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Cristian Chivu

Chivu playing for Internazionale in 2011

Personal information

Full name Cristian Eugen Chivu

Date of birth 26 October 1980 (age 39)

Place of birth Reșița, Romania

Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)

Playing position(s) Defender

Club information
Current team Inter U17 (manager)

Senior career*

Years Team Apps (Gls)

1996–1998 Reșița 24 (2)

1998–1999 Universitatea Craiova 32 (3)

1999–2003 Ajax 107 (13)

2003–2007 Roma 85 (6)

2007–2013 Internazionale 115 (3)

Total 363 (27)

National team

1997–1998 Romania U18 12 (1)

1998–2000 Romania U21 13 (0)

1999–2010[1] Romania 75 (3)

Teams managed

2018–2019 Inter U14

2019– Inter U17

Honours[show]

AFC Ajax
Winner Eredivisie 2002
Winner Dutch Cup 2002
Winner Dutch Supercup 2002
 Runner-up Eredivisie 2003
AS Roma
Winner Coppa Italia 2007
Runner-up Coppa Italia 2005
Runner-up Coppa Italia 2006
Runner-up Serie A 2004
Runner-up Serie A 2006
Runner-up Serie A 2007
Runner-up Supercoppa Italiana 2006
Inter Milan
Winner Serie A 2008
Winner Supercoppa Italiana 2008
Winner Serie A 2009
Winner Serie A 2010
Winner Coppa Italia 2010
Winner Coppa Italia 2011
Winner Supercoppa Italiana 2010
Winner UEFA Champions League 2010
Winner FIFA Club World Cup 2010
Runner-up Supercoppa Italiana 2007
Runner-up Coppa Italia 2008
Runner-up UEFA Super Cup 2010
Runner-up Serie A 2011

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic

league only

Cristian Eugen Chivu (Romanian pronunciation: [kristiˈan e.uˈd͡ʒen ˈkivu]; born 26 October 1980)
is a Romanian former footballer. He usually played as a left back, but he was also used as a
central defender.

He began his career at his hometown club FCM Reșița before moving to FC Universitatea
Craiova in 1998, leaving Romania to join Dutch club Ajax a season later. His performances as
captain at Ajax inspired an €18 million transfer to Roma in 2003. Chivu won the Coppa Italia in
his last of four seasons at Roma before a transfer to Internazionale, where he would spend the
rest of his career before retiring in 2014. His honours at Inter included a treble of the Italian
league, domestic cup, and the UEFA Champions League in 2010.

Chivu earned his first of 75 international caps between 1999 and 2010, and was part of
Romania's squads for UEFA European Championships in 2000 and 2008.

After retiring, he became a football pundit for Italian television stations Sky Sport and now Fox
Sports. He is also a technical observer for UEFA.[2]
Contents
 1Club career
o 1.1Early career
o 1.2Ajax
o 1.3Roma
o 1.4Internazionale
 2International career
 3After football
 4Personal life
 5Career statistics
o 5.1Club
o 5.2International goals
 6Honours
o 6.1Club
o 6.2Individual
 7References
 8External links

Club career[edit]
Early career[edit]

Chivu's first professional club was FCM Reșița. After moving to FC Universitatea Craiova, his
reputation began to rise and his performances sparked interest from some larger clubs outside of
Romania. Dutch club Ajax was particularly impressed with Chivu and signed him in 1999.

Ajax[edit]

At Ajax, Chivu developed a reputation as a reliable fullback and a free-kick specialist. Then-
manager Ronald Koeman appointed him as captain of the club. With Chivu as captain, Ajax
dominated the Dutch Eredivisie with an exciting young squad. Playing alongside Chivu were
future stars such as Rafael van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder, Johnny Heitinga, Zlatan Ibrahimović
and Maxwell. Chivu played a pivotal role for Ajax in their UEFA Champions League run in the
2002–03 season, when they came to within a minute of the semi-finals. That season, Chivu was
in a quintet of Ajax players – himself, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Maxwell, Wesley Sneijder and Andy
van der Meyde – who all went on to later join Inter Milan.

Roma[edit]

In 2003, Roma expressed their interest in signing Chivu. At the time, Roma had an enormous
debt and there were questions raised over Roma's ability to pay any proposed fees. Seeking to
silence the increasing doubt over their financial situation, Roma sought a bank guarantee, which
was subsequently denied. After much speculation, however, Roma finally completed the
purchase of Chivu in September, ending the long and protracted saga. The fee was €18 million.[3]
Though he became a regular in defence, he made limited appearances due to injuries. He won the
2006–07 Coppa Italia in his last season with Roma. During the summer transfer window, he was
once again a subject of transfer speculation, with newly crowned La Liga champions Real
Madrid reportedly making a formal bid, while Barcelona and Inter Milan were also interested in
signing the defender.[4][5][6]

Internazionale[edit]

Chivu was reported to be in the middle of a tug-of-war between Barcelona and Real Madrid
during the 2007 summer transfer window. After a four-year spell which yielded a Coppa Italia,
Chivu left Roma and signed a five-year contract with Serie A rivals Inter on 27 July 2007. The
transfer fee was €16 million,[7] which €3 million of the transfer fee paid via defender Marco
Andreolli moved to Roma in a co-ownership deal.[8] His first season with the defending Serie A
champions was a successful one, as he won the Serie A title that had eluded him during his time
at Roma.

During the Champions League match at home to Manchester United in the 2008–09 season,
Chivu had a terrific game, denying Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo many times, and won
Man of the Match ahead of Inter goalkeeper Julio César.

Chivu was a regular at left back during the 2009–10 season, as Walter Samuel and Lúcio became
the preferred centre back pairing. On 6 January against Chievo, Chivu was stretchered off early
in the second half after colliding heads with Chievo striker Sergio Pellissier.[9] He was in two
hours of surgery for a skull fracture[10] and later cleared of any danger. Although it was initially
thought he might be out for the rest of the season,[11] he returned to Serie A on 24 March. After
this, he needed to wear a headguard in matches.[12] A month later, Chivu scored his first goal for
Inter in a game against Atalanta, a terrific 30-yard strike. On 22 May 2010, he was in Inter's
starting line-up in the UEFA Champions League Final against Bayern Munich, which Inter won
2–0.

He scored his second goal for Inter in the 2010–11 season against Cesena which turned out to be
the game winner in a 3–2 win for Inter. He also scored the winning penalty for Inter in their
2009–10 Coppa Italia win over Napoli on 26 January 2011.[13]

Chivu left Inter after his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 31 March 2014.[14] The
very same day he announced his retirement from football on his Facebook page.[15]

International career[edit]
Chivu lining up for Romania in August 2010.

In 1999, Chivu was chosen to represent the Romania national under-21 team and quickly made
the step up to play for the full side.In 2001, he won Cyprus International Football Tournament
2001 [16]. He represented his country at both UEFA Euro 2000 and Euro 2008. Despite being
capped only four times prior to the Euro 2000, he started all four matches and scored his first
international goal.

At Euro 2008, he earned plaudits for his performance, keeping previous FIFA World Cup
champions Italy and runners-up France at bay, despite being played in a less familiar role as a
holding midfielder. He captained Romania through World Cup qualification, but they failed to
make the play-offs, finishing fifth in their group. On 21 May 2011, Chivu announced his
retirement from the national team.[17]

After football[edit]
In August 2019, Chivu enrolled in the UEFA Pro Licence courses at Coverciano.[18]

Personal life[edit]
Chivu speaks Italian, Dutch, Spanish and English, as well as his native Romanian.

His father, Mircea was also a footballer and a coach, the Mircea Chivu Stadium from Reșița is
named in his honor. He played as a right back for FCM Reșița and Universitatea Craiova
winning the 1973–74 Divizia A with the team from Craiova. Mircea was coach at FCM Reșița
when Cristian started his career. According to Calcio Italia magazine, Chivu has been involved
in opening football schools around Romania for the past few years, and he said "I hope that he is
proud when he looks down on me" in reference to his father who died in 1998.[19][20][21]
He is currently married to Adelina Elisei who on 12 February 2009 gave birth to their first child,
a daughter named Natalia.[22]

Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]

As of match played 14 October 2012

League Cup Europe Other Total
Club Season
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1996–97 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
FCM Reșița 1997–98 23 2 1 0 – – 24 2
Total 24 2 1 0 – – 25 2
1998–99 26 3 2 0 – – 28 3
Universitatea Craiova 1999–00 6 0 0 0 – – 6 0
Total 32 3 2 0 – – 34 3
1999–00 23 1 1 0 4 0 – 28 1
2000–01 26 5 0 0 4 0 – 30 5
Ajax 2001–02 32 1 4 0 6 0 – 42 1
2002–03 26 6 3 0 12 0 1 0 42 6
Total 107 13 8 0 26 0 1 0 142 13
2003–04 22 2 2 0 4 0 – 28 2
2004–05 10 2 4 0 1 0 – 15 2
Roma 2005–06 27 2 7 0 4 0 – 38 2
2006–07 26 0 7 0 8 0 1 0 42 0
Total 85 6 20 0 17 0 1 0 123 6
2007–08 26 0 3 0 6 0 1 0 37 0
2008–09 21 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 26 0
2009–10 20 1 3 0 9 0 1 0 33 1
Inter Milan 2010–11 24 1 3 0 6 0 4 0 37 1
2011–12 14 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 22 0
2012–13 10 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 15 1
Total 115 3 15 0 32 0 8 0 168 3
Career total 358 27 44 0 74 0 9 0 486 27

International goals[edit]

Scores and results table. Romania's goal tally first. Was captain in matches highlighted
in green:
showInternational appearances and goals
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]

Ajax[23]

 Eredivisie: 2001–02
 Dutch Cup: 2001–02
 Dutch Supercup: 2002
Roma[23]

 Coppa Italia: 2006–07

Internazionale[23]

 Serie A: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10

 Coppa Italia: 2009–10, 2010–11
 Supercoppa Italiana: 2008, 2010
 UEFA Champions League: 2009–10
 FIFA Club World Cup: 2010

Individual[edit]

 Dutch Golden Shoe: 2002

 AFC Ajax Player of the Year: 2001, 2003
 Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year: 2002, 2009, 2010
 UEFA Team of the Year: 2002[24]
 Marco van Basten Award: 2000

References[edit]
1. ^ "Cristian Chivu – International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics
Foundation.
2. ^ "Chivu learns in UEFA technical role". UEFA. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
3. ^ "Accordo trasferimento calciatore Cristian CHIVU'" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). 8
July 2003. Retrieved 14 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
4. ^ "Inter still keen on Roma's Chivu". FIFA. 25 July 2007.
5. ^ "Barcelona in the lead to buy Roma's Chivu". ESPN. Retrieved 27 June 2007.
6. ^ "Barca in pole position for Chivu". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 June 2007.
7. ^ CESSIONE DEL DIRITTO ALLE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DEL CALCIATORE
CRISTIAN EUGEN CHIVU AS Roma, 27 July 2007
8. ^ "Cristian Chivu signs for Inter". Retrieved 28 July 2007.
9. ^ "Serie A: Chievo 0–1 Inter". inter.it. 6 January 2010.
10. ^ "Inter Milan's Cristian Chivu in hospital with skull fracture". ESPN Soccernet. 6
January 2010.
11. ^ "Paura per Chivu: frattura cranica; Operato subito, è fuori pericolo" (in Italian).
Quotidiano.net. 6 January 2010. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010.
12. ^ "Chivu: "Magical to be back"". Inter.it. 24 March 2010.
13. ^ "Coppa Italia: Inter edge through on penalties". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 26
January 2011.
14. ^ "Chivu leaves Inter, confirms retirement". ESPN.
15. ^ "Former Inter star Chivu retires from football". Goal.com. 31 March 2014.
16. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cypr-intltourn03.html
17. ^ "Chivu: "Why I'm quitting the national team"". Inter.it. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
 18. ^ "Pirlo & Toni begin Pro courses". Football Italia. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 30
October 2019.
19. ^ "A decedat Mircea Chivu" (in Romanian). ziaruldeiasi.ro. 2 April 1998. Retrieved 24
May 2011.
20. ^ "Cristian Chivu, the resolute Romanian". Inter.it. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 19
March 2017.
21. ^ "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.
22. ^ Roberto Rosetti appointed for Milan derby inter.it, 13 February 2009
23. ^ Jump up to: a b c "C. Chivu". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
24. ^ "Team of the Year 2002". UEFA. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

External links[edit]

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 Internazionale profile
 Cristian Chivu at National-Football-Teams.com
 Cristian Chivu – UEFA competition record
 Cristian Chivu – FIFA competition record

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AFC Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award)

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Romania squad – UEFA Euro 2008

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