Cosmin Andrei Vâtcă (born 12 May 1982), is a

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n footballer who plays as a

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Club career

Vâtcă began his career in his home town of

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at CSS Turda. The first important club for which he played was FC Bihor. He made his debut in

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(then ''Divizia A''), on 2 May 2004, in a match against Steaua București. He signed for €12,000 with Oțelul Galați in January 2006. The first match he played for Oțelul Galați was the shocking 3–0 away win against

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. He has the reputation of a good

, with very good reflexes who sometimes makes mistakes. In the 2006–2007 season, he made 33 appearances in

for Oțelul Galați, having conceded 54 goals. He joined Steaua București in the summer of 2007 for €550,000, but he did not play in any matches during the 2007/2008 season of

. He played in two

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matches, against

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(4-0) and

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(0-2). Oțelul Galați wanted to sign him back after the competitional break started. Oțelul Galați's goalkeepers, Ismail Kouha, Paulius Grybauskas and Valentin Borș 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 Mediaș as a

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. In January 2012, he signed a contract for three years with

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Honours

Club

;CFR Cluj *

: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 * Cupa României: 2015–16 * Supercupa României: 2018 Viitorul Șelimbăr *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vatca, Cosmin 1982 births Living people People from Turda Romanian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers ACS Sticla Arieșul Turda players Liga I players FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players ASC Oțelul Galați players FC Steaua București players FCSB II players CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players FC Rapid București players FC Viitorul Constanța players CFR Cluj players FC Voluntari players FC Universitatea Cluj players CSC 1599 Șelimbăr players Footballers from Cluj County