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Iulian Chiriță

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Iulian Chiriță
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-02-02) 2 February 1967 (age 58)
Place of birth Târgoviște, Romania
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
–1985 CSȘ Târgoviște
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1987 CS Târgoviște
1988–1990 Flacăra Moreni 48 (4)
1990–1991 FC Brașov 44 (4)
1992–1996 Rapid București 132 (40)
1996 FC Brașov 6 (1)
1997 Dinamo București 23 (6)
1998 Argeș Pitești 9 (2)
1998–1999 Chindia Târgoviște 10 (3)
Total 272 (60)
International career
1994 Romania 3 (0)
Managerial career
Cimentul Fieni
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iulian Chiriță (born 2 February 1967) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Club career

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Chiriță was born on 2 February 1967 in Târgoviște, Romania, and began playing youth-level football at CSȘ Târgoviște.[1] He started to play senior level football in 1985 at CS Târgoviște in Divizia B.[1][2] He made his Divizia A debut, playing for Flacăra Moreni on 18 March 1988 under coach Ion Nunweiller in a 2–0 away loss to Universitatea Craiova.[1][3] During his time spent at Flacăra, he made his debut in European competitions, playing in both legs of the 4–1 loss on aggregate against Porto in the 1989–90 UEFA Cup.[1][4] In 1998, he went to play for one and a half years at FC Brașov.[1][2] Afterwards he joined Rapid București where he experienced the most successful period of his career, playing 132 Divizia A matches in which he scored 40 goals and served for a while as the team's captain.[1][2][5] Chiriță also netted a goal in the 1995 Cupa României final, as coach Sorin Cârțu used him the entire match in the loss to Petrolul Ploiești.[1][2][5][6] He appeared in 12 games in which he scored three goals in the UEFA Cup for The Railwaymen, most notably netting a goal against Charleroi which helped the club eliminate the Belgians in the first round of the 1994–95 UEFA Cup.[1][2][5][7] After his spell with Rapid ended, Chiriță returned for a short while to FC Brașov, afterwards he moved to Dinamo București, then to Argeș Pitești, ending his career in the 1998–99 Divizia B season at Chindia Târgoviște.[1][2] He has a total of 262 Divizia A matches in which he scored 57 goals and 15 games with three goals in the UEFA Cup.[1][2] After he ended his playing career, Chiriță worked for a short while as a manager at Cimentul Fieni, deciding afterwards that it was not a job he liked.[2]

International career

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Chiriță played three friendly matches at international level for Romania, making his debut on 20 April 1994 under coach Anghel Iordănescu in a 3–0 victory against Bolivia.[8][9] His following two games were a 2–0 win over Nigeria and a 0–0 draw against Slovenia.[8] Chiriță was also part of Romania's squad in the 1994 World Cup where the team reached the quarter-finals, but he did not play in any games in the campaign.[2][5][10]

International stats

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Romania
Year Apps Goals
1994 3 0
Total 3 0

Conviction

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Chiriță in the 1990s was in the entourage of Romanian thugs Fane Spoitoru and Gigi Boeru.[2] After he scored a hat-trick for Rapid against Steaua București in a 4–1 victory in the 1994–95 Cupa României, Spoitoru and Boeru bought him a Dacia car as a gift.[2] While he was living in Barcelona, Spain, where he owned a restaurant in Castelldefels, Chiriță was sent to jail in October 2015, receiving a sentence of two years and nine months for being part of a credit card theft mafia network.[2][5][11][12][13] After serving one year and nine months, he was released from jail and claimed he was wrongfully convicted.[2][5][11][12][13]

Honours

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Rapid București

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Iulian Chiriță at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Poveștile lui Iulian Chiriță, fost fotbalist de Mondiale: "Am stat cu cei mai mari interlopi. Zici că eram prinț și cerșetor" + pentru ce a făcut închisoare și ce cadou a primit de la Fane Spoitoru" [The stories of Iulian Chiriță, former World Cup footballer: "I stayed with the biggest thugs. You could say I was a prince and a beggar" + why he went to prison and what gift he received from Fane Spoitoru] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Universitatea Craiova vs Flacara Moreni Liga1 1987–1988". Labtof. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Iulian Chiriță. Europa League 1989/1990". WorldFootball. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Fostul căpitan al Rapidului, Iulian Chiriță, stă cu ochii și pe Liga 1: "Gigi a mai învățat fotbal, d-asta a devenit mai obraznic cu antrenorii"" [The former captain of Rapid, Iulian Chiriță, also has his eyes on Liga 1: "Gigi also learned football, that's why he became more cheeky with the coaches"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1994–1995". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Iulian Chiriță. UEFA Cup 1994/1995". WorldFootball. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Iulian Chiriță profile". European Football. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Romania 3-0 Bolivia". European Football. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  10. ^ 1994 FIFA World Cup: Romania Squad FIFA. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  11. ^ a b "Iulian Chiriță, povești TERIFIANTE din închisoarea din Spania: "Și-au bătut joc de mine. M-au ținut în pârnaie ca pe un câine!"" [Iulian Chiriță, TERRIFIC stories from prison in Spain: "They made fun of me. They kept me in a cage like a dog!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Coleg cu Hagi la Mondialul din 94, doi ani de coșmar în închisoare: "Eram în duș, am auzit un urlet. M-am uitat în stânga, era o baltă de sânge. Am fugit dezbrăcat"" [Colleague with Hagi at the 1994 World Cup, two years of nightmare in prison: "I was in the shower, I heard a scream. I looked to my left, there was a pool of blood. I ran naked"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Top 5 fotbaliști români arestați în străinătate" [Top 5 Romanian footballers arrested abroad] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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