[1] He played internationally for the Romania men's national ice hockey team, and was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame.

Tureanu spent his entire career in his hometown, playing for Dinamo Bucuresti in the Romanian Hockey League from 1970 to 1987.

He played for Romania at the 1984 Thayer Tutt Trophy, which has held for nations that didn't qualify for the Olympics that year.

At the 1980 Olympics, he scored 5 goals and added 2 assists in five games, including a hat trick against West Germany.

[4][5] He is one of three members of the Romania national team from the 1977 World Championships to be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame, along with Dezső Varga and Eduard Pană.