Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 5 January 1959||
Place of birth | Bacău, Romania [1] | ||
Date of death | 5 December 2003[1] | (aged 44)||
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 |
Vasile Chitaru (5 January 1959 – 5 December 2003) was a Romanian footballer who played as a forward.
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]
SC Bacău
Dinamo București