Career
Vâtcă began his career in his home town of Turda at Computer Software Systems Turda. The first important club for which he played was Football Club Bihor. He made his debut in Liga I (then Divizia A), on 2 May 2004, in a match against Steaua Bucureşti.
He signed for €12.000 with Oţelul Galaţi in January 2006.
He has the reputation of a good goalkeeper, with very good reflexes who sometimes makes mistakes. In the 2006-2007 season, he made 33 appearances in Liga I for Oțelul Galați, having conceded 54 goals.
He joined Steaua Bucureşti in the summer of 2007 for €550,000, but he did not play in any matches during the 2007/2008 season of Liga I. He played in two Romanian Cup matches, against FCM Bacău (4-0) and Unirea Urziceni (0-2). Oţelul Galaţi wanted to sign him back after the competitional break started.
Oţelul Galaţi"s goalkeepers, Ismail Kouha, Paulius Grybauskas and Valentin Borş have had some bad evolutions, which made the team"s board to turn their attention to Vâtcă.
But, the team"s president, Marius Stan, dismissed all speculation and said that Oţelul would not buy back Vâtcă. After his contract with Steaua ended, he signed with Gaz Metan Mediaş as a free agent. In January 2012, he signed a contract for three years with Rapid București.
