Vasile Chitaru

Vasile Chitaru 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 CSM [Jiul Petroșani|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.

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

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

SC Bacău

Dinamo București