Cosmin Vâtca
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Cosmin Andrei Vâtcă, is a Romania
Romania
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n goalkeeper who plays for Gaz Metan Mediaş.

Club career

Vâtcă began his career in his home town of Turda
Turda
Turda is a city and Municipality in Cluj County, Romania, situated on the Arieş River.- Ancient times :The city was founded by Dacians under the name Patavissa or Potaissa...

 at CSS Turda. The first important club for which he played was FC Bihor. He made his debut in Liga I
Liga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

 (then Divizia A), on 2 May 2004, in a match against Steaua Bucureşti. He signed for €12.000 with Oţelul Galaţi in January 2006. The first match he played for Oţelul Galaţi was the shocking 3-0 away win against Dinamo Bucureşti.

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
Liga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

 for lul Galaţi, having conceded 54 goals. He joined Steaua Bucureşti in the summer
Summer
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 of 2007 for €550,000, but he did not play in any matches during the 2007/2008 season of Liga I
Liga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

. He played in two Romanian Cup matches, against FCM Bacău
FCM Bacau
FCM Bacău is a Romanian football club, founded in 1950, currently playing in the Liga II. It's the best placed Moldovan team in the Liga I All-Time Table, ranking 9th with 42 seasons played.-History:...

 (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
Ismail Kouha
Ismail Kouha is a Moroccan football player, goalkeeper, who is currently playing for FUS de Rabat.-Career:He has also played for Maghreb Fez, Raja Casablanca, Oţelul Galaţi, Olympic Safi and Association Salé.-External links:*...

, Paulius Grybauskas
Paulius Grybauskas
Paulius Grybauskas is a Lithuanian football player, currently playing for Wigry Suwałki in the Polish Second League. He is a goalkeeper.-External links:* at otelul-galati.ro * at romaniansoccer.ro * at 90minut.pl...

 and Valentin Borş
Valentin Bors
Valentin Borş is a Romanian football player, currently under contract with Concordia Chiajna.-External links:*...

 have had some bad evolutions, which made the team's board to turn their attention to Vâtcă. But, the team's president, Marius Stan
Marius Stan
Marius Stan is a former Romanian football player, currently being president of Oţelul Galaţi.-External links:*...

, 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
Free agent
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.

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