Gabriel Tamaș

Gabriel Sebastian Tamaș (born 9 November 1983) is a Romanian professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender for teams such as Dinamo București, Spartak Moscow, Auxerre, West Bromwich Albion or FCSB, among others.

He started out as a senior at FC Brașov in the 1998–99 season, and has since represented sixteen other teams throughout his career. In addition to his native Romania, he has played in Turkey, Russia, Spain, France, England and Israel respectively. With Bucharest rivals Dinamo București and FCSB, Tamaș won a total of seven domestic trophies. His honours also include the Israel State Cup and the Israeli Super Cup with Hapoel Haifa.

A Romanian international for fifteen years, he has earned 67 caps for the nation and was chosen in the squad for UEFA Euro 2008.

Club Career

Tamaș started his career in lower divisions. In the summer of 2002 he transferred to Dinamo București who he spent a year with before earning a move to Turkish team Galatasaray where he spent a season-and-a-half before being linked with a move to the Russian Premier League.

Tamaș secured a move to Spartak Moscow in January 2004, but returned to Dinamo București in summer 2004 on a season-and-a-half loan, returning to Spartak in January 2006. Tamaș again moved out on loan to Celta de Vigo of Spain for the duration of the 2006–07 season.

He joined AJ Auxerre in France at the start of the 2007–08 season. After one year there he again joined Dinamo București, this time on a season-long loan. On 12 July 2009, he extended his loan for another season, and was also elected captain by his teammates.

His loan to Dinamo was cut short in December 2009, and on 1 January 2010, Tamaș signed for West Bromwich Albion on loan until the end of the season. He made his debut on 8 January in a 1–3 loss to Nottingham Forest. He scored his first goal for the Football League Championship club against Reading on 27 March 2010. On 19 May 2010, Tamaș signed permanently at The Hawthorns for an undisclo

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