Octavian Chihaia
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rapid București U17 (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1998 | Sportul Studenţesc | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2003 | Sportul Studenţesc | 109 | (16) |
| 2003–2005 | Naţional București | 48 | (7) |
| 2005 | Dinamo București | 3 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Naţional București (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | CFR Cluj | 8 | (2) |
| 2007 | → Naţional București (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2008 | Dacia Mioveni | 11 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Otopeni | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | Tianjin Teda | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Sportul Studenţesc | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 221 | (28) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2019 | Voluntari U19 | ||
| 2016 | Voluntari II | ||
| 2019–2020 | Astra Giurgiu (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Voluntari (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2024 | Rapid București U19 | ||
| 2024– | Rapid București U17 | ||
| 2025 | Rapid București (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Octavian Chihaia (born 18 March 1981) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a striker, who is currently in charge at Rapid București U17.
Career
[edit]Chihaia debuted at Sportul Studenţesc. He later moved to Naţional București and Dinamo București. During the summer of 2006 he was traded to CFR Cluj for the price of 300,000 euros. He also played 2 matches for Dinamo București in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup. He transferred to CS Otopeni in the summer break of 2008.
Personal life
[edit]He is the son of former football International, Romulus Chihaia.[1][2]
Honours
[edit]Sportul Studențesc
Dinamo București
References
[edit]- ^ "Aşchia nu sare departe de trunchi! TOP 10 perechi tată-fiu care au scris istorie pentru fotbalul românesc" [The splinter does not fall far from the tree! TOP 10 father-son pairs who have written history for Romanian football] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Blondul din "Gașca nebună"" [The blonde from the "Crazy Gang"] (in Romanian). studentpress.ro. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Octavian Chihaia.
- Octavian Chihaia at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Octavian Chihaia at Soccerway
Categories:
- Romanian men's footballers
- FC Sportul Studențesc București players
- CFR Cluj players
- FC Dinamo București players
- FC Progresul București players
- CS Mioveni players
- CS Otopeni players
- Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Romanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Footballers from Bucharest
- Men's association football forwards
- Romanian football managers
- Liga I managers
- FC Rapid București managers
- FC Rapid București non-playing staff
- 21st-century Romanian sportsmen