Ștefan Târnovanu

Ștefan Târnovanu (born 9 May 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga I club FCSB.

Ștefan Târnovanu
Personal information
Full name Ștefan Târnovanu
Date of birth (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000
Place of birth Iași, Romania
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 FCSB
Number 32
Youth career
0000–2017 Politehnica Iași
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Politehnica Iași 15 (0)
2018 → Știința Miroslava (loan) 4 (0)
2019 → Sportul Snagov (loan) 4 (0)
2020– FCSB 12 (0)
National team‡
2018 Romania U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Romania U19 3 (0)
2022– Romania U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2022

Club career

Early career / Politehnica Iași

Târnovanu made his senior debut on 31 March 2018, aged 17, starting for Știința Miroslava in a 0–1 loss to Hermannstadt while on loan in the second league. On 30 November that year, he appeared for the first time in the Liga I for his boyhood club Politehnica Iași in 1–1 home draw to Sepsi OSK.[1]

Târnovanu was then again sent out on loan to the Liga II, moving to Sportul Snagov for the second half of the 2018–19 season.

FCSB

On 29 September 2019, it was announced that Târnovanu agreed a deal in advance with FCSB to join them the following summer. The fee paid to Politehnica Iași was reported as €200,000 plus 15% interest on a future transfer.[2][3]

Târnovanu made his debut for the Roș-albaștrii on 19 May 2021, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 league loss to Universitatea Craiova.[4] In a rare start on 20 December 2021, he kept a clean sheet in a goalless draw at Sepsi OSK, being named as one of the best players of the game by the Gazeta Sporturilor daily.[5]

International career

In June 2021, Târnovanu was selected by manager Mirel Rădoi in Romania's squad for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics.[6] He did not feature for his team in any match, as the nation exited the competition in the group stage.

Personal life

In September 2018, media outlets reported that Târnovanu stole credit card data from Andrei Cristea-David, his roommate at the Romania national under-19 team, which led to his temporary exclusion from both the national team and Politehnica Iași training sessions.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 2 May 2022[8]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Politehnica Iași 2018–19 2000――20
2019–20 13010――140
Total 15010――160
Știința Miroslava (loan) 2017–18 4000――40
Sportul Snagov (loan) 2018–19 40―――40
FCSB 2020–21 2000000020
2021–22 1000000―100
Total 120000000120
Career total 350100000360

Honours

FCSB[8]

References
  1. "Poli Iaşi – Sepsi 1-1 în etapa a 17-a din LIGA 1. Vezi CLASAMENTUL" [Poli Iași - Sepsi 1–1 in the 17th round of the LIGA 1. See THE LEAGUE TABLE] (in Romanian). România TV. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. "Ștefan Târnovanu a semnat cu FCSB. Prima reacție a noului portar al vicecampioanei: "De mic copil sunt stelist și mi s-a împlinit un vis să joc la această echipă"" [Ștefan Târnovanu signed with FCSB. The first reaction of the new goalkeeper of the vice-champion: "As a child I was a Steaua fan and a dream came true for me to play for this team"] (in Romanian). ProSport. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. "Ștefan Târnovanu a semnat cu FCSB" [Ștefan Târnovanu signed with FCSB] (in Romanian). Realitatea TV. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. "FCSB atacă Universitatea Craiova cu juniorii! Surprize imense în echipa lui Toni Petrea" [FCSB attacks Universitatea Craiova with the juniors! Big surprises in Toni Petrea's team] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. "FCSB a câștigat un fotbalist » Titular de conjunctură, Târnovanu a salvat-o pe FCSB de la înfrângere" [FCSB has won a footballer » A starter by chance, Târnovanu saved FCSB from defeat]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 20 December 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  6. "Lotul României U23 convocat pentru Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo" [Romania U23's squad called up for the Olympic Games in Tokyo]. Romanian Football Federation. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. "EXCLUSIV UPDATE Scandal în lotul României! Selecționerul l-a exclus din lot după ce i-a fotografiat cardul unui coleg și a făcut cumpărături online + reacția jucătorului" [EXCLUSIVE UPDATE Fuss in the Romanian squad! The manager excluded him from the squad after taking a photo of a teammate's card and shopping online + the reaction of player]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 11 September 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  8. Ștefan Târnovanu at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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