Vasile Chitaru

Vasile Chitaru
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-01-05)5 January 1959
Place of birth Bacău, Romania
Date of death 5 December 2003(2003-12-05) (aged 44)
Place of death Bacău, Romania
Position Forward
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 2 (1)
1974–1975 Romania U21 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Chitaru, nicknamed "Zira", was born on 5 January 1959 in Bacău, Romania. 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 under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a 3–0 home victory against Jiul Petroșani. In 1976, Chitaru went to play for Dinamo București, where he won the league title in his only season spent at the club, coach Ion Nunweiller using him in seven matches. With Dinamo, he also played his only game in a European competition, a 0–0 draw against AC Milan in the first round of the 1976–77 UEFA Cup. Afterwards, he returned to play for SC Bacău for a few years. He spent the last three years of his career at Partizanul Bacău, Foresta Fălticeni and Proletarul Bacău, retiring in 1986.

International career

Between 1974 and 1975, Chitaru made several appearances for Romania's under-18 and under-21 national teams.

Death

Throughout his life, Chitaru struggled with alcoholism, committing suicide in December 2003 by jumping from his apartment balcony which was on the fourth floor.

Honours

SC Bacău

Dinamo București

References

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