but he didn't play any matches in the 2007-2008 season of Liga 1. He played in two Romanian Cup matches, against FCM Bacau (4-0) and Unirea Urziceni (0-2).

Otelul Galati wanted to sign him back after the competitional break started. Otelul Galati's goalkeepers, Ismail Kouha, Paulius Grybauskas and Valentin Bors have had some bad evolutions, thing which made the team's board to turn their attention to Vâtcă, but the team's presindent, Marius Stan, dismissed any speculation. He said that Otelul won't buy back Vâtcă. The player's future remains in doubt, though, being the club's third choice goalkeeper.