Career
He played eleven years for Steaua Bucureşti, being one of the symbols of the team He played as a left forward. He was the brother of Gheorghe Tătaru who also played professional football.
Nicolae Tătaru signed with Steaua Bucureşti in 1952, after three months when he played for one of Steaua"s second teams, Armata Craiova.
He was a part of Steaua Golden team, playing also for Romania national football team He earned 24 caps for Romania, scoring three goals.
He scored his first international goal, against Greece, in 1957. In 1959, in the match against the olympic team of the Soviet Union, he was the captain of the national team
Since then he was eight times the captain of the national team
In his last match for Romania, he was also the captain, but Romania lost the match against Morocco. At Steaua, he played 210 matches and scored 75 goals. He is tenth in the Top Ten list of Steaua"s goalscorers.
Tătaru managed a lot of teams, like CS Târgovişte, Football Club Brăila, Petrolul Târgovişte or Steaua"s youth team