Vasile Chitaru

Vasile Chitaru (5 January 1959 – 5 December 2003) was a Romanian footballer who played as a forward.

Vasile Chitaru
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-01-05)5 January 1959[1]
Place of birth Bacău, Romania[1]
Date of death 5 December 2003(2003-12-05) (aged 44)[1]
Place of death Bacău, Romania[1]
Position(s) Forward[2]
Youth career
SC Bacău
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1976 SC Bacău
1976–1977 Dinamo București 7 (0)
1977–1983 SC Bacău
1983–1984 Partizanul Bacău
1984–1985 Foresta Fălticeni
1985–1986 Proletarul Bacău
International career
1974–1975 Romania U18[3] 2 (1)
1974–1975 Romania U21[3] 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Vasile Chitaru, nicknamed "Zira" was born on 5 January 1959 in Bacău.[1][2] He made his Divizia A debut on 19 May 1974, playing for SC Bacău at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 14 days in a 3–0 home victory against Jiul Petroșani.[4][5][6][7] In 1976, Chitaru went to play for Dinamo București, where in his only season spent at the club, he won the league title, contributing with 7 matches played in the campaign, also playing his only game in a European competition, a 0–0 against AC Milan in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup.[4][5][6][8][9][10] He returned to play for SC Bacău for a few years and played his last three years of his career at Partizanul Bacău, Foresta Fălticeni and Proletarul Bacău, retiring in 1986.[4][5] Throughout his life, Chitaru struggled with alcoholism, committing suicide in December 2003 by jumping from his apartment balcony which was on the fourth floor.[1][4][5][6][10]

Honours

SC Bacău

Dinamo București

References
  1. "Sinuciderea la fotbaliști" [Suicide at footballers] (in Romanian). Sporttim.ro. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. Vasile Chitaru at WorldFootball.net
  3. "Vasile Chitaru profile". 11v11. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. "Fostul fotbalist Vasile Chitaru s-a sinucis" [Former football player Vasile Chitaru committed suicide] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 6 December 2003. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  5. "A murit "Zira"" ["Zira" died] (in Romanian). Ziaruldeiasi.ro. 6 December 2003. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. "Ei nu vor muri, cu adevarat, vreodata!" [They will never, really, die!] (in Romanian). Desteptarea.ro. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  7. "Fotbalistul din Liga 1 care l-a vrăjit pe Gică Hagi:"Rar găsești ca el!"" [The football player from Liga 1 who enchanted Gică Hagi:"You rarely find ones like him!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  8. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  9. "Dinamo București vs. AC Milan 0 – 0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  10. "Fotbaliștii români au descifrat "secretul lui Bachus"" [Romanian footballers decipher "Bachus's secret"] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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